Clearwater Analytics

Sr. Lead Product Manager

Clearwater Analytics$207K — $295K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 9+ years of experience in product leadership within financial services, focusing on derivatives (IR/FX/Credit)
  • Proven success in developing end-to-end solutions for derivatives workflows
  • Familiarity with CECL methodology for credit loss estimation
  • Strong understanding of industry regulations (Dodd-Frank/EMIR, ILPA)
  • Ability to translate complex client needs into actionable product requirements
  • Excellent communication skills for interacting with technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Experience in mentoring or managing team members preferred.

Responsibilities

  • Own the competitive landscape knowledge for derivatives in finance
  • Collaborate with internal teams to create scalable solutions for clients
  • Identify and prioritize market opportunities with Sales leadership
  • Serve as the subject matter expert on industry regulations and represent the company externally
  • Lead product strategy and development for Derivatives, including valuation and risk workflows
  • Support CECL product development by leveraging credit risk modeling expertise
  • Communicate product roadmaps and updates to stakeholders effectively.

Benefits

  • Health, vision, and dental insurance
  • 401(k) plan
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Parental leave
  • Medical leave
  • Short-term and long-term disability insurance.
Full Job Description
This is an exceptional opportunity for a senior professional with deep experience building financial technology software supporting derivatives. In close collaboration with Sales, Product, Operations, and Services teams, you will strategically define and lead the high level roadmap for Clearwater's Derivatives product including taking ownership of the market readiness for derivative valuation, hedge accounting, collateral management and other full lifecycle product development. This role is also expected to assist with supporting the development of Clearwater's CECL (Current Expected Credit Loss) product.

As the Senior Product Leader for these asset classes, you will articulate the overall vision for derivatives, define and document requirements, create JIRA stories, and work closely with development teams to implement solutions. You will own the full product lifecycle - from market problem definition to user personas, workflow documentation, and business requirements for key functional groups - while also contributing your credit and valuation expertise to CECL product initiatives and mentoring junior product team members.

Responsibilities:

Market Management & Strategy
• Own a deep understanding of the competitive landscape across the derivatives market (IR, FX, credit, and equity derivatives)
• Work with internal and external influencers to develop scalable, repeatable
solutions for derivatives clients primarily in the insurance and banking industries
• Partner with Sales leadership to identify and prioritize high-value market
opportunities across both asset classes
• Serve as the organization's senior subject matter expert on industry changes (e.g., LP/GP reporting standards, ILPA guidelines, derivatives regulatory shifts such as Dodd-Frank/EMIR, and CECL-related accounting standards) and represent Clearwater externally at that level

Product Development & Requirements
• Collaborate with Solutions and Product teams to understand client workflows, pain points, and how Clearwater's platform can enhance operations across derivatives
• Lead product strategy for the Derivatives product line, including valuation,
sensitivity analysis, collateral/margin workflows, and derivatives accounting and reporting requirements
• Support CECL product development by contributing expertise on credit risk
modeling, expected loss methodologies, and how derivatives/alternative asset
exposures factor into credit loss estimation
• Develop detailed business requirements and manage JIRA stories throughout the development lifecycle for both product areas
• Partner with development teams on feature design, ensuring engineers understand the business value behind each deliverable
• Define product capabilities necessary to capture high-priority opportunities in
derivatives, and CECL, translating them into development-ready products

Stakeholder Communication & Roadmap
• Own and communicate the private funds and derivatives product roadmaps to internal and external stakeholders on a regular cadence
• Provide regular updates and cross-functional input on CECL product progress and priorities
• Lead conversations with senior internal stakeholders on use cases, client needs, and future product direction
• Work with Sales, Operations, and Client Services to prioritize development projects, balancing new market growth with profitability and client experience
• Define the private funds and derivatives offering strategy and partner with

Marketing on collateral and positioning

Client Success & Enablement
• Put client success at the center of every product decision, ensuring new features solve real operational challenges faced by insurance companies and banks. that use derivatives for risk management purposes
• Measure success of new feature releases through adoption metrics and client feedback loops
• Lead training for internal users and clients on, derivatives, and CECL-related
functionality
• Maintain recognized, senior-level expertise in derivatives products across the
organization

Requirements:
• 9+ years of experience in solutions or product leadership roles in financial services or financial technology, with a clear focus on derivatives (IR/FX/credit derivatives)
• Proven track record of building and delivering product solutions for complex end to end derivatives workflows (valuation, collateral, margin, hedge accounting)
• Working knowledge of CECL methodology and credit loss estimation, or strong ability to quickly develop this expertise and apply it to product requirements
• Deep knowledge of industry challenges such as regional regulations (e.g., ILPA, NAIC, BMA, Solvency, Dodd-Frank/EMIR) derivatives counterparty workflows
• Demonstrated success putting client success at the heart of product decisions, with examples of translating institutional investor, fund manager, or trading desk needs into product requirements
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey
complex fund and derivatives mechanics to both technical and non-technical
audiences at a senior/executive level
• Strong ability to synthesize and communicate results of data analysis
• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills, with experience managing cross functional stakeholder relationships across Sales, Engineering, Operations, and Client Services
• Experience mentoring or managing team members is preferred.

Salary Range
$207,000.00 - $295,550.00
This is the pay range the Company believes it will pay for this position at the time of this posting. Consistent with applicable law, compensation will be determined based on relevant experience, other job-related qualifications/skills, and geographic location (to account for comparative cost of living). The Company reserves the right to modify this pay range at any time. For this role, benefits include: health/vision/dental insurance, 401(k), PTO, parental leave, and medical leave, STD/LTD insurance benefits.

About Clearwater Analytics

Clearwater Analytics is a global SaaS solution for automated investment data aggregation, reconciliation, accounting, and reporting. Clearwater helps thousands of organizations make the most of investment portfolio data with cloud-native software and client-centric servicing. Every day, investment professionals worldwide trust Clearwater to deliver timely, validated investment data and in-depth reporting. Clearwater aggregates, reconciles, and reports on more than $5.5 trillion in assets across thousands of accounts daily for our Fortune 500 clients.
Learn more about Clearwater Analytics
Size
1,500 employees
Market Cap
$4.4 billion
Industry
NASDAQ

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