We believe the financial markets can and should work for everyone. Capitolis is the technology company creating safer and more vibrant financial markets by unlocking capital constraints and enabling greater access to more diversified capital and investment opportunities. Rooted in advanced technology and deep financial expertise, Capitolis powers groundbreaking financial solutions that drive growth for global and regional banks – and institutional investors alike. Capitolis is backed by world class venture capital firms, including Canapi Ventures, 9Yards Capital, SVB Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, and S Capital, as well as leading global banks such as J.P. Morgan, Citi and State Street.
Founded in 2017, our team brings decades of experience in launching successful startups, technology, and financial services. Capitolis was named to Fast Company’s prestigious annual list of The World’s Most Innovative Companies for 2023, CNBC’s World’s Top Fintech Companies 2023 list, ranked #68 on the 2023 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 list, and was named “Best FX Software Provider” in the 2023 Euromoney Foreign Exchange Awards. Most recently, American Banker recognized Capitolis among the Best Places to Work in Fintech after the company was named by Crain’s New York Business as one of New York’s 100 Best Places to Work in 2023 for the second consecutive year.
For more information, please visit our website at www.capitolis.com or follow us on LinkedIn.
About the Role
We are seeking a Third-Party Software Product Manager to become the internal expert on the external software solutions that power our business. This role sits at the intersection of product management, systems integration, and business enablement. You will take ownership of the third-party systems we rely on, understanding their features in depth and ensuring they are leveraged to their fullest potential. You’ll work closely with business users, software engineers, and internal product teams to design streamlined, automated, and efficient workflows that integrate these tools with our in-house platform.
Your work will directly reduce development costs, accelerate automation, and focus our internal resources on delivering differentiated capabilities to our clients. This is an ideal opportunity for a power user of capital markets software, such as Order & Execution Management Systems, Portfolio Management Systems, Collateral Management Systems, with strong analytical and product skills, who thrives on understanding how systems work and how to make them work better together. By optimizing how internal and external tools work together, you will be instrumental in building a smarter, more agile technology stack that supports scale, innovation, and market leadership.
Key Responsibilities
- Own the relationship and roadmap for key third-party software platforms used across the organization.
- Become the internal expert and super-user on each third-party system’s capabilities, limitations, and best practices.
- Partner with internal stakeholders and end-users to maximize utility and adoption of external software solutions.
- Collaborate with product managers to avoid unnecessary internal development by leveraging existing vendor functionality.
- Design and optimize integrations between third-party tools and in-house systems, ensuring seamless data and workflow connectivity.
- Support the creation of straight-through processes by aligning vendor systems with internal automation goals.
- Propose enhancements to external vendors where needed and represent the firm in user groups or advisory councils.
- Contribute to cost-benefit analysis and vendor evaluations when considering new systems or renewals.
Qualifications
- 5+ years of experience in product management, business systems analysis, operations specialist, in fintech or financial services.
- Proven experience acting as a super user or SME for capital markets platforms (e.g., OMS, PMS, front-office and back-office systems).
- Strong technical literacy with APIs, data models, and system architecture; comfortable working with engineering teams on integrations.
- Strategic thinker with a keen eye for identifying efficiency opportunities and functional overlaps across systems.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills across business, technical, and vendor-facing teams.
- Passionate about automation, process improvement, and delivering business value through technology.
What Success Looks Like
- Clear, well-documented integrations that reduce manual work and enable process automation.
- Increased utilization of third-party features and reduced reliance on custom internal development for commodity functions.
- Improved efficiency and satisfaction for internal users of third-party systems.
- Tangible savings in development and maintenance costs due to effective use of vendor capabilities.
Our Company Values
We operate with a clear set of values that guide us — our way of being, decisions, and actions. These values define who we are, and we are committed to all of them. These values are uniquely ours. If these values — all of them — speak to you, this is an amazing place, but we are not for everyone. Learn more about our Company Values here.
- We lead with purpose, while creating exceptional value
- We pursue big breakthroughs, responsibly
- We learn from the best and are unapologetically independent
- We are obsessed with the future and fanatical about executing today
- We play tough, with heart
Our People Attributes
Our People Attributes are characteristics that describe the DNA of Capitolis employees. They provide a consistent framework to hire, assess, and develop our team against. Learn more about our People Attributes on our careers page here.
- Super Smart: quality thinking and know what good looks like
- Badass: all in, get stuff done, and high standards
- Good Human: collaborative, open-minded, authentic and real, and pursue self-actualization
