Sr. Product Manager I

Clearwater Analytics•Chicago, IL

4d•$129,200 - $174,173

About The Position

The Senior Product Manager will design, develop, and oversee activities related to Clearwater’s core investment data management platform. The cloud-native, single-instance, multi-tenant platform ingests data from more than 1,200 sources and creates a golden source of truth. The role defines product requirements, plans development through production, works closely with clients to support their success, and develops a product roadmap to achieve bookings, client NPS, and gross margin targets for the product component. The Product Manager collaborates with internal stakeholders, clients, and prospects to identify new product capability requirements, and works closely with development teams to deliver and launch capabilities. The role also tests and implements new features with clients and promotes them to Clearwater clients and prospects. The position is responsible for 1–2 scrum teams comprising 9–11 engineers.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience as a Product Manager owning all aspects of a successful product throughout its lifecycle in a B2B enterprise SaaS environment.
Prior experience in the investment management industry and strong knowledge of Security Reference, Trade, Analytics, Pricing, Accounting (ABOR/IBOR), Performance, Risk, and Custody data domains.
Proven ability to manage roadmaps for data pipelines and data management features and functions, including data quality, data governance, and information delivery, with execution, implementation, and influencing skills in the asset management space.
At least 5 years of experience with structured financial data management platforms in one or more of master data management, ETL/ELT, data warehousing, or data lake house.
Knowledge of capital markets and expertise in equities, fixed income, and derivatives.
Excellent interpersonal, communication, and project management skills.
Strong team- and relationship-building abilities with internal and external parties, including engineers, business stakeholders, and partners.
Strong leadership skills, including the ability to influence with diplomacy and tact.
Experience working with cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP, and SQL databases.
Excellent attention to detail and strong documentation skills.
Strong organizational and interpersonal skills.
Exceptional problem-solving abilities.
Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field; in the absence of a technical education, proven hands-on technical experience is required.

Nice To Haves

Experience working at an asset management company or insurance firm.
CFA or FRM qualification.
Experience working on AI, machine learning, and/or LLM-based projects.
Experience working with portfolio managers, traders, or researchers.
Knowledge of or experience working with private assets.

Responsibilities

Continuously evaluate the current data platform and build short-term (0–6 months), medium-term (6–12 months), and longer-term roadmaps for a scalable, automated, and resilient data platform.
Prioritize product decisions using data-driven justification.
Establish alignment on the product roadmap among multiple development teams.
Lead development of cross-product capabilities efficiently.
Contribute to the department’s development and training plan.
Build release-specific product briefs describing the client problem, target personas, value, priority, and high-level approach.
Keep current with technology developments and competitors in data management, and apply insights to Clearwater product strategy and execution.
Define product requirements and plan development through production.
Work closely with clients to support their success.
Collaborate with internal stakeholders, clients, and prospects to identify new product capability requirements.
Work with development teams to create and introduce new capabilities to market.
Test and implement new features with clients and promote them to Clearwater clients and prospects.
Develop a product roadmap to achieve bookings, client NPS, and gross margin targets for the product component.