Senior Product Manager, Trading

About InvestEngine

InvestEngine is everything the modern investor should need. Unbeatable value, market-leading automation, and built for easy, long-term investing. We’ve built a strong foundation, have over £2.5 billion invested, award-winning service, and a passionate team, now we’re ready to scale.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our Trading team. You’ll own the Trading stream end-to-end, covering trading, settlement, custody, and related operational capabilities, ensuring our roadmap delivers measurable business outcomes while supporting regulatory obligations and operational resilience.

You’ll own the evolution of InvestEngine’s core trading infrastructure, helping shape, build, and scale complex backend systems that power trading, settlement, custody, and operational workflows. This role goes beyond customer-facing product development — you'll be responsible for platform capabilities, third-party integrations, operational processes, and the underlying systems that enable our investment platform to operate reliably and at scale.

This role is ideal for someone who combines strong product leadership with deep trading domain expertise, enjoys solving complex operational and regulatory challenges, and has experience building large-scale platform products and backend capabilities from zero to production.

You’ll work closely with Engineering, Operations, Compliance, and third-party providers, and have the autonomy to own prioritisation, discovery, delivery outcomes, and operational health across the Trading stream.

What You’ll Do

• Define and own a 3–4 quarter Trading roadmap aligned with company OKRs, customer outcomes, and regulatory requirements

• Lead discovery initiatives, evaluate opportunities, and produce clear recommendations supported by data and stakeholder input

• Prioritise initiatives across trading, settlement, custody, and operational processes, balancing customer value, risk, operational impact, and engineering effort

• Create clear product requirements, acceptance criteria, process flows, and delivery artefacts that enable efficient execution by engineering teams

• Drive delivery readiness through well-defined Definition of Ready and Definition of Done standards

• Coordinate go/no-go decisions and launch readiness reviews across Compliance, Operations, and Engineering teams

• Own third-party and vendor governance, including requirements, controls, documentation, evidence management, and ongoing performance reviews

• Define and evolve platform capabilities supporting trading, settlement, custody, and operational workflows

• Establish and monitor operational KPIs, including trading breaks, settlement failures, support tickets, and incident trends

• Lead post-incident reviews and ensure learnings are translated into product and operational improvements

• Build strong stakeholder alignment through clear communication, structured decision-making, and transparent prioritisation processes

• Support and mentor analysts, product professionals, and cross-functional team members where required

• Ensure all product initiatives maintain appropriate auditability, traceability, and compliance-by-design standards

What We’re Looking For

• 5+ years of Product Management experience, including ownership of complex fintech, trading, or platform products, with experience building large-scale backend systems and operational capabilities from zero to production

• Understanding of the trading lifecycle, settlement processes, custody operations, corporate actions, and associated operational risks

• Proven experience defining roadmaps, prioritisation frameworks, and measurable success metrics

• Experience working within regulated financial services environments with a strong understanding of governance, controls, audit requirements, and operational resilience

• Demonstrated ability to run structured discovery, analyse complex problems, and make data-informed decisions

• Experience producing high-quality product documentation, including requirements, acceptance criteria, process maps, and operational readiness artefacts

• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and align senior leaders across Product, Engineering, Compliance, Operations, and external partners

• Experience managing third-party vendors and technology partners, including SLA and KPI ownership

• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to evaluate trade-offs across customer value, risk, operational impact, and technical complexity

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

• Comfortable operating with a high degree of ownership and accountability

• English fluency (C1 level and above) — we are a UK-based company, and the role involves regular communication with the team

Nice to Have

• Strong systems thinking across multiple internal and third-party components.

• Experience working in high-growth start-ups or scale-ups

How We Work

We’re a lean, fast-moving team that values clarity, ownership, and transparency.
You’ll have the freedom to experiment, the responsibility to follow through, and the backing of a team that values clear thinking and open dialogue. We believe in solving problems at the root, not just treating the symptoms.

What We Offer

Impact from day one
You’ll take on meaningful work from the start, tackling real challenges that drive the stability, efficiency, and growth of our business.

Room to grow
As we scale, you’ll have opportunities to expand your responsibilities, influence how we work, and help shape our long-term direction.

Transparent and open culture
We share decisions openly, keep communication channels clear, and encourage collaboration across every part of the business.

Supportive, high-calibre team
Work alongside talented professionals who are experts in their fields — smart, driven, and generous with their knowledge.

Remote first and flexible
Work in the way that best suits you. We focus on results, not rigid hours, and trust you to manage your time effectively.

Our Hiring Process

1. Introductory call with our Talent team

2. Competency interview with a hiring manager focused on your experience

3. Gamified cognitive assessment to understand how you think and problem-solve

4. Senior leadership interview to explore alignment with our culture, values, and strategic direction