Senior Product Manager – Private Funds (Front Office)

Clearwater Analytics•New York, NY

3d•$156,400 - $210,841

About The Position

Clearwater’s LPx platform is seeking a Senior Product Manager to build front-office and research capabilities for the Private Funds domain, spanning Fund Research (CRM and deal management) and Fund Analytics. This delivery-focused role works closely with engineering, owns the development backlog, and translates private funds domain knowledge into shippable, well-tested product features. The role turns product direction into working software; product strategy, market positioning, and roadmap ownership sit with the Product Manager. The Senior Product Manager works with development teams to groom and prioritize the backlog, provide domain expertise, verify delivered features against requirements, and support prospects and clients in understanding and adopting new capabilities. The role also supports testing and user acceptance, client onboarding and training, and pre-sales product demonstrations and education.

Requirements

At least 7 years of experience in a Product Owner, Business Analyst, or similar delivery-focused role within financial technology, ideally supporting private funds or alternative investments.
Strong grounding in private funds, including fund structures, GP/LP dynamics, capital accounts, NAV, and capital call and distribution mechanics.
Front-office familiarity with performance measurement, cash-flow analysis, portfolio monitoring, or fund research and manager due diligence.
Hands-on Agile delivery experience, including writing user stories and acceptance criteria, backlog grooming, and running or participating in Agile ceremonies.
Experience with Aha!, JIRA, or an equivalent tool.
Strong communication skills across technical and business audiences, including explaining domain concepts to developers and product capabilities to clients and prospects.
A testing and quality assurance mindset, with the ability to verify delivered software against requirements and real-world fund scenarios.
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills across Engineering, Product Management, Sales, and Client Services.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting private funds or alternative investments.
Exposure to competing private markets data and analytics platforms such as Burgiss Private i, MSCI/Caissa, Chronograph, Backstop, or Dynamo Software.
Familiarity with front-office performance measurement, cash-flow analysis, portfolio monitoring, or fund research and manager due diligence.

Responsibilities

Own and prioritize the development backlog in Aha!/JIRA for Fund Research and Fund Analytics capabilities.
Write user stories, acceptance criteria, and workflow and business requirements for developers.
Groom the backlog with engineering and participate in sprint planning, stand-ups, reviews, and retrospectives.
Sequence and reprioritize work based on dependencies, client commitments, and delivery capacity.
Serve as the private funds domain subject matter expert for the development team, covering GP/LP structures, fund hierarchies, capital account and NAV concepts, and front-office workflows.
Answer development questions through the sprint, review edge cases, and unblock developers on domain issues.
Translate ambiguous business requirements into concrete, testable specifications.
Test delivered features against acceptance criteria using realistic fund and portfolio data scenarios.
Coordinate and support user acceptance testing with internal stakeholders and clients.
Identify gaps, edge cases, and data-quality issues before release and work with engineering to resolve them.
Support client onboarding and adoption of newly released Fund Research and Fund Analytics functionality.
Train clients and internal teams on new capabilities and gather feedback for the backlog.
Partner with Client Services and Support to resolve product questions and issues arising from live usage.
Demonstrate and explain Fund Research and Fund Analytics capabilities to prospects during pre-sales conversations.
Support Sales with product walkthroughs, capability Q&A, and positioning relative to competing platforms.