Director Of Product Management

Job Summary

The Director of Product Management will command the product strategy, competitor intelligence tracking, and annual roadmap planning for the CEPRES Portfolio Monitoring vertical. This leader will translate sophisticated client configuration demands into scalable software features, guide multiple agile development squads, and partner directly with Sales and Customer Success teams to capture and retain enterprise financial accounts.

Qualification

• Academic Foundation: Bachelor's degree in a technical or financial discipline; an MBA or advanced quantitative degree in Finance or Economics is highly preferred.
• Domain Expertise: Deep, operational knowledge of private markets, private equity mechanics, fund accounting workflows, asset management, and investor reporting cycles.
• Financial Metrics Proficiency: Complete comfort with complex private market performance measurements, including Internal Rate of Return (IRR), Total Value to Paid-In (TVPI), Distributed to Paid-In (DPI), and cash flow management models.
• Technical Software Stack: Mastery of modern product management, roadmapping, and agile coordination suites (such as Jira, Confluence, and Productboard).
• Linguistic Skills: Professional fluency in English is strictly required; proficiency in German or alternative European languages is considered a significant asset.

Experience

Candidates must bring an extensive track record of enterprise software execution and professional financial credibility:

B2B FinTech Product Leadership

• Professional Longevity: A minimum of ten (10) years of progressive experience in software product management, with at least five (5) years dedicated to customer-facing enterprise B2B roles.
• Alternative Assets Track Record: Direct history designing, launching, or scaling platforms within a private market software vendor, financial data provider, or quantitative risk management environment.
• Scalable Customization Architecture: Documented success transforming highly specific, "white-glove" institutional user customization requests into repeatable, scalable core product capabilities without bloating software codebases.
• Advanced Analytics Exposure: Desirable exposure to guiding products that incorporate artificial intelligence, machine learning data extraction, or advanced quantitative modeling techniques.

Commercial Strategy & Team Mentorship

• Commercial Environment Navigation: Proven experience operating alongside enterprise sales units, leading complex Request for Proposal (RFP) technical responses, driving product discovery workshops, and steering solution-scoping negotiations.
• Agile Grid Management: Extensive experience overseeing multiple parallel agile squads, balancing feature backlogs, and continuously refining product delivery cycles.
• Executive Presence: Exceptional communication capacity, with an established ability to engage credibly with C-level institutional executives, sophisticated portfolio managers, and private market operations teams.
• Talent Development: Proven success managing, mentoring, and upskilling product management professionals while instilling a culture of analytical rigor and user empathy.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Roadmap & Competitive Intelligence

• Formulate Product Vision: Structure, champion, and execute the 12-month product vision and strategic roadmap for the Portfolio Monitoring business unit, ensuring complete alignment with CEPRES' corporate revenue objectives.
• Drive Annual Planning: Partner with business unit executives during global annual planning sessions, contributing competitive intelligence, technology feasibility inputs, and accurate market trend assessments.
• Systematize Market Intelligence: Establish a structured, continuous market intelligence pipeline to track competitor features and shifting industry regulations, minimizing reliance on anecdotal field feedback.
• Track Adoption Metrics: Define, monitor, and report on core product performance metrics, user adoption patterns, and client satisfaction levels to drive iterative design choices.

Enterprise Client Scoping & Go-To-Market Execution

• Lead Technical Discovery: Serve as the primary technical voice during enterprise sales engagements, driving system demonstrations, discovering edge-case requirements, and outlining integration maps.
• Engine Scalable Capabilities: Deconstruct complex, account-specific customization demands into clean, modular features that enrich the broader platform ecosystem.
• Strengthen Partner Ecosystems: Cultivate and expand technical relationships with third-party data providers, software vendors, and strategic platform integrations.
• Orchestrate GTM Strategy: Collaborate with corporate Marketing squads to construct pricing models, value positioning, and go-to-market messaging that clearly separates CEPRES from alternative platforms.

Skills Required:

• Accounting / Finance
• Economics / Statistics