Product Manager, Issuer Activation
Chicago, IL (Hybrid)
Posted 12 days ago
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Job Description
About Vinyl Equity
We're building the next generation of capital-markets infrastructure, starting with a modern, digital-native transfer agent designed for today's public companies. Our platform replaces slow, manual processes with secure, automated workflows.
Backed by Index Ventures, Spark Capital, and Infinity Ventures, our team includes veterans from NYSE, Equiniti, Computershare, and AngelList.
About the Role
This position owns Issuer Activation end-to-end — the product experience guiding customers from initial conversation through sandbox demonstration to live deployment. The role bridges pre-sales (demo environments with realistic data) and post-sales activation (contract signature to go-live with self-serve, diagnostic-led experiences).
Key Responsibilities
Own Issuer Activation roadmap covering demo environments, onboarding, cap-table migration, KYC/KYB intake, data ingestion, sandbox environments, and live orchestration
Define and ship self-serve migration experiences with full process visibility
Make Data Ingestion Application diagnostic-first with actionable guidance
Partner with Operations for product-led implementation experiences
Collaborate with engineering teams on architecture and data quality
Represent Issuer Activation in sales conversations with prospective issuers
Define success metrics: conversion rates, time-to-live, data-quality resolution rates, satisfaction scores
Produce product specs, decision memos, and customer-facing playbooks
Role Requirements
7+ years product management experience; 3+ years in data, migration, or fintech operations
Direct experience shipping products with complex data ingestion, reconciliation, or migration workflows
Track record building self-serve, diagnostic-led products
Strong understanding surfacing data-quality signals as actionable customer guidance
Technical architecture comfort and cross-functional engineering collaboration
Sandbox/test environment design experience
Strong written communication skills
Distributed international team experience
Hands-on AI/ML tool experience
Nice to Haves
Capital markets, transfer agency, broker-dealer operations, or securities settlement exposure
Data-migration product leadership in fintech, brokerage, banking, or regulated environments
Cap-table products, equity administration tools, or securities operations platform experience
KYC/KYB workflow familiarity
Implementation lead, solutions architect, or operations engineering background
Compensation & Benefits
Target base salary: $130k-$207k (experience-dependent)
Equity-based compensation
Medical, dental & vision insurance
401k
Flexible PTO
Hybrid schedule (minimum 3 days/week in-office)
A transfer agent for the modern company
