Product Manager

The Product Manager at Peak6 will help shape the tools, platforms, and systems that support the trading desk. This role blends strategic product thinking with hands-on execution, with the goal of improving performance, efficiency, and innovation through iterative delivery and new product development.

Role Focus

Develop and advance products for mission-critical, time-sensitive trading workflows. The position balances ongoing enhancement of existing offerings with the design of new solutions, anchored in user needs and measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute product roadmaps for trading tools, maintaining support for existing products while introducing new innovations.
• Collaborate directly with trading and engineering teams to uncover pain points, define requirements, and deliver solutions that create business value.
• Own and communicate product vision, including priorities, strategy, and status updates across the organization.
• Define user stories, map user flows, maintain a shovel-ready backlog, and establish clear acceptance criteria.
• Build partnerships with trading teams and internal venture initiatives to surface new ideas and coordinate cross-team solutions.
• Define and communicate product metrics, conduct usability testing, and use data to continuously improve product fit and impact.
• Support product consistency by maintaining documentation and best practices across both new and legacy product lines.

Requirements

• 2-4+ years of product management experience, preferably in fintech.
• Direct experience working with agile teams to take products from vision through execution.
• Proven record building and iterating on user-centric, mission-critical applications in time-sensitive environments.
• Strong ability to build deep partnerships with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Effective communication, documentation, and relationship management skills.
• Analytical mindset, including comfort working with data, defining KPIs, and evaluating product success and failure during lifecycles.
• Adaptability and bias for action, with the ability to work in ambiguity, move at speed, and deliver results in dynamic conditions.

Benefits

• Healthcare benefits, including medical, dental, vision, and EAP.
• Competitive PTO.
• 401k match.
• Parental leave.
• HSA contribution match.
• Paid subscription to the Calm app.
• Generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits.
• Ability to work remotely up to two days a week.
• Discretionary annual bonus (may be eligible).
• Range of health and wellness benefits.

Compensation and Location

Location: Chicago, IL (hybrid)

Base Salary Range: USD $92,000 to $115,000 per year

Minimum Experience: 2 years