Senior Digital Product Manager

Aquent is excited to partner with a premier financial services firm to connect you with an exceptional opportunity to drive the future of financial technology. This industry-leading organization manages trillions in assets and is dedicated to empowering independent advisory firms with cutting-edge custody, trading, and practice management services. In this pivotal role, you will have a profound and direct impact on thousands of institutional clients, third-party vendors, and internal business units by ensuring the timely, accurate, and high-quality delivery of critical financial data through a next-generation platform.

The Opportunity

Step into a dynamic environment where you will spearhead the evolution of a highly scalable, cloud-based data delivery platform. You will be instrumental in improving data availability, accelerating time-to-market for evolving data needs, and designing self-service data customizations that enhance the user experience for countless partners and clients. This role offers a unique opportunity to collaborate cross-functionally, champion Agile methodologies, and translate complex technology into strategic business solutions that shape how data is accessed and utilized across the enterprise.

What You'll Do

• Envision the future and build the near-term roadmap for the next-generation data delivery platform.
• Own and drive all aspects required to bring new data delivery capabilities to partners.
• Serve clients by designing and delivering self-service data customizations and ad-hoc reporting capabilities.
• Collaborate with technology, relationship managers, integration teams, and other stakeholders to deliver outstanding value to clients.
• Lead the product development of the platform and its utilization across client-facing and internal channels.
• Formulate and evolve the platform experience vision, strategy, and roadmap.
• Build strong partnerships with key team members and third parties.
• Champion Agile methodologies, supporting team members in daily stand-up meetings, sprint planning sessions, backlog prioritization, user story preparation, and demos.
• Work cross-functionally with technical, design, business, and compliance counterparts to define product release requirements and investigate production issues.
• Create and maintain key performance metrics to drive the platform to a performant, scalable future state.
• Create awareness and engagement for the platform and provide relevant, concise updates to management teams.
• Act as the platform subject matter specialist and evangelist to partners.
• Think horizontally to identify cross-enterprise integration opportunities that deliver an exceptional client experience.

What You'll Bring (Must-Have)

• 5+ years of digital product management experience.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Prior experience as an Agile Product Owner or leading scrum teams with a deep understanding of Agile methodologies.
• Strategic problem-solving skills with the ability to formulate a compelling vision and translate it into meaningful roadmaps and results.
• Solid understanding and experience developing digital platforms, coupled with knowledge of current and emerging underlying technologies.
• Strong ability to translate technical concepts to business partners.
• Highly organized, outstanding attention to detail, and the ability to set and manage to deadlines.
• Outstanding written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to develop concise and effective communications tailored to specific audiences.
• Experienced knowledge of Microsoft Office Products, specifically PowerPoint and Excel, with the ability to "tell a story" using PowerPoint.
• Skilled at working cross-functionally with technology, service, marketing, and product teams to lead the entire lifecycle of a digital platform.
• Curiosity, positivity, and the ability to learn quickly, adapt, and thrive in a complex, multifaceted environment.
• Self-starter with outstanding organizational skills and the ability to track multiple project results.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications

• Good understanding and/or experience in the financial services industry.
• MBA or Master of Science preferred.