Senior Product Manager - Middle Back Office Technology Platforms
The D. E. Shaw Group
Product, IT
New York, NY, USA
Posted on May 4, 2026
What you’ll do day-to-day
Depending on your background and interests, you’ll focus on one of two senior product manager roles:
Front Office-Focused Role:
- Partner closely with investment professionals, traders, and operations teams to define, prioritize, and launch technology solutions supporting trade lifecycle management, securities reference data, trade booking, corporate actions, and controls.
- Act as a senior product lead and trusted advisor to Front and Middle Office stakeholders, driving initiatives that boost operational efficiency, accuracy, and scalability.
- Translate complex business needs into clear technical deliverables for software developers and QA engineers.
Communications-Focused Role:
- Partner closely with the Communications chief of staff and leadership team to define and build the department’s technology strategy and roadmap from the ground up, identifying and prioritizing technology solutions that support brand and marketing initiatives across audiences and mediums.
- Act as a senior product lead and trusted advisor to business stakeholders, driving initiatives that improve efficiency, quality, and scalability across content, data, and distribution workflows.
- Translate business processes and problems into technical requirements and structured deliverables for engineering teams.
- Lead the development of product roadmaps aligned to the department’s technology vision, determining when to build in-house vs. leverage third-party solutions.
- Evaluate, select, and onboard external tools (e.g., versatile content management systems), while driving the design and delivery of internal tools to support content creation and workflow management, including AI-enabled capabilities where appropriate.