Director, Product Management - B2B - NinjaTrader
Chicago, IL
About the Job
JOIN US ON OUR MISSION TO BECOME THE #1 RETAIL TRADING PLATFORM IN THE WORLD
Welcome to the dynamic world of NinjaTrader! As an industry-leading trading platform and futures broker, we're on a mission to empower traders to take control of their financial destiny. How do we do it? We provide cutting-edge products and services that enhance the trading journey. Whether a seasoned pro or just starting out, NinjaTrader equips traders with award-winning software and brokerage services to navigate the world's leading financial markets with confidence.
Our growth story is nothing short of exhilarating. Over the last 20 years, NinjaTrader has been dedicated to understanding and supporting traders on their journey toward trading triumph. In the last 5 years alone, our user base has grown by 400% to over 2 million users and we have become the number one rated futures brokerage worldwide.
But we're not stopping there. We're constantly evolving, pushing boundaries, and modernizing the futures industry. Our commitment to innovation means users will always have access to dynamic tools, real-time support, and a community of like-minded traders.
So, why work at NinjaTrader? Here, you're not just part of a team; you're part of a movement. We empower employees to reach new heights in their careers by providing a dynamic culture focused on social connection, professional development, and employee recognition initiatives. Sounds too good to be true? Take it from our employees.
Join us as we redefine what's possible in trading, advocate for our customers, and continue our journey toward becoming the world's top retail-focused trading platform in the world.
Our growing Product & Design organization is seeking an experienced and technical Product Director to support and evolve our rapidly growing B2B trading services business! Our B2B partners use our award-winning trading software to train futures traders in an exciting, simulated environment. These partners expect NinjaTrader to deliver its trading platform reliably and with real-time monitoring, scale for their user growth, create features that would resonate with their users, and deliver insights to help them run their business better. As the Product Director leading this team, you'll build the product vision and strategy and oversee execution of the roadmap for the platform, working closely with stakeholders from across the org. The ideal candidate will identify and champion new opportunities to move the product forward using their extensive experience and best practices to innovate, drive, and deliver impactful products and services that will differentiate our offering and delight our partners.
What you'll do:
- Drive the overall product strategy and vision for the B2B product offering in collaboration with our business leadership, engineering, design, compliance, and product teams – ensuring alignment with company goals
- Drive business outcomes by optimizing and evolving our go-to-market approach ie value prop development, positioning, pricing
- Identify current and potential future partner and user needs and pain points through discovery processes, interviews, data analysis
- Set and execute against a roadmap that delivers outstanding value to partners
- Interact with external partners and internal product teams daily to validate product ideas/requirements and prototypes
- Assess and understand the competitive landscape and business dynamics of the rapidly expanding futures trading market so as to best position our product for success
- Build and maintain an API portal with clear, organized, user-centric API documentation
- Get your hands dirty: Write PRDs, manage backlogs, prioritize features vs tech debt alongside your team
- Lead and coach a small, growing team (likely starting more as a player/coach)
What we look for:
- 10+ years of experience as a Product Manager, with 5+ in B2B
- 3+ years of experience in a leadership role in a B2B SaaS setting
- STEM background or equivalent technical experience
- Demonstrated ability to lead zero to one initiatives affecting many functions across the business, including effective influencing and prioritization
- Customer-centric mindset with the capability of translating needs and pain points into product value
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, taking complex or ambiguous topics and distilling them for business stakeholders and/or clients
- Experience working in a high performing product-engineering environment, with the ability to teach best practices to colleagues
- Has owned multiple product lines of higher complexity and has been responsible for guiding the product strategy
- Strong and empathetic communicator who can simplify (technical) concepts in a way that anyone can understand and take business direction and explain it in a way that inspires and guides their teams
- Fosters a team focus on system ownership, product excellence, and timely execution
- Communicates up/down/across the organization in a measured and timely manner
- Team player mentality
Bonus points for:
- Trading (especially futures), FinTech, SaaS experience
- Experience building and shipping APIs and API platforms
- Computer Science Background
Our Core Benefits Include:
- Hybrid Schedule with Extra Remote Flexibility (Totalling over 55% remote time)
- Generous PTO
- 7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Conditional Holidays Annually
- 1 Service Day Annually
- 401k with 3.5% Company Match
- Health, Vision, Dental Coverage
- Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader
- Flexible Spending Accounts for Transit and Parking
- Gym Membership
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.