Head of Product

Company & Role Overview

ipushpull is a pioneering fintech firm, distinguished by its innovative solutions in live data sharing and workflow automation across financial, crypto, and commodities markets. Our award-winning platform empowers a broad spectrum of financial institutions, including brokers, venues, banks, asset managers, and hedge funds, to optimize their pre- and post-trade data sharing and workflows. At the forefront of integrating chatbots and AI into our services, we are set for significant expansion following a successful Series A funding round. This role is not just a job; it's a journey towards building a world-class capital markets fintech. If you're a product person with deep domain expertise in financial or commodities markets, have a passion for technology and eager to drive growth in a forward-thinking, fast-paced environment, we welcome your expertise.  

The ideal candidate will be responsible for evolving the company’s products to align with company business strategy, including ensuring optimum market fit and developing and supporting to-market strategies. You will report to the Executive Team. 

Why Join ipushpull? 

• Dynamic Work Environment: Thrive in a vibrant, agile team setting where your contributions directly impact our success. Our entrepreneurial culture and rapid pace of work encourage innovation and continuous personal and professional development. 

• Collaborative Culture: Benefit from a flat organizational structure that values teamwork, creativity, and individual growth. We take pride in our cohesive team dynamic and foster a supportive, positive work environment. 

• Professional Development: Commitment to your advancement is at our core, offering in-house training, access to cutting-edge tools, and opportunities to influence our strategic direction. 

• Competitive Compensation: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including a competitive salary, generous commissions, stock options, and more, ensuring you feel appreciated and integral to our collective achievement. 

Key Responsibilities

Product strategy: 

• Own and manage the strategic roadmap for the company’s products liaising with all internal stakeholders and technology teams.
• Provide an efficient and effective means for regular review and prioritisation by the executive team.
• Organise the product into highly focused vertical (and horizontal) offerings with clear to-market strategies.
• Devise and manage to-market plans for products lines.
• Create/manage all product content for marketing, sales and support including responsibility for all product-focused website content.
• Implement process and metrics for tracking success of product lines with regular review processes.

Developing the product function:

• Manage and build the product function in the company combining dedicated product managers and specialists with resources from other functions in the business and external resources where required.

Pre-sales / sales engagement:  

• Engage directly with prospects and existing customers to understand their workflows and requirements.
• Attend sales/customer meetings, conferences and expos to showcase the capabilities of ipushpull's platform in addressing specific customer use cases.
• Present product demonstrations effectively, highlighting the value and efficiency that ipushpull offers within the customer's existing technology ecosystem.
• Capture and document customer requirements and feedback, ensuring that they feed into the product development lifecycle.

Requirements analysis and development support:

• Engage with internal and external stakeholders to review new features, integrating their feedback into the product development roadmap.
• Creating solutions requirements documents aligning packaged solutions with details of features, workflows and future-phased deliverables.
• Align packaged solutions phased deliveries with core platform modules.
• Work with UX designers to integrate user-centric design principles into product features.
• Conduct agile estimations to assess the complexity and effort required for each product requirement.
• Collaborate with the development team to define technical tasks and ensure efficient implementation of product features.
  
  

Desired Traits and Skills 

• Team player, with excellent communication, collaboration, and analytical skills.
• Proven experience as a Product Manager or Head of Product, preferably in a tech or SaaS company.
• Strong knowledge of financial markets and tech ecosystem including full trade lifecycle workflows.
• Strong understanding of no-code platforms and data automation processes.
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies and UX design principles.
• Ability to translate complex data and customer needs into clear product features.
• Innovative problem solver, open to challenges and continually seeking improvement.

Benefits 

• A flexible hybrid work model. 
• Stock options.
• Following probation; comprehensive health coverage, pension plan, electric car scheme and cycle to work scheme.
• Frequent social and charitable events and a culture that emphasizes inclusivity and collaboration. 

Location and Travel 

This is a full-time position for candidates within commuting distance of Central London.  We have a hybrid working policy however the nature of sales means you will be required to meet customers on a regular basis in Central London. There may be occasional travel to Europe or the US on an ad hoc basis. 

Join Us 

At ipushpull, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and strongly encourage candidates from all backgrounds to apply. As an equal opportunity employer, we believe diversity enriches our creativity, innovation, and productivity, making us stronger and more successful. 

Become part of our mission to redefine the landscape of financial technology. Apply now to embark on this exciting journey with ipushpull. 

Our Values 

ipushpull sets the standard. When it comes to data and workflows, no one gets it like we do. We’re buzzing with new ideas and take pride in our speed to market. Our people are constantly evolving how they work and think, to stay ahead of an ever-changing environment. 

We are driven by intellectual curiosity, always looking with fresh eyes at the real challenges we see in the market. And we collaborate closely with customers, understanding the value of both experience and new perspectives to answer big questions. 

We’re pioneers. We’re open to and driven by new ideas. We keep our ear to the ground and set our clients’ problems in the right context to solve them. And we constantly look for new trends and technologies that can help us work simpler, faster and better. 

We create solutions that answer our customers’ challenges. We work to build closer customer relationships, so we can share in our customers’ vision for the future of work. 

We’re a business people like to work for – and do business with. We’re flexible and driven, empowering people to work in the ways that work for them and deliver their best work. Our people are entrepreneurial, taking ownership of their results and constantly thinking critically about how to drive better outcomes. 

We are a place where people can work as themselves. We encourage a wide range of perspectives and understand the power of diverse experiences, flexible working and open communication to foster a resilient, inclusive culture. 

To Apply

Please send your CV and cover letter to jobs@ipushpull.com