Senior Product Owner

DriveWealth•Chicago, IL

7h•$195,000 - $215,000•Hybrid

About The Position

DriveWealth is seeking a Senior Product Owner to be a central figure in their capital markets ecosystem. This role involves translating complex workflows and business challenges into scalable product solutions. The individual will lead significant initiatives, collaborating with Product, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, and external partners. Key responsibilities include gaining a deep understanding of end-to-end workflows, defining product and functional solutions, and overseeing execution across various systems, asset classes, and partner models. This is a hands-on position requiring expertise in capital markets or wealth management, strong analytical skills, technical fluency, and product execution capabilities. The ideal candidate will be comfortable navigating business workflows, data analysis, APIs, system interactions, detailed requirements, and discussions with engineers and operational stakeholders.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in capital markets, brokerage, wealth management, or fintech, with significant exposure to U.S. markets
Strong hands-on knowledge of back-office transaction processing
Experience working with back-office platforms
Experience within a fintech, broker-dealer, bank, clearing firm, custodian, or capital-markets technology provider
Experience working across multiple functional areas such as trading, middle office, back office, operations, settlement, cash, positions, or data
Demonstrated ability to understand complex end-to-end workflows spanning multiple systems and translate them into clear product and functional designs
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including the ability to investigate complex transaction scenarios and identify root causes
Experience designing or working with REST APIs, event-driven integrations, data models, and service-based architectures
Working knowledge of SQL or equivalent database-querying tools for analysis, reconciliation, and issue investigation
Strong written communication skills with demonstrated ability to produce precise, build-ready functional documentation
Ability to work effectively with Product, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, and other business teams
Comfort operating in ambiguous, multi-system, and multi-partner environments
Experience working with industry participants such as broker-dealers, clearing firms, custodians, banks, or financial technology vendors
Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. DriveWealth does not sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.

Nice To Haves

Account and securities transfers
Clearing and settlement
Positions and balances
Reconciliations
Corporate actions
Cost basis / tax lots
Equities and options processing
DTC / NSCC / DTCC workflows
Custodian or clearing-broker integrations
U.S. equity market processing, fixed income, and auctions experience
Familiarity with CAT (Consolidated Audit Trail)

Responsibilities

Own product solutions: take complex trade processing problems from discovery and analysis through solution design, requirements, delivery, and production readiness
Translate business needs: convert business and product objectives into detailed functional requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, process flows, and data definitions
Analyze end-to-end workflows: understand upstream and downstream impacts across trading, transaction processing, positions, cash, settlement, transfers, and operational workflows
Perform data analysis: use data and SQL to investigate workflows, validate processing logic, analyze exceptions, and support product decisions
Design integrations: partner with Engineering on APIs, events, data models, system interfaces, and service interactions
Manage the backlog: own and prioritize product backlog items and lead refinement sessions to ensure requirements are understood, technically feasible, and ready for development
Solve complex problems: investigate production and processing issues, identify root causes, and develop scalable solutions rather than tactical fixes
Drive stakeholder alignment: present solution designs and trade-offs and drive decisions across Product, Engineering, Operations, Compliance, and other stakeholders
Partner externally: work with brokers, clearing firms, custodians, vendors, and other market participants to design and deliver integrated capabilities