Product Manager - Collateral and Margin SME

An award-winning Fintech specialising in derivative risk analytics and margin optimisation is looking for a new addition to the product management team. The client is an established firm with a start-up mentality and looks to hire smart and driven candidates with a solid understanding of derivative products.

The Role

A successful candidate will be a credible, experienced product professional with excellent communication skills. They should have strong knowledge of margin and collateral analytics, with a focus on advanced optimisation, stress testing and forecasting analytics, and a keen interest in how clients use these tools across the derivatives trade lifecycle. They will decide what problem the Analytics team solves, for whom and why, collaborating closely with engineers, internal teams and clients.

The Analytics area covers margin optimisation, margin attribution, collateral analytics and optimisation, variation margin forecasting, stress testing and the limits engine.

Responsibilities include:

1. Owning the product roadmap for the Analytics area and decide the order of work within it
2. Deciding on which problems the team solves, for which clients and why, and what is out of scope
3. Write clear requirements for each feature: the problem, who has it and what success looks like
4. Exploring new or unclear ideas using AI tools before they go to the engineering team
5. Assessing the commercial impact of each feature, and flagging when a change creates a new module or changes an existing one
6. Partnering with a developer to build working prototypes in hours rather than weeks, using Claude and Cursor
7. Keeping documentation of what the Analytics modules cover up to date
8. Representing the company at industry conferences, events and forums
9. Acting as a conduit between clients and the business. You will develop an understanding of a client's needs and carry out market research and competitor analysis to define and build out user requirements

The Candidate:

1. 5+ years working within product management in a B2B software company, with some years in financial institutions
2. Sound knowledge of collateral and margin analytics, including optimisation algorithms
3. Sound commercial judgement, with the ability to link a feature to what a client pays for
4. Exceptional written and interpersonal communication skills, with the ability to explain how a module behaves to both technical and non-technical colleagues and clients
5. Experience with AI-assisted development or specification-led delivery (preferred)
6. Experience with derivatives margin and collateral, such as SIMM, SPAN or clearing house margin (preferred)

Ideal for someone who has moved from a bank, asset manager, hedge fund or prime broker into product and wants to take ownership of a commercial, client-facing analytics product at a fast-growing fintech. You will have the opportunity to be the face of the company at industry events, building your own personal brand and name in the market.