Product Manager

DRW is a diversified trading firm with over 3 decades of experience bringing sophisticated technology and exceptional people together to operate in markets around the world.  We value autonomy and the ability to quickly pivot to capture opportunities, so we operate using our own capital and trading at our own risk. 

Headquartered in Chicago with offices throughout the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Asia, we trade a variety of asset classes including Fixed Income, ETFs, Equities, FX, Commodities and Energy across all major global markets. We have also leveraged our expertise and technology to expand into three non-traditional strategies: real estate, venture capital and cryptoassets. 

We operate with respect, curiosity and open minds. The people who thrive here share our belief that it’s not just what we do that matters–it’s how we do it.  DRW is a place of high expectations, integrity, innovation and a willingness to challenge consensus.  

DRW is looking for a Product Manager to join its Commodities trading group to oversee and manage our tools used to support research and trading across many commodity products. You will manage the product needs of many commodities trading desks and be responsible for the successful implementation and delivery of new features on existing tools as well as new product initiatives. You will work closely with Data Engineers and Software Engineers to execute both strategic plans and tactical needs to manage our internal tools.

What You Will Do

• Be an expert in trading and research workflows and identify ways to streamline and enhance those workflows to build best in class research and trading tools.
• Work day-to-day with Data Engineers and Software Engineers to manage live projects, identify roadblocks and risks, and ensure the team can operate efficiently.
• Work with the Commodities Engineering technical leads and executive management to communicate data initiatives and ensure the team is fully staffed and appropriately set up to support our product needs.
• Constantly evaluate our tools and keep abreast of new market offerings from vendors and internal teams and ensure we have the best tools in the industry and evaluate build/partner/buy opportunities to manage our time to market and scalability.
• Constantly evaluate our data sets and keep abreast of new market offerings from vendors and internal teams and ensure we have the best foundational data sets in the industry.
• Run communication and education initiatives to ensure all our teams know what data sets and analytical tooling we have and how they can use them.
• Liaise across DRW infrastructure groups such as our procurement, central engineering and data, database administration and cloud computing teams to communicate about our initiatives and ensure we have support and capacity from those teams to execute effectively.

What you bring to the team

• Experience as a product/project/program manager in a technical role, managing software engineers and data analysts.
• Excellent communication skills and experience managing cross-functional teams and large sets of stakeholders.
• Experience with agile software development projects and fast-paced, iterative delivery.
• Experience in helping to design and implement a technology stack for data management purposes a plus.
• Experience working in a commodity trading house or hedge fund highly preferred.
• A passion for planning, organization and skills using technical documentation and planning tools such as Wikis and JIRA.
• Familiarity with UI/UX design tools.
• Familiarity with cloud computing and large-scale data warehouse implementation.
• Familiarity with SQL database usage and design.
• Familiarity with Python.

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