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Bakkt is building an institutional OTC trading business and seeking a Senior Product Manager to work with the Markets team and engineering to deliver a comprehensive OTC trading experience for institutional clients. You will translate the desk's requirements into a sequenced roadmap and drive delivery through both internal engineering and external vendors and partners. The role spans multiple regulated Bakkt entities, requiring cross-jurisdictional collaboration with banking partners and liquidity providers from day one.
Key Responsibilities:
- Convert Markets requirements into clear product specifications, priorities, and delivery plans across client channels: API (REST and WebSocket streaming), GUI, and voice/chat interfaces.
- Manage delivery with internal engineering teams and external partners including liquidity providers, banking partners, custody providers, OMS vendors, and build partners.
- Own the product side of the complete trade lifecycle from quote and execution through hedge, settlement, and ledger, collaborating with Treasury and Operations teams.
- Serve as technical product owner for liquidity provider and bank integrations, overseeing testing and go-live activities.
- Partner with Compliance and Legal to embed regulatory requirements into product controls, client onboarding flows, and reporting systems.
- Maintain a single current roadmap and delivery status dashboard for Markets leadership.
About Bakkt:
Bakkt (NYSE: BKKT) is a regulated financial technology company building a financial operating system for the AI and token economy. Through Bakkt Markets, Bakkt Agent, and Bakkt Global, the company operates regulated infrastructure for trading, stablecoin settlement, and cross-border payments; provides intelligence and distribution capabilities for financial products; and offers strategic access to differentiated assets and global markets.
Requirements:
- 5+ years in product management or technical delivery in trading, FX, payments, or digital asset infrastructure.
- Hands-on comfort with APIs (REST, WebSocket), event-driven systems, and settlement flows; ability to work through integration issues with engineers.
- Proven track record managing third-party vendors and integrations to deadline.
- Strong written communication skills and ability to align Markets, Engineering, Compliance, and Treasury on unified plans.
- Strong plus: knowledge of OTC execution models (RFQ, RFS, riskless principal), stablecoin settlement, and KYC/AML requirements for institutional clients.
