Cantor Fitzgerald · 1 day ago
Junior Product Manager
199 Water Street, New York, NY, 10038, US
Full-time
Onsite
Entry Level
5+ years expCantor Fitzgerald is seeking a Junior Product Manager to partner with broking desks and business stakeholders to document needs and enhance rates and credit products. The role involves converting business needs into user stories, supporting product delivery, and analyzing usage data to identify improvement opportunities.
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Responsibilities
Partner with broking desks and business stakeholders to document needs, pain points, and enhancement ideas across rates and credit products
Convert business needs into clear user stories, acceptance criteria, and functional requirements
Assist in maintaining the product backlog and supporting prioritization discussions with senior PMs
Act as day-to-day liaison between broking desks, developers, and QA to ensure smooth delivery
Track deliverables, dependencies, and risks; escalate blockers to senior PMs as needed
Support release readiness activities including documentation, training notes, and rollout communications
Support QA by reviewing test scenarios and validating business logic for credit and rates workflows
Coordinate User Acceptance Testing (UAT) with end users and ensure sign-offs are completed on time
Help analyze usage and workflow data to identify improvement opportunities (e.g., liquidity, pricing, trade capture quality, exception rates)
Assist with metrics reporting (feature adoption, workflow performance, issue trends)
Qualification
Required
Solid understanding of government bonds (e.g., Treasuries, Gilts, EGBs) and inflation-linked bonds (e.g., TIPS/Linkers)
Credit market experience in at least one of: Corporate Bonds (IG/HY), Emerging Markets (EM) Bonds (sovereign and/or corporate)
Working knowledge of Interest Rate Derivatives (IRS, OIS, FRA, Basis Swaps, Swaption and Cap/Floors)
Credit Derivatives (Single-name CDS and CDS indices)
Understanding of key lifecycle events (e.g., coupons, rolls, credit events) at a workflow level
Understanding of key concepts and calculations: Price vs yield, yield-to-maturity, DV01, and how these are used in trading workflows
Credit-specific basics such as spread, clean/dirty price awareness, and settlement conventions (workflow-level)
Familiarity with packages/structures: Switches, flies, basis, spread switches (or equivalent packaged trading concepts)
Knowledge of trading protocols: CLOB, auction mechanisms (basic understanding)
Strong Excel skills (advanced formulas; comfort working with large datasets)
Working knowledge of SQL for querying data (Oracle, Sybase, or NoSQL exposure helpful)
Basic-to-intermediate Python for analysis (Pandas/Matplotlib) in Jupyter/Colab preferred
Comfortable capturing requirements and delivery tracking in Confluence and Jira
Minimum 5 years of experience in a product, business analyst, or delivery role within: Fixed income and/or credit trading platforms, e-trading venues, interdealer brokerage, market infrastructure, or adjacent capital markets technology
Demonstrated experience working with: Front-office users (traders/brokers/sales), technology teams, and QA
Clear communicator with strong stakeholder management skills
Analytical, detail-oriented, and comfortable working with numbers and trading concepts
Proactive, takes initiative, and thrives in fast-paced environments
Collaborative mindset with a bias toward execution and problem-solving
Preferred
Exposure to implied trading and legging strategies
Basic-to-intermediate Python for analysis (Pandas/Matplotlib) in Jupyter/Colab preferred
Company
Cantor Fitzgerald
Cantor Fitzgerald is a global financial services firm that specializes in equities, investment banking, and real estate.
10001+ employees
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Howard Lutnick
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
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Senior Managing Director, Global Chief Financial Officer
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