Product Manager - API

Who is Purpose Financial:

Purpose Financial is an independent financial services company with an unrelenting focus on customer-centric innovation, delivered through technology-driven solutions. We are developing a diversified product platform aimed at addressing historically underserved segments of the market. Purpose Financial's businesses include Purpose Investments, Thinking Capital, and Purpose Advisor Solutions.

Who is Purpose Advisor Solution:

Purpose Advisor Solutions is an innovative financial services company focused on creating the tools, services, and support to help financial advisors build their own businesses.  Our team is passionate about helping advisors and is building a new business model to provide what they need to thrive and succeed.  Purpose Advisor Solutions is owned by Purpose Financial, an independent financial services organization with an unrelenting focus on customer-centric innovation driven through technology.

The product team is looking at hiring a Product Manager with a passion for API integration to support the experience of our platform. Our platform is a suite of financial tools and infrastructure that helps investors and advisors all across Canada to achieve success and independence.

Who are you:
You are passionate and you value being customer-focused. You use insights to drive outcomes and are a compassionate person. You're committed to shipping, learning, and growing as a team. If you are excited about building something that will help transform the wealth management space in Canada, we want to talk to you!

What you'll do:

• Shape our API product strategy and understand our customers' problems, define the correct priorities to tackle, and create a clear plan.
• Plan your team's roadmap and orient them around the problem they're solving so they're able to explain it themselves.
• Identify the biggest assumptions and risks, build clear learning hypotheses, and share and act on the learning.
• Encourage others to work towards a clear, compelling vision by building confidence through being opinionated and persuasive.
• Collaborate and build strong relationships based on the needs of the business, internal and external developers, and customers.

• 3+ years of proven professional experience as a Product Manager with an API and integration focus
• DTC or B2B experience welcome
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. You can absorb technical concepts and communicate them to non-technical audiences.
• Built software at a product company or startup
• Outstanding analytical skills with a problem-solving mindset
• Meaningful experience in an iterative environment

Why you should join us?

•  We believe in innovation and vibrant culture - work for an innovative, people-first, financial services firm that values entrepreneurialism
• We believe in a flexible work structure – A flexible hybrid work model that empowers you to do your best work whether at home or at the office
• We care about your rewards - Competitive compensation including equity programs
• We care about your health – comprehensive group health and dental benefits and life insurance, including a Lifestyle Spending Account for all your wellness needs
• We care about your rest - a flexible paid-time-off policy with unlimited vacation days, flexible sick and mental health days
• We care about your family - Paid parental leave for eligible employees with top-up
• We care about your future – Group RRSP matching and TFSA program in Purpose funds
• We care about your development – subsidies are available for courses and tuition

Purpose Financial is an equal employer and we are dedicated to fostering an inclusive and barrier-free work environment for all employees and candidates. We encourage all qualified candidates to apply and if accommodation is required during any stage of the recruitment process, please contact any member of the Talent team. We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for interviews will be contacted.

In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are currently working from home. The safety and wellbeing of our teams is our top priority and office time is currently available on a voluntary basis. Our future work philosophy will be a hybrid model allowing for flexibility and collaboration.

For safety reasons, Purpose Financial has adopted a vaccination policy that allows only fully vaccinated employees to enter our offices.