Technical Product Manager, Platform

At Upvest, we are on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money. Upvest empowers businesses to offer a wide range of investment products and the best experience in the field of capital market investment and retirement planning. Upvest's Investment API is easy to integrate so that fintechs and financial institutions can save resources and fully focus on their core business.

We are proud to partner with Europe's leading Fintechs and financial institutions such as DKB, Revolut, N26 and Raisin. Founded in 2017 by Martin Kassing, Upvest now brings together over 270 talented professionals from more than 70 nationalities. We're backed by world-class investors such as Hedosophia, Sapphire, Bessemer Venture Partners, BlackRock, Earlybird, HV Capital, Notion Capital, and Motive Ventures.

As Upvest enters the next stage of growth, we are looking for an exceptional Technical Product Manager, Platform. You will work directly with Mislav Ilich (Director Product), Paul Kremer (Director Engineering) & Roberto Fajardo (SVP Engineering) owning topics critical to Upvest's product and business success:

Enable & empower Upvest's hyperscaling growth alongside its clients:

Upvest is currently processing over 9 million orders per Month and growing fast. Your task is to understand the needs of Upvest Product Engineering as well as Upvest's client needs during this growth phase. To be successful you will guide the Platform tribes teams to deliver on the overarching platform vision while making clear tradeoffs along the way to enable Upvest to meet its business goals.

You will embed design thinking & future extensibility in early and scrappy MVPs to mature mission critical infrastructure components. You will iterate fast with the platform engineers and have a strong bias towards execution and delivering meaningful value for Upvest as a business and Product Engineering.

Own the Platform delivery, roadmap & strategy:

Upvest is on a mission to make investing as easy as spending money and we aim to empower 100 million people to invest via our Investment API. With support of engineering & product leadership, your mission is to help define the platform engineering strategy that will enable us to be successful towards that goal.

Own & validate the platform team's roadmap and importantly lead the delivery of a market leading cloud infrastructure and tools that enables our product engineers to deliver value to clients fast, reliably and securely.

Embed security, resilience and scalability by design in the Upvest platform:

Upvest is a regulated investment firm in Germany and the UK, live & serving clients in 20+ markets, ISO 27001 and SOC2 certified, offering a highly available investment platform to the biggest banks, financial institutions and fintechs in Europe and the UK.

To be successful you will utilise existing best practices, battle tested components as well as innovate and create new solutions to ensure our system has the highest measures of security, reliability and business continuity procedures in place.

What you'll do:

• Autonomy coupled with inspirational leadership: When we say empowered teams we mean it. In this role you will fully own product success with your team - with your manager and senior leadership ready to support you at all times.

• Product-centricity throughout the organisation: At Upvest we highly value the importance of product and our Product team's work. No struggle for relevance that product people may encounter elsewhere.

• Product Engineering culture: Teams are working together guided by joint OKRs and a clear roadmap. Collaborate closely with your engineering counterparts to deliver client value in a decoupled and dynamic manner.

• An exceptional team: Upvest's Product team is one of a kind when it comes to combining impactful work with a relaxed and fun atmosphere. We have established strong practices around feedback, team health and social events.

• Continuous learning: The complex yet fascinating field of investments, building an API product on a state-of-the-art tech stack, and working with the most relevant fintechs and financial institutions provide for an incredibly rewarding learning experience. It is a great opportunity if you aspire to grow professionally.

What you bring:

• You have 5+ years experience working in Technical Product Management roles - ideally with focus on regulated cloud infrastructure and engineering experience. Experience in financial services/investing, B2B SaaS or FinTech is a big plus.

• Understanding of and a focus on client needs and how to delight them. You have a clear bias for impact and speed in product discovery and delivery.

• Be a sponge We don't need you to be a finance or trading industry expert. But you will need to be able to absorb knowledge on complicated topics quickly (e.g. Investment Infrastructure, Localised regulatory requirements, etc) and combine with your expertise on product management best practices.

• Experience with product manager's toolkits - such as product discovery, ticketing and documentation software (e.g., Linear, Slite, Miro, Figma etc.).

How we Upvest in you:

• Impact-driven work: We're building the infrastructure that will power the future of investing in Europe. It's complex, ambitious, and meaningful. You'll work with modern technologies and create something entirely new. No legacy systems, no limits.

• Wellbeing: Recharge with 30 days of annual leave and maintain a healthy lifestyle with sports benefits. Access confidential professional coaching and enjoy the flexibility to work remotely abroad for up to 183 days a year. Recharge with UpRest, a one-month fully paid sabbatical after every 4 years of working at Upvest.

• Development: Growth is in our DNA. Each Upvenger has access to a personal development budget and the freedom to decide how to use it.

• Flexible work environment: Work from any of our hubs in Berlin, London or Tallinn hybrid or remotely across Europe, depending on the role. We give you the choice and budget to work where you're most comfortable and productive, either at home or in the office. You choose.

• Compensation and equity: We believe that all Upvengers contribute to our success and deserve a competitive, above-market salary and a participation in our employee equity program.

• Team celebrations: Participate in company-wide events, such as UpFest, dinners, offsites and our Holiday party, to connect with colleagues and celebrate our achievements.

• Inclusion: We're committed to a culture where everyone belongs and thrives. Our Employee Resources Groups foster inclusion and connection, like Upfem for our female Upvengers, or UpVergent supporting neurodivergent Upvengers and allies.

Our Values:

• Make it easy for others. We simplify the complex and act with the best intentions

• Own the outcome. We are proactive, fast and confident to get the job done, valuing progress over perfection.

• Rise to the challenge. We aim high and push the boundaries. We stay curious, learn and celebrate our wins together.

• Tell the story. We start with the Why to align on purpose. We are transparent and share knowledge to empower and inspire others.

Upvest is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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