Technical Product Manager

Arcesium is a global financial technology firm that solves complex data-driven challenges faced by some of the world’s most sophisticated financial institutions. We constantly innovate our platform and capabilities to meet tomorrow’s challenges, anticipate the risks our clients encounter, and design advanced solutions to help our clients achieve transformational business outcomes.
Financial technology is a high-growth industry as change and innovation continue to disrupt the status-quo and prompt major transformation. Arcesium is at a particularly interesting time in our own growth as we look to leverage our successfully established market position and expand operations in pursuit of strategic new business opportunities. We value intellectual curiosity, proactive ownership, and collaboration with colleagues, and we empower you to meaningfully contribute from day one and accelerate your professional development.
We are looking for an exceptionally talented resource to join one of our cross-functional product teams in our Hyderabad/Bangalore/Gurugram office for an Individual contributor role. This product team is responsible for building the core accounting product offering of our platform. This position offers opportunity to define and design the next generation of products on our platform, which is used by some of the most sophisticated hedge funds in the world; and to collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry.
What you’ll do:
Carry the product/feature from concept to creation
Brainstorm product/feature and its value proposition to our client base
Distill the vision into documents such as product roadmap and product/feature specification via deep dives into domain, gathering requirements and/or business analysis
Work closely with the engineers/architects to translate the Product Specification to design, and then to the product itself
Prepare comprehensive business test cases/beds to aid the engineering process
Rigorously and continuously evaluate the progress of product/feature-in-flight by leveraging the created test cases/beds and ensure compliance to the product/feature specification and the vision
Prepare prototypes using Python and AI
Track and question risks/assumptions
Proactively escalate issues and mitigate execution risks
Be involved in conducting competitor analysis
What you’ll need:
4+ years of experience working in the front, middle and/or back-office space with a minimum of 2+ years of experience in product management
Technical skills needed
Understanding of Java: Familiarity with Java concepts to effectively communicate and collaborate with the development team.
Knowledge of Distributed Systems: Understanding of distributed systems concepts to grasp project requirements and challenges.
Database Awareness: General knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases to contribute effectively to data-related discussions.
Experience working closely with engineers.
Outstanding academic background & passion to work in a high-tech software development environment.
Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
Critical thinking and the ability to articulate standpoints/ideas and influence stakeholders
Ability to multitask and manage multiple lines of execution with attention to detail and quality
A healthy combination of resourcefulness, domain expertise, creativity and execution prowess
Candidate should have a graduate degree in software engineering
Advanced knowledge in field of Trade Accounting and operations or Certifications in financial domain such as MBA, CFA will be an added advantage.
Handson experience on using and integrating various AI tools for building out products will be an added advantage.
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Work arrangement
Hybrid