This Chicago-based Product Manager owns pieces of our financial execution tools from conception to release. You will build high-reliability, low-friction trading interfaces and routing systems designed specifically for trade desks, compliance managers, and end-users placing market orders. You have experience managing SaaS projects within capital markets or institutional trading environments and excel at bridging complex regulatory requirements with intuitive trade workflows.
Primary Responsibilities:- Focus on user experience: In financial execution, UX is about minimizing friction, reducing keystrokes, and preventing costly errors. Understand the high-pressure environment of traders to deliver exceptionally reliable and clear interfaces.
- Develop a deep understanding of the product and the market: Maintain a strong grasp of market microstructure, liquidity trends, and regulatory changes to ensure tools remain competitive and compliant.
- Interface directly with trade desks and issuer trade desks to identify execution features, gather latency and liquidity requirements, and translate them into technical specifications.
- Own pieces of the core execution domain for the platform.
- Collaborate with Engineering and Design to build intuitive order-entry interfaces for users placing orders and trade desks executing/booking those trades, ensuring speed and accuracy.
- Work closely with engineers to manage technical scope and execution successfully through the development process and bring features to life.
- Drive the go-to-market strategy for new execution features, partnering with Sales to communicate value to institutional and retail trading clients.
- Be responsible for the go-to-market of new Product work, partnering with Sales and Marketing.
- Consistently interact with our customers to understand and translate their needs.
Required Skills and Background- 3+ years of professional experience in product management within capital markets, trading, or financial technology.
- Direct experience building or integrating Order Management Systems (OMS) or Execution Management Systems (EMS).
- Strong working knowledge of the trade lifecycle, including order entry, routing, execution, and settlement.
- Knowledge and understanding of financial SaaS products and Financial Technology landscape.
- Experience with building customer-facing web-based platforms.
- Experience with product management tools, such as Jira, Miro, Github, Figma, etc.
- Technical understanding of software development and object-oriented programming.
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with proven ability to collaborate with engineering teams and stakeholders
- Experience developing products within the full SDLC.
- Be adaptable and flexible! The trading landscape is fast-paced; successful PMs in this space must adapt quickly to sudden market shifts, new asset classes, or updated compliance mandates.
Halo's Benefits and CompensationThis is a great opportunity with a company that values and rewards its employees. Halo offers a competitive package of benefits and compensation that will make your work life both fulfilling and enjoyable.
- This is a Chicago-based hybrid role, working 3 days/week in Halo's downtown Chicago office.
- Work with a great team in an exciting work environment.
- Competitive compensation package: base salary of $85,000-$120,000 plus eligibility for annual bonus based on personal and business objectives. (Please note: Salary data is a general guideline. Halo's salaries are based on candidate skills and experience.)
- Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision insurance, life & disability, etc.
- Multiple voluntary benefits: identity protection, pet insurance, accident insurance and more!
- Flexible PTO policy
- 401k program to help build wealth for the future
- Paid parental leave to bond with your new addition
- Chicago-based employees have access to a company-paid, on-site gym, happy hours, and ad-hoc outings and activities like sports teams, volunteer events and more!
