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Director of Product

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Company Name: tastytrade 
Role: Director of Product 
Location: Chicago, IL - Hybrid (3 days/week in office) 

Our Product Team manages the portfolio of features and enhancements that power tastytrade, guiding each initiative from initial concept through discovery, build, deployment, and continuous improvement. As the Director of Product, you'll oversee multiple product lines and major platform components while establishing scalable delivery frameworks that drive innovation and significant business growth. You'll lead a team of product managers, develop organizational product strategy, and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our retail brokerage and trading technology. 

What You'll Do: 

  • Lead strategic product portfolio: Oversee multiple product lines with direct accountability for the impact of the 18-24 month strategic roadmap which you’ll jointly develop with our business leadership. Establish commercial frameworks that align product strategy with company financial objectives while creating new business models and revenue streams with measurable market impact. 

  • Drive organizational transformation: Establish scalable delivery frameworks, KPI dashboards, and governance structures for predictability and efficiency. Lead the organization through complex product transformations while fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across teams. Pioneer adoption of agent-augmented product development lifecycle workflows.  

  • Deliver significant business outcomes: Create measurement systems that track how product initiatives impact company goals, using clear metrics and KPIs that everyone can understand. Build compelling business cases with financial projections to secure executive buy-in for major investments. Make data-driven decisions about which products to prioritize, expand, or sunset based on their contribution to revenue and strategic objectives. 

  • Build high-performing teams: Develop future product leaders through comprehensive coaching programs and stretch assignments. Establish organizational standards for PM methods and tools while creating knowledge sharing frameworks that disseminate product expertise across the entire organization. 

  • Master stakeholder relationships: Communicate product vision to diverse stakeholders from engineers to C-suite executives in ways that inspire action and alignment. Oversee strategic vendor management and partnership development while establishing frameworks for portfolio-level priority decisions across competing initiatives. 

Who You Are: 

  • Demonstrable product management experience with proven ability to lead product organizations, make decisions grounded in commercial sensibility, and drive significant business outcomes through new business models and revenue streams
     
  • Deep expertise in consumer-facing fintech or an adjacent regulated industry (e.g. insurance, gaming). Experience in retail trading, brokerage operations, or financial markets technology is a significant advantage – comprehensive understanding of trading platform capabilities, market microstructure, order execution, market data, and regulatory requirements including FINRA and SEC compliance frameworks 

  • Strong technical and commercial leadership – ability to establish NFR standards across product lines, inform architecture decisions balancing innovation with business objectives, and develop sophisticated financial models with ROI projections 

  • Mastery of strategic product methods – expert in establishing measurement frameworks, OKRs/KPIs, advanced analytics, and leveraging AI and emerging technologies to create competitive advantages while maintaining operational excellence 

  • Exceptional executive communication – ability to translate complex technical concepts into compelling business narratives, navigate high-stakes organizational discussions, and build strategic partnerships with external vendors and partners 

  • Proven team builder and change agent – track record of developing high-performing product organizations, mentoring product managers, and leading organizations through complex transformations 

  • Passion for empowering individual traders and democratizing access to financial markets through innovative trading technology and exceptional user experiences 

Company Perks/Benefits: 

  • Performance Bonuses 
  • Stock Purchase Options 
  • 401k Plan 
  • Medical/Dental/Vision Benefits 
  • 20 Paid Vacation Days (plus an additional paid vacation day the month of your birthday!) 
  • 10 Paid Sick Days 
  • Gym Membership Reimbursement 
  • Commuter Benefits 
  • Pet Insurance 
  • Wellness & Mental Health Programs 
  • Charitable Donation Matching 
  • Two Paid Volunteer Days Off 
  • Daily catered lunch when in the office 
  • Full kitchen with snacks and beverages 
  • In-building gym 
  • Shuttle to/from Metra 
  • Office located in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars 

Salary Range: $195,000 - $235,000 
The actual salary offered will be based on the candidate's level of experience and qualifications 

Discretionary performance bonus: 15-20% of base salary based on individual and company performance 

About IGNA + tasty  
IG North America is home to tastytrade, tastylive, tastyfx, and tastycrypto—a family of brands built to democratize trading and empower individual investors. Founded in Chicago by the creators of thinkorswimacquired by London-based IG Group in 2021, we combine startup innovation with the backing of a global fintech leader with 50+ years of experience.  

From our headquarters in Chicago's Fulton Market, our team builds award-winning trading platforms, produces live financial education content daily, and creates technology that makes complex markets accessible. tastytrade is our retail brokerage for self-directed investing and trading, with tastylive providing content to educate our customers. tastyfx is the fastest-growing forex broker in the US. tastycrypto provides self-custody digital wallets for decentralized finance.  

We're a lean, collaborative team that values autonomy, pragmatism, and impact. Whether you're building technology, creating content, serving customers, or supporting operations, you'll work alongside people who are passionate about disrupting traditional finance and genuinely care about helping traders succeed. Our culture rewards initiative, embraces experimentation, and measures success by the value we create for our users.  

Location: Our office is in the West Loop - Chicago's growing center of tech, great cuisine, and high-end bars.       

tastytrade | tastylive  | tastyfx | tastycrypto    
1330 W Fulton Market, Chicago, IL 60607        

*Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of color are less likely to apply to jobs unless they have every single qualification. Our team is dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles!  

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