Product Manager

Lab49 is an award winning specialist consultancy that creates bespoke technology in partnership with the most important companies in finance.     We were founded in 2002 to bring Silicon Valley solutions to Wall Street’s door. Since then, we have worked on successive waves of technological change, including distributed computing, high-speed automation, enterprise UX and digital distribution (for which Lab49 was among the first significant practices established on Wall Street), DevOps, cloud and data science.     Today, we are an established partner in financial markets, having delivered hundreds of projects for clients including all the world’s tier-one investment banks and many of the largest buy-side firms globally.    Being part of Lab49 means bringing your drive and creativity into an environment where your contributions will make immediate impact. Engineers work in cross functional teams, consulting directly with our clients, shaping not only technical solutions to business problems but delivering them into production.    We are seeking a Product Manager, who will be working with our clients in the high frequency trading space. One who has the ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with engineers, designers, HR professionals and other stakeholders; .

Responsibilities

Communication and Collaboration Skills: Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with engineers, designers, HR professionals and other stakeholders; should be comfortable facilitating discussions and working on cross-functional teams.

Process Design: Lead sessions to understand current state processes and pain points; leverage this analysis and understand key requirements to help shape the future state process design and gain alignment across HCM and business stakeholders.

Analytical Skills and Data Acumen: Strong analytical skills to interpret data, identify trends, and support data-driven decision-making. They should be comfortable working with spreadsheets and other reporting tools to analyze data.

Requirements gathering and documentation acumen: Ability to gather, document and clearly articulate product requirements (i.e., user stories, data migration requirements, etc.).

Technical Aptitude: Candidate should have a basic understanding of software development principles and be comfortable working with technical teams.

Test Strategy & Execution: Work with functional and technical teams to shape the end-to-end testing strategy, spanning functional test and UAT; help test solution rigorously (along with HCM and business stakeholders) to surface and resolve critical defects ahead of a program’s launch

Project & Change Management: Help project manage key deliverables, while helping execute against an innovative communication and training strategy – from drafting stakeholder messaging to creating high-quality learning collateral

Understanding of Total Rewards Concepts (optional – specific to Rewards pillar): A foundational understanding of total rewards principles, including compensation structures, benefits packages (health, retirement, etc.), and other employee benefits is ideal.

Oracle Core experience (optional): Foundational knowledge and understanding of Oracle HRIS including data management, system optimization and functionality

Why Lab49?  Lab49 is an established partner for most financial institutions on Wall Street. You will gain exposure into a variety of environments, business domains, technologies, and people. Your ability to bring drive and creativity to the role will be the key component to success at Lab49. The broad and intense exposure to a variety of challenges accelerates your career growth, and Lab49’s structure is designed to enable you to learn and grow as an engineer and consultant.