Job Title: Product Manager- Financial Markets/Private Markets-Blockchain Platforms
Location: Hybrid-London, UK (1Days/Week Onsite)
Duration: 12months+
Description
We’re seeking a strategic, user-centric Product Manager to lead the development and enhancement of digital financial products with a strong emphasis on user experience (UX). In this role, you'll work at the intersection of financial services, technology, and design—championing the needs of our customers while balancing business objectives and compliance requirements.
As a key member of the Product team, you’ll collaborate with UX/UI designers, engineers, data analysts, marketers, and compliance teams to deliver seamless, intuitive, and high-performing experiences across our digital platforms.
This is a unique opportunity to work on cutting-edge products and services that will transform financial markets. This is an ambitious project: large-scale, complex and uses a range of blockchain architecture patterns, with numerous stakeholders (internal and external) and use cases. The work is focused on solving customer problems using new technologies, including the tokenisation of financial instruments, i.e. as digital assets.
In this role, you will be responsible for defining and implementing product development for a suite of new infrastructure solutions and capabilities, as well as contributing to the development of the brand and ecosystem. We seek candidates with an interest in the financial markets with experience of working on large projects. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, as well as relevant functions, including Sales and Account Management, Strategy, and Technology to develop an innovative and market-leading products for our clients.
Role Responsibilities
• Product Strategy & Vision: Define and drive the product vision and roadmap for user-facing financial services experiences, with a strong focus on ease of use, accessibility, and trust.
• User-Centered Design Leadership: Translate customer insights, usability testing, and behavioral data into product features that delight users while meeting regulatory requirements.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with Design, Engineering, Compliance, and Marketing to deliver best-in-class financial tools and services.
• Feature Development: Own the end-to-end product lifecycle — from ideation and requirements gathering to launch and post-release optimization.
• Performance Tracking: Establish KPIs for user experience and product success. Use data analytics and customer feedback to iterate and improve product offerings.
• Regulatory Compliance: Partner with legal and compliance teams to ensure all user experiences are aligned with financial regulations and data privacy standards.
• Market Awareness: Stay ahead of fintech and UX trends, identifying opportunities to innovate and differentiate our product offerings in a competitive market.
Candidate Profile
• Product management experience within financial markets, ideally with a focus on private markets.
• Ideally experience of private equity, private funds, fund administration, fund servicing, fund structuring, private fund primary or secondary distribution platforms would be advantageous.
• Extensive professional experience in product design & development
• If the candidate does not have direct experience in private markets, relevant experience in the post-trade, fund administration or settlements space will also be considered.
• Delivery focused: Ability to work with cross functional teams to deliver high quality products that deliver tangible value to users on time and on budget
• Data driven: Ability to use data to inform product decisions, prioritise features and measure success
• Awareness: Commercial awareness and knowledge of financial services, financial markets and market structure, as well as the unique challenges faced by regulated players in the financial sector is desirable
• Communication: Excellent communicator who can interact with product teams, architecture, engineering teams, QA testers and UX designers
• Exposure to private equity, private funds, fund administration, fund servicing, fund structuring, or private fund primary/secondary distribution platforms would be highly advantageous.
• Vision and creativity: Ability to foresee roadblocks, conceive intelligent solutions and contribute innovative ideas, as well as manage change and am
Priyanka Sharma
Senior Delivery Consultant
Office: 02033759240
Email: psharma@vallumassociates.com