Product Lead - Investor Allocation

Company Overview

Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the world's most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow's challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.

Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.

This group is responsible for working with technology teams throughout the process lifecycle to specify, develop, and implement the firms infrastructure and new middle- and back-office applications.

This position offers the opportunity to define and design the next generation of products in Investor Accounting and Transfer Agency domain, which is used by some of the most sophisticated hedge funds in the world, and to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry.

What will you do

• Contributing to the product vision for Investor Allocation Product modules
• Distill the vision into product roadmap and feature specifications by requirement gathering and solutioning
• Collaborate with technologists to translate the Product Specification to design and eventual product
• Articulate business case, ROI, Budgets & timelines; communicate with all stakeholders including clients
• Conduct market research and competitive landscape analysis to keep industry pulse and stay ahead of the competition
• Collaborate with product Managers across the product groups on cross cutting programs

What you'll need:

• 5-8 years in Investor Allocation, including 2+ years in product management
• Subject matter expertise in Investor Allocation for Hedge Funds and Institutional Asset Managers
• Strong understanding of complex fund structures (master-feeder, side pockets, hybrid vehicles)
• Knowledge of fee models (management, performance, hurdle rates, high-water mark, tiered fees)
• Strong critical thinking and communication skills
• Outstanding academic background and the passion to work in a high-tech software development environment