Product Manager Brokerage
Alpaca is a brokerage infrastructure company providing developer APIs for stocks, options, fixed income, and crypto trading, plus tokenization infrastructure for TradFi–DeFi markets.
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About Alpaca
Alpaca provides API-first brokerage infrastructure for fintechs, institutions, algorithmic traders, and developers. Its offerings include Broker API, Trading API, market data, self-clearing brokerage services, crypto services, and the Instant Tokenization Network for in-kind minting and redemption of tokenized assets.
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About the Role
You will define and deliver brokerage products for EU markets, including equities, ETFs, tax-wrapper accounts, integrations, and operational workflows. You will develop product strategy and roadmaps, write requirements, assess build-versus-buy decisions, collaborate with engineers and operations, engage customers and partners, and ensure products meet regional regulatory and market requirements.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, finance, or equivalent
- Five or more years of experience in product management, engineering, consulting, or startup building
- Experience or demonstrated interest in EU brokerage, capital markets, or fintech
- Understanding of MiFID II, MiFIR, ESMA, EU capital markets, and member-state tax and tax-wrapper rules
- Written and verbal English communication skills
- Business acumen for stakeholder, technology, time, and budget tradeoffs
Responsibilities
- Own brokerage products tailored for EU markets, including equities, ETFs, tax-wrapper accounts, and regional offerings
- Own EU tax and tax-wrapper functionality, including eligibility and contribution rules, cost-basis tracking, withholding, reclaims, and local reporting
- Drive brokerage product strategy through ROI, competition, regulatory, and build-versus-buy analysis
- Build and execute a MiFID II and MiFIR-compliant product roadmap
- Write product requirements and work with engineers to execute programs
- Improve brokerage operational efficiency and own relevant metrics for settlement, custody, and clearing workflows
- Lead customer calls and translate insights into product improvements
- Report product status and results to stakeholders, partners, and institutional clients
- Collaborate with local operations teams on EU market-infrastructure integration
Benefits
- Stock options
- Health benefits
- One-time USD 500 home-office setup
- USD 150 monthly stipend via a Brex Card
