Staff Product Manager, Platform UI

Staff UI Platform Product Manager

Location:  Reno, NV; San Ramon, CA

Do you geek out on modern web design? Do you dream in terms of frameworks that help standardize user experiences and drive developer efficiencies? We are looking for candidates who share our passion for tackling cloud software challenges head-on, to help build an enterprise platform that will scale with our customers’ features and data needs.

As a Product Manager, UI Platform at Ridgeline, you will be responsible as the technical, product-minded leader for the UI Platform building frameworks and components that affect the entire Ridgeline front-end product and are highly user-impacting. You’ll collaborate with other Product Managers, development teams, designers, QE and leadership to plan and create end-to-end solutions for a fast-growing software startup in the financial technology industry. 

What will you do?

• Bring strong customer-centric thinking, technical understanding and execution excellence to major initiatives and core features, resulting in beautiful, performant and reliable platform UI infrastructure, promoting long-term sustainability and stability over short term gains
• Deliver strategic product and technology roadmaps and coordinate the product development process through analysis, discovery, design, validation, development, testing, implementation, and post implementation phases, ensuring on-time delivery while communicating and partnering with technology peers
• Evangelize the roadmap and technology vision and communicate the value to both internal and external stakeholders
• Curate use cases for full stack software engineers and ensure sufficient detail, success criteria, goals and performance objectives are accurate and clearly articulated
• Partner with QE on test plans and ensure quality measures are met
• Partner with design to create and build cohesive and beautiful experiences
• Contribute to a cross-functional, collaborative environment deeply rooted in learning, teaching, and transparency
• Assess resource allocation needs across multiple projects
• Stay informed on financial domain and technology trends to inform product and technology decisions
• Foster a productive, engaging, supportive culture of excellence as Ridgeline grows

Desired Skills and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, software engineering, systems engineering, computer engineering, or other related engineering discipline
• 8+ years of product management experience on products with web-based UIs, directly owning a product roadmap and partnering closely with user experience designers.
• 3+ years of software engineering or other related technical development experience
• Experience working with agile development methodologies
• Experience across all phases of the software development lifecycle
• Ability to define product workflows and user experiences using tools like Figma or Balsamiq
• Ability to partner effectively with colleagues from Product Management, Engineering, Design, QE, and PMO
• Strong communication skills and ability to build constructive technology relationships

Bonus:

• Experience building platforms or re-usable visual components
• Experience building grid-based or spreadsheet-like products
• Enterprise software experience working within SLAs and SOC2 compliance
• Testing process and methodology experience with automated CI/CD testing, platform testing, and test driven development
• Long-term interest in developing highly functional teams, organizational processes and tools
• Experience with investment management technology use cases

About Ridgeline

Ridgeline is the industry cloud platform for investment management. It was founded by visionary tech entrepreneur Dave Duffield (co-founder of both PeopleSoft and Workday) to apply his successful formula of solving operational business challenges with bold innovation and human connectivity to the unique needs of the investment management industry. 

Ridgeline started with a clean sheet of paper and a deep bench of experts bound by a set of core values and motivated to revolutionize an industry underserved by its current tech offerings. We are building a new, modern platform in the public cloud, purpose-built for the investment management industry and we are prioritizing security, agility, and usability to empower business like never before.

With a growing campus in Reno and offices in New York, Lake Tahoe, and the Bay Area, Ridgeline is proud to have built a fast-growing, people-first company that has been recognized by Fast Company as a “Best Workplace for Innovators,” by The Software Report as a “Top 100 Software Company,” and by Forbes as one of “America’s Best Startup Employers.”

Ridgeline is proud to be a community-minded, discrimination-free equal opportunity workplace.

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Compensation and Benefits 

The cash compensation amount for this role is targeted at $165,000 - $190,000 for individuals based in New York and California. Final compensation amounts are determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amount listed above. 

As an employee at Ridgeline, you’ll have many opportunities for advancement in your career and can make a true impact on the product. 

In addition to the base salary, 100% of Ridgeline employees can participate in our Company Stock Plan subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement. We also offer rich benefits that reflect the kind of organization we want to be: one in which our employees feel valued and are inspired to bring their best selves to work. These include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans. Please check out our Careers page for a more comprehensive overview of our perks and benefits.