Trading Growth and Expansion Manager
NinjaTrader
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Chicago • California • Colorado • United States
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Salary
💰 $90,000 - $110,000 per year
About the role
- Own end-to-end program execution for new trading experiences and new instrument readiness
- Drive partner integrations and internal coordination to move initiatives from concept to live adoption
- Bring clarity to scope, sequencing, and measurable success criteria for early-stage programs
- Keep cross-functional stakeholders aligned and unblocked while work is evolving
- Manage the prioritization and readiness for trading experience launches, tracking milestones, dependencies, and cross-functional readiness
- Evaluate and manage external partners, integration plans, and ongoing operational readiness
- Coordinate platform integration requirements including APIs, workflow dependencies, and brokerage operations considerations
- Define launch success metrics and establish reporting cadence to track adoption and operational health
- Align go-to-market readiness with Marketing, Lifecycle, and Support to drive awareness, activation, and sustained usage
- Lead launch readiness for new tradable instruments, coordinating Risk, Compliance, Operations, Product, Engineering, and GTM
- Drive cross-functional launch plans, manage dependencies, and maintain decision logs
- Identify operational requirements and gaps including accounting treatment, margin and risk controls, disclosures, and support enablement
- Build structured launch checklists and ensure cutover readiness and post-launch issue management
- Partner with Product and Engineering to prioritize launch-critical work and remove execution blockers
- Size opportunities and define sequencing based on expected business impact and adoption potential
- Create concise executive updates focused on outcomes, risks, and decisions
- Build repeatable playbooks to accelerate future trading experience launches and instrument expansion
Requirements
- 5–8 years of experience in program management, business operations, product operations, partnerships, market launch, or platform integrations
- Experience in trading ecosystems including brokerage, active trading platforms, market structure, or derivatives-adjacent products
- Fluency in APIs, integrations, and operational workflows
- Ability to drive cross-functional execution with high accountability and low bureaucracy
- Strong written communication skills and comfort owning ambiguity until it becomes a structured execution plan.
Benefits
- Generous PTO
- 7 Paid Holidays Annually + 5 Conditional Holidays Annually
- 1 Service Day Annually
- 401k with 3.5% Company Match
- Paid Parental Bonding Leave
- Health, Vision, Dental Coverage
- Life and Disability Insurance Covered 100% by NinjaTrader
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
program managementbusiness operationsproduct operationspartnershipsmarket launchplatform integrationsAPIsoperational workflowstrading ecosystemsbrokerage
Soft Skills
cross-functional executionaccountabilitywritten communicationambiguity managementstakeholder alignmentorganizational skillsproblem-solvingleadershipdecision-makingclarity in communication