Raymond James Financial, Inc

Senior Product Manager | Electronic Trading Technology

Raymond James Financial, Inc$100K — $175K *
Finance & Insurance
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of product management experience in financial services with a focus on institutional equities and electronic trading.
  • Proven ability to manage product lifecycles, from strategy to implementation and enhancement.
  • Strong understanding of sell-side trading workflows, market structure, and associated technologies.
  • Demonstrated experience in leading cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders without formal authority.
  • Excellent communication skills, capable of conveying complex issues to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary technology partner for Global Equities trading desks.
  • Own the end-to-end product lifecycle, including strategy, roadmap, and enhancements.
  • Collaborate with trading stakeholders to align product priorities with business needs.
  • Lead the prioritization of product backlogs based on value and strategic fit.
  • Facilitate cross-functional collaboration among Trading, Engineering, and Compliance teams.
  • Assess and communicate risks, tradeoffs, and decisions required for product initiatives.
  • Provide oversight during significant operational incidents and escalations.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Life and disability insurance options.
  • Retirement savings plan with company contributions.
  • Paid time off, including vacation and holidays.
  • Parental leave and other family-oriented benefits.
Full Job Description
Job Description Summary
Note: This position will follow our hybrid work model, we expect the selected candidate to be in the office 3 days a week at the New York City (Park Ave) Corporate Office location.

This role is not eligible for Work Visa sponsorship, either currently or in the future.

Job Description

Working within the Institutional Trading Technology Product Team, the Senior Product Manager serves as the primary technology product partner for assigned Global Equities trading desks, platforms, and capabilities. The role partners directly with Institutional Trading, Engineering, Trading Operations, Compliance/Supervision, Risk, vendors, and other stakeholders to translate business strategy, trading needs, regulatory requirements, and operational priorities into executable product roadmaps and measurable outcomes.

The Senior Product Manager owns the end-to-end product lifecycle, including product strategy, roadmap development, platform modernization, requirements and backlog prioritization, delivery and release planning, client enablement, production support, and ongoing enhancement. The role evaluates opportunities, risks, tradeoffs, dependencies, and investment choices to ensure resources are directed toward the highest-value business outcomes.

Success in this role requires strong institutional equities and electronic trading expertise, sound product judgment, and the ability to independently build credibility with senior stakeholders, influence priorities, and communicate complex issues clearly. The Senior Product Manager must operate effectively in a fast-paced, highly visible environment where technology performance, operational stability, risk controls, and regulatory compliance directly affect trading activity and client service.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
  • Serve as the primary technology product partner for assigned Global Equities trading desks, platforms, and capabilities.
  • Own the product lifecycle for assigned products, including product strategy, roadmap development, platform modernization, requirements and backlog prioritization, delivery, release, client enablement, production support, and ongoing enhancement.
  • Partner directly with trading stakeholders to understand business priorities, client needs, workflows, challenges, and opportunities and translate them into clear product priorities and executable technology outcomes.
  • Own and prioritize product backlogs and investment recommendations based on business value, client impact, risk, cost, dependencies, capacity, and strategic alignment.
  • Lead requirements definition and ensure business needs, expected outcomes, controls, and acceptance criteria are sufficiently understood by Engineering and other delivery partners.
  • Lead cross-functional delivery across Trading, Engineering, Operations, Risk, Compliance/Supervision, vendors, and other stakeholders.
  • Identify and communicate tradeoffs, dependencies, risks, and decisions required to move product initiatives forward. Make clear recommendations when resources, requirements, or stakeholder priorities conflict.
  • Provide product leadership during significant production incidents and operational escalations by assessing business impact, coordinating stakeholders, establishing priorities, communicating status, and supporting resolution and follow-up efforts.
  • Lead the evaluation, modernization, migration, and strategic replacement of trading platforms and related technology capabilities when existing solutions no longer meet business, client, control, resiliency, or technology needs.
  • Support client enablement and business-growth opportunities that require changes to electronic trading capabilities, workflows, integrations, connectivity, or reporting.
  • Partner with Compliance/Supervision and Risk to ensure product changes incorporate applicable controls, regulatory requirements, and appropriate governance throughout the product lifecycle.
  • Lead engagement with strategic technology vendors, execution venues, market-data providers, and third-party platform providers to drive delivery, issue resolution, product enhancements, service performance, and long-term platform strategy.
  • Establish success measures and use operational metrics, trading data, user feedback, incident trends, and business outcomes to evaluate product performance and inform prioritization and investment decisions.
  • Monitor developments in electronic trading, market structure, technology, regulation, client needs, and the industry to identify emerging risks, opportunities, and product needs.
  • Communicate product strategy, priorities, delivery status, risks, outcomes, and decisions clearly to business and technology stakeholders, including senior management.
  • Contribute to interviewing, onboarding, and development of Product Team members as needed.
  • Perform other duties and responsibilities as assigned.


Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

Knowledge of:
  • Sell-side institutional equities, electronic trading workflows, market structure, and trading technology.
  • Electronic order lifecycle, routing, execution, market data, reference data, and related front-to-back trading workflows.
  • Product management and product development lifecycles.
  • Agile software development and backlog management practices.
  • Application management and production technology environments.
  • Financial-services risk, control, and regulatory considerations applicable to electronic trading environments.
  • Third-party trading technology, market-data, and vendor management considerations.


Skill in:
  • Developing trusted partnerships with senior trading and technology stakeholders.
  • Translating complex business and trading needs into clear product requirements, priorities, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.
  • Managing competing stakeholder priorities and influencing decisions without relying on formal authority.
  • Communicating recommendations, tradeoffs, risks, decisions, and complex technology issues clearly and concisely.
  • Leading cross-functional product delivery across business, technology, operations, control functions, and external vendors.
  • Analyzing complex workflows and identifying opportunities for automation, simplification, resiliency, and improved client or trading outcomes.
  • Managing change in complex, business-critical technology environments.


Ability to:
  • Independently own a portfolio of electronic trading products and initiatives.
  • Establish credibility with traders and senior stakeholders through strong domain knowledge, preparation, responsiveness, and sound judgment.
  • Challenge assumptions and stakeholder requests constructively while maintaining effective working relationships.
  • Navigate ambiguity, competing priorities, and complex organizational dependencies.
  • Translate strategic objectives into executable product plans and drive those plans through delivery, release, adoption, and outcome measurement.
  • Make and communicate recommendations when resources, requirements, or stakeholder priorities conflict.
  • Respond effectively to changing trading-desk and production needs while maintaining appropriate focus on committed strategic work.
  • Communicate product vision, execution plans, risks, decisions, and status to both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • Operate effectively in a fast-paced, business-critical electronic trading environment.


Educational/Previous Experience Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Technology, or a related discipline and a minimum of seven (7) years of product management, product ownership, or related experience within financial services, including demonstrated experience in institutional equities, electronic trading, capital markets, or trading technology.
  • Demonstrated experience independently partnering with trading stakeholders and cross-functional technology, Operations, Risk, and/or Compliance teams.
  • Experience owning technology products through the full product lifecycle, including roadmap development, requirements and backlog prioritization, delivery, release, and ongoing enhancement.
  • Experience with electronic trading platforms, order management/execution management systems, market data, routing, or related trading technology is strongly preferred.
  • Experience supporting platform modernization, migration, vendor evaluation, or strategic technology replacement initiatives is preferred.
  • Experience using product, operational, incident, client, or trading data to inform priorities and evaluate outcomes is preferred.


Licenses/Certifications:
  • None required.


Education
Bachelor's: Business Administration, Bachelor's: Computer and Information Science, High School (HS) (Required)

Work Experience
General Experience - 6 to 10 years

Certifications

Salary Range
$100,000.00-$175,000.00

Travel
Less than 25%

Workstyle
Hybrid

The total compensation for this position includes base salary or wages, and may include components such as additional compensation (cash or equity), discretionary bonuses, or commissions. This position is eligible for a benefits package that may include medical, dental, and vision; life insurance; critical illness insurance and accident insurance; disability benefits; retirement savings; paid time off (including vacation, holidays, and sick leave); and parental leave. Eligibility for benefits and specific offerings may vary based on position and employment status. To view more details of the benefits offered, visit Myrjbenefits.com.

About Raymond James Financial, Inc

The Raymond James Technology and Communications Investment Banking Group is a committed and thoughtful partner that provides a full range of investment banking services and best practices. The group is comprised of experienced professionals that have extensive investment banking expertise. They leverage the industry expertise of Raymond James' award-winning research department. The group focuses on key sectors within technology and communications including: communications software, communication towers, defense electronics, enterprise software, internet infrastructure services, homeland security, IT services, mobile technology, semiconductors, software-as-a-service, telecommunications equipment, telecommunications infrastructure and support services, and wireless & wireline telecommunications services. They take pride in a client-centric approach to M&A, with focus on delivering independent solutions that creates value for the long term. The outcome of this unique approach may be seen in the successful transactions of their clients, including over 80 public offerings totaling $17 billion and over 85 strategic advisory transactions totaling over $5 billion in value since 1998.

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Learn more about Raymond James Financial, Inc
Size
15,000 employees
Market Cap
$22.6 billion
Industry
Net Income
$862 million
5 Year Trend
+11.6%
Revenue
$8.3 billion
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