Senior Director, Product Management – Trading Platform & Data

At Forge, we know our team is our greatest asset. As technology innovators in the private market, our vision is to deliver a richer future for everyone. We live that vision through our values of being bold, accountable, and humble. We experience the value that our vision brings to the world every day, helping the teams behind the greatest innovations of our generation, from space travel to artificial intelligence, and more. With liquidity solutions, exclusive data and insights, a custody offering, and a vibrant marketplace, Forge’s goal is to build the best-in-class technology infrastructure to power a global private market that is transparent, accessible, and seamless for companies, their employees, and investors. Through Forge, employees can sell their private shares, employers can reward shareholders with pre-IPO liquidity and individual and institutional investors can participate in private unicorn growth. Forge's differentiated global marketplace addresses rising demand among individual and institutional investors for exposure to private company stocks and is building a growing network effect. Our ability to offer these powerful financial solutions has generated incredible interest from investors, demand from customers, and a need to grow our team to meet the needs of more companies, teams, and innovators in this way. The Role: Forge is seeking a Senior Director of Product Management to lead our Trading Platform and Data product organizations. This role owns the vision, strategy, and execution across our core trading platform, platform services and APIs, and our data business. This product leader will be responsible for building a cohesive product strategy that powers liquidity, enables partner integrations, and drives data monetization across the private markets ecosystem. This leader will manage a team of product managers, including senior technical product leadership for platform and APIs, and will play a critical role in shaping Forge’s next-generation infrastructure for private markets. Location: This role requires 2-3 days a week in office in Soho, NY office. Responsibilities: - Own and define the end-to-end product vision, strategy, and roadmap across Trading Platform, Platform Services/APIs, and Data products - Deliver measurable customer and business outcomes aligned with Forge’s marketplace, data, and platform growth strategies - Lead the development of a scalable, reliable trading platform that supports complex private market transactions and regulatory requirements - Drive the evolution of platform services and APIs to support internal product teams, external partners, and institutional integrations - Own and grow the data product business, including datasets, APIs, derived analytics, and index products - Define and implement monetization strategies across trading, platform, and data offerings - Establish and track KPIs across platform performance, data product adoption, API usage, and business impact - Partner with engineering leadership to shape platform architecture, scalability, and long-term technical strategy - Work closely with data research, operations, and engineering teams to ensure high-quality data pipelines and lifecycle management - Collaborate with GTM teams (sales, marketing, partnerships) to drive product adoption, commercialization, and revenue growth - Engage directly with key customers, partners, and market participants to inform product strategy and validate solutions - Navigate regulatory, compliance, and market structure considerations in private markets and trading systems - Lead, mentor, and scale a high-performing team of product managers, including senior technical PMs for platform and APIs - Drive a culture of product excellence, strategic thinking, and customer-centric decision making - Evangelize product strategy and platform vision internally and externally, including executive and client-facing engagements Qualifications - 8-10 years of product management experience, with significant leadership experience in fintech, trading platforms, or data products - Deep expertise in capital markets, trading systems, and market data products - Proven track record of owning and scaling complex platform products, including APIs and backend systems - Experience building and monetizing data products, including APIs, datasets, and analytics - Strong technical fluency, with the ability to engage deeply with engineering on architecture, APIs, and system design - Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing product teams - Strong understanding of regulatory and compliance considerations in financial markets (e.g., FINRA, SEC) - Exceptional ability to operate in ambiguity and drive strategic decisions in evolving markets - Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, including executive-level influence - Experience working cross-functionally across engineering, data, operations, legal, and go-to-market teams Preferred Qualifications - Experience in private markets, secondary trading, or alternative asset management - Experience with institutional trading systems, exchanges, or marketplaces - Familiarity with market data vendors and tools (e.g., Bloomberg, FactSet) - Experience with API-first business models and platform ecosystems - MBA or advanced degree in Finance, Business, or a related field For residents of New York, NY area the annual base salary range for this role is $250,000 - $275,000 + annual bonus. Final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, candidate experience and expertise, bonus, and other factors. Upon offer, we conduct background checks that include employment and education verification, state, and county criminal history searches as well as fingerprint and drug test. Forge is proud to be an equal opportunity employer committed to supporting a diverse and inclusive workplace. Our employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.