Product Manager II - US Derivatives
Payward, Inc. is a global financial infrastructure company and the parent organization behind Kraken. It provides trading, custody, payments, lending, staking, tokenized assets, derivatives, and market data infrastructure to consumers, professional traders, institutions, enterprises, fintechs, banks, exchanges, asset managers, and onchain platforms.
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About Payward, Inc.
Payward, Inc. operates a unified financial infrastructure platform powering a portfolio of products including Kraken, NinjaTrader, Breakout, xStocks, CF Benchmarks, and Payward Services. Its shared architecture provides global liquidity, risk and margin management, collateral and settlement, compliance and licensing, and operational infrastructure across crypto, tokenized assets, and traditional markets. Through Payward Services, the company offers APIs and infrastructure for crypto trading, custody, on/off-ramps, tokenized equities, derivatives, staking and yield, payments, and benchmark data. Payward operates across more than 190 jurisdictions and serves consumers, professional traders, institutional investors, enterprises, fintechs, banks, exchanges, asset managers, and DeFi/onchain protocols.
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About the Role
You own the prediction markets and event-based contracts product roadmap, functional design, and competitive strategy. You lead cross-functional working groups from ideation through launch, manage priorities with Engineering, Design, Operations, and Compliance, conduct market research, perform user acceptance testing, engage stakeholders, and promote analytics and experimentation.
Requirements
- Working knowledge of US CFTC-based derivative products
- Strong understanding of market design and structure
- Experience building US derivative trading products for institutional or retail clients
- Experience leading cross-functional teams
- Familiarity with flow of funds in US derivatives and crypto-native spot products
- At least 1 year of product management experience in crypto or forex/brokerage industries
- Knowledge of global crypto derivative offerings across traditional markets and crypto-native CeFi and DeFi
- Communication and stakeholder management skills
Responsibilities
- Own the prediction markets and event-based contracts product roadmap
- Lead working groups from ideation to product launch
- Manage priorities across Engineering, Design, Operations, Compliance, and Product
- Develop strategy, roadmaps, and business plans for US derivative products
- Research industry markets and trends
- Perform user acceptance testing
- Manage engagement with customers and external parties
- Promote analytics and experimentation
Benefits
- Equity
- Bonus
- Wellness allowance
- Medical insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- 401(k)