Job description
Company Name: tastytrade
Role: Product Manager I
Location: Chicago, IL - Hybrid (3 days/week in office)
Our Product Team manages the portfolio of features and enhancements that power tastytrade, guiding each initiative from initial concept through discovery, build, deployment, and continuous improvement. As a Product Manager I, you’ll own end-to-end development of product features for our trading platform, balancing user needs with business goals while coordinating cross-functional teams to deliver value. You’ll develop 3-6 month roadmaps aligned with strategic vision and work closely with engineering, design, compliance, and business stakeholders to bring products to life.
What You’ll Do:
- Own product features from conception to launch: Lead feature development through the complete lifecycle, creating detailed product requirements, developing business cases with ROI projections, and establishing success metrics through OKRs and KPIs that cascade from business objectives.
- Drive data-driven product decisions: Leverage analytics and user research to identify growth opportunities and optimize feature performance. Conduct user research and market analysis to inform strategic decisions, delivering comprehensive impact analyses with quantifiable business metrics.
- Navigate regulatory and technical complexity: Partner with legal, compliance, operational, and business teams throughout the product lifecycle, balancing regulatory requirements with optimal user experiences. Define comprehensive non-functional requirements (NFR) around performance, security, and reliability while partnering with engineering teams on implementation.
- Manage stakeholder relationships: Communicate complex product concepts in accessible, compelling language tailored to diverse stakeholder groups. Provide timely, transparent updates on product progress and roadblocks while making priority decisions that balance competing stakeholder needs with business objectives.
- Prototype and experiment: Develop rapid prototypes to test concepts and gather feedback before full implementation. Apply structured problem-solving frameworks to product challenges and lead discovery efforts to identify user needs and pain points.
- Leverage modern tools and technologies: Utilize AI and other tools for market analysis, competitive research, and product optimization. Master advanced PM methods including prototyping, A/B testing, advanced analytics, and roadmapping platforms.
Who You Are:
- 2-4 years of product management experience with a track record of successful feature or product delivery that drove measurable business outcomes
- Fintech or financial services product experience preferred - familiarity with trading platforms, brokerage operations, payments, account management, or financial markets technology is a strong plus. Understanding of regulatory requirements in financial services is valuable.
- Strong technical foundation - comfortable defining NFR requirements, partnering with engineering teams on implementation, and creating functional prototypes.
- Commercial sensibility - able to create business cases with ROI projections, develop pricing models and monetization strategies, and track key financial metrics tied to product performance. You balance customer needs with business sustainability and growth objectives.
- Effective communicator and collaborator - you tailor messaging and presentation style to diverse stakeholder groups, foster strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, and manage relationship conflicts through diplomatic negotiation and win-win solutions.
- Analytical and strategic mindset - you align product decisions with company strategy and measurable business outcomes, conduct user research and competitive analysis, and establish measurement frameworks to track success.
- Passion for empowering individual traders and improving the trading experience through thoughtful product development
Company Perks/Benefits:
- Performance Bonuses
- Stock Purchase Options
- 401k Plan
- Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits
- 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!)
- 10 Paid Sick Days
- Gym Membership Reimbursement
- Commuter Benefits
- Pet Insurance
- Wellness & Mental Health Programs
- Charitable Donation Matching
- Two Paid Volunteer Days Off
- Daily catered lunch when in the office
- Full kitchen with snacks and beverages
- In-building gym
- Shuttle to/from Metra
- Office located in the West Loop - Chicago’s growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars
Salary: $115,000
The actual base salary offered will be based on the candidate’s level of experience and qualifications
Discretionary performance bonus: 8-12% of base salary based on individual and company performance
About IGNA + tasty
IG North America is home to tastytrade, tasty live, tastyfx, and tastycrypto—a family of brands built to democratize trading and empower individual investors. Founded in Chicago by the creators of thinkorswim, acquired by London-based IG Group in 2021, we combine startup innovation with the backing of a global fintech leader with 50+ years of experience.
From our headquarters in Chicago’s Fulton Market, our team builds award-winning trading platforms, produces live financial education content daily, and creates technology that makes complex markets accessible. tastytrade is our retail brokerage for self-directed investing and trading, with tasty _live_ providing content to educate our customers. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US. tastycrypto provides self-custody digital wallets for decentralized finance.
We’re a lean, collaborative team that values autonomy, pragmatism, and impact. Whether you’re building technology, creating content, serving customers, or supporting operations, you’ll work alongside people who are passionate about disrupting traditional finance and genuinely care about helping traders succeed. Our culture rewards initiative, embraces experimentation, and measures success by the value we create for our users.
Location: Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago’s growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.
tastytrade | tasty live | tastyfx | tastycrypto
1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607
*Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!
