Senior Director, Product Management – Trading Platform & Data

About this role

<div class="content-intro"><hr> <p>At Forge, we know our team is our greatest asset. As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone. We live that vision through our values of being bold, accountable, and humble. We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to artificial intelligence, and more.&nbsp;</p> <p>With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights, a custody offering, and a vibrant marketplace, Forge’s goal is to build the best-in-class technology infrastructure to power a global private market that is transparent, accessible, and seamless for companies, their employees, and investors. Through Forge, employees can sell their private shares, employers can reward shareholders with pre-IPO liquidity and individual and institutional investors can participate in private unicorn growth.&nbsp;</p> <p>Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and is building a growing network effect.&nbsp;</p> <p>Our ability to offer these powerful financial solutions has generated incredible interest from investors, demand from customers, and a need to grow our team to meet the needs of more companies, teams, and innovators in this way.&nbsp;</p></div><p><strong>The Role:&nbsp;</strong></p> <p><span data-contrast="none">Forge is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management to lead our Trading Platform and Data product organizations. This role owns the vision, strategy, and execution across our core trading platform, platform services and APIs, and our data business. This product leader will be responsible for building a cohesive product strategy that powers liquidity, enables partner integrations, and drives data monetization across the private markets ecosystem. This leader will manage a team of product managers, including senior technical product leadership for platform and APIs, and will play a critical role in shaping Forge’s next-generation infrastructure for private markets.</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;<br><br><strong>Location:</strong> This role requires 2-3 days a week in office in Soho, NY office.<br></span></p> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Responsibilities:&nbsp;</span></span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none">Own and define the end-to-end product vision, strategy, and roadmap across Trading Platform, Platform Services/APIs, and Data products</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Deliver measurable customer and business outcomes aligned with Forge’s marketplace, data, and platform growth strategies</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Lead the development of a scalable, reliable trading platform that supports complex private market transactions and regulatory requirements</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Drive the evolution of platform services and APIs to support internal product teams, external partners, and institutional integrations</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Own and grow the data product business, including datasets, APIs, derived analytics, and index products</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Define and implement monetization strategies across trading, platform, and data offerings</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Establish and track KPIs across platform performance, data product adoption, API usage, and business impact</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Partner with engineering leadership to shape platform architecture, scalability, and long-term technical strategy</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Work closely with data research, operations, and engineering teams to ensure high-quality data pipelines and lifecycle management</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Collaborate with GTM teams (sales, marketing, partnerships) to drive product adoption, commercialization, and revenue growth</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Engage directly with key customers, partners, and market participants to inform product strategy and&nbsp;validate&nbsp;solutions</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Navigate regulatory, compliance, and market structure considerations in private markets and trading systems</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of product managers, including senior technical PMs for platform and APIs</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Drive a culture of product excellence, strategic thinking, and customer-centric decision making</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Evangelize product strategy and platform vision internally and externally, including executive and client-facing engagements</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> </ul> <p><strong><span data-contrast="none"><span data-ccp-parastyle="heading 1">Qualifications</span></span><span data-ccp-props="{"134245418":true,"134245529":true,"335559738":480,"335559739":0}">&nbsp;</span></strong></p> <ul> <li><span data-contrast="none">8-10 years of product management experience, with significant leadership experience in fintech, trading platforms, or data products</span><span data-ccp-props="{}">&nbsp;</span></li> <li><span data-contrast="none">Deep&nbsp;expertise&nbsp;in capital markets, tra