Associate Product Manager

Responsibilities

Product Development & Roadmap Support

• Contribute to the product roadmap by gathering and synthesizing customer, stakeholder, and data inputs.
• Document product requirements, user stories, and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct competitive research and user interviews.
• Identify opportunities to unify workflows and incorporate AI-based functionality.

Product Owner Responsibilities

• Own and maintain the product backlog for assigned workstreams.
• Prioritize and sequence backlog items based on business value, dependencies, and stakeholder input.
• Make day-to-day trade-off decisions and escalate larger scope decisions.
• Write and refine user stories, acceptance criteria, and definitions of done.
• Serve as the primary contact for engineering questions during sprints.
• Track epics and releases in Jira and Confluence, including status, risks, and blockers.

Internal Operations & VOS Partnership

• Work with the Vestmark Outsourced Services team to understand back-office operations.
• Translate operational pain points into problem statements and product requirements.
• Partner with the Efficiency and Automation team and VOS leadership to prioritize internal tooling investments.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Collaborate with Engineering, Design, Compliance, and Operations teams.
• Liaise between business stakeholders and development teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Prepare and present product updates to internal stakeholders and team leads.

Execution & Delivery

• Participate in agile ceremonies, including refinement, backlog grooming, and retrospectives.
• Track post-launch product performance and identify improvements using feedback and metrics.
• Support scope and trade-off management with senior leadership guidance.
• Use artificial intelligence responsibly to accelerate development execution and requirements writing.

Regulatory & Compliance Awareness

• Develop working knowledge of financial regulations and compliance considerations.
• Partner with Compliance and Legal teams to ensure features meet applicable standards.

Requirements

• 2–3 years of product management experience, ideally in fintech, financial services, or a technology-driven environment.
• Experience acting as a product owner is a plus.
• Basic familiarity with investing or wealth management concepts, such as account types, portfolios, or advisory services.
• Exposure to agile methodologies and tools such as Jira, Confluence, or similar platforms.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to synthesize information and present it clearly.
• Willingness to learn, take ownership, and grow in a structured environment.
• Comfort partnering with internal operations teams and translating manual workflows into product requirements.

Nice-to-Haves

• Experience contributing to a consumer-facing digital product from discovery through launch.
• Comfort working with data and metrics to support product decisions.
• Basic SQL or business intelligence tool familiarity.
• Exposure to regulated industries or compliance-sensitive product development.
• Experience with back-office, operations, or business process outsourcing environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, or a related field.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $90,000–$120,000 USD.
• Comprehensive total rewards package, including 90% company-paid medical premiums, competitive time off, and other variable compensation when eligible.