Sr. Product Manager, M&A Transactions and Valuations

About AlphaSense: 

The world’s most sophisticated companies rely on AlphaSense to remove uncertainty from decision-making. With market intelligence and search built on proven AI, AlphaSense delivers insights that matter from content you can trust. Our universe of public and private content includes equity research, company filings, event transcripts, expert calls, news, trade journals, and clients’ own research content.

The acquisition of Tegus by AlphaSense in 2024 advances our shared mission to empower professionals to make smarter decisions through AI-driven market intelligence. Together, AlphaSense and Tegus will accelerate growth, innovation, and content expansion, with complementary product and content capabilities that enable users to unearth even more comprehensive insights from thousands of content sets. Our platform is trusted by over 6,000 enterprise customers, including a majority of the S&P 500. Founded in 2011, AlphaSense is headquartered in New York City with more than 2,000 employees across the globe and offices in the U.S., U.K., Finland, India, Singapore, Canada, and Ireland. Come join us!

About the Team:

The Content organization is responsible for identifying, creating/collecting, licensing and integrating best-in-class unstructured and structured data that is both self-sourced and from third party content providers. The team reports to the Chief Content Officer and has strategy, product management content, collection operations, and support responsibilities for each Content vertical. We have been experiencing rapid growth across all content sets. We value and uphold transparency, trust, and accountability in our relationships within the team and with external partners and internal stakeholders.

About the Role: 

We are seeking a Sr. Product Manager to oversee our M&A Transactions and Valuations content. Candidates should have deep knowledge of the fundamentals of capital markets and investment research combined with extensive experience of managing 3rd party or proprietary M&A Transactions content feeding into financial research platforms and investment analysis workflow functionality. 

Who You Are:

• 10+ years of experience working in Product, Content, Operations, or equivalent roles at a financial institution, investment research platform, or market intelligence firm, focused on the delivery of content, features, analytics, and models for front-office investment professionals
• 3+ years of experience managing or working closely with a globally distributed content generation operation
• Expert knowledge of various market data and investment research databases, products, and tools (e.g.: Fundamentals, Estimates, M&A Transactions data, Ownership data, Market data, Excel plug-in, XML feeds)
• Demonstrated ability to lead a dedicated cross-functional development team of engineers, data experts, QA, scrum master
• Thorough understanding of the logic and concepts of relational databases (eg: SQL); demonstrated experience using them is strongly preferred
• BSc, MSc, or MBA degree with a concentration in finance or economics or a CFA certification 

• Demonstrated passion for corporate finance, capital markets, financial analysis, and modeling demonstrated either in previous capacity in a buy-side or sell-side analyst role or have managed products/features/data used by investment professionals
• You have a natural enthusiasm for working at the intersection of data, technology, and finance
• You thrive in a builder’s role - you have designed, built, launched and managed a marquee product, module, or functionality for the investment community or have set the foundation and successfully run an extensive content generation operation
• You excel at aligning diverse, cross-functional teams through clear, persuasive communication and executive-level presentations
• You demonstrate empathic communication, with the ability to listen and identify problems in need for solutions
• You’re highly analytical, tech-savvy, and meticulous, with a strong ability to set priorities, manage deadlines, and deliver results
• Material experience in the financial industry as a front office professional (e.g. research analyst or investment banker) leveraging platforms and and content similar to AlphaSense’s is preferred
• Prior experience at a market intelligence or financial research SaaS start-up is preferred
• Experience using iterative / agile development methodologies is preferred
• Experience working with distributed teams is preferred

Responsibilities:

The role includes, but is not limited to, the following responsibilities and outcomes: 

• Identify the Need:Understand the market and use cases of various AlphaSense user personas. Collaborate with Sales and Clients/Users to solicit feedback for new content and functionality or enhancement needs
• Define the Roadmap:Create and manage a content roadmap by working with the content organization leadership, engineering, and operations stakeholders to plan and optimize costs, benefits, timelines, and technology personpower mix for all aspects of content 3rd party sourcing or in-house generation
• Own the Content Life-cycle:Take ownership of key projects to evaluate and integrate third party or self-source proprietary datasets and their related features from initial research and definition to testing, delivery, feedback, and on-going enhancements.
• Own the Content Generation Process:Lead the collaboration between content engineering and operations in designing the end-to-end data collection process including building and maintaining taxonomies and optimizing for the best mix of technology (speed, automation) and personpower (expert interpretation of reporting, exception handling), integrity checks, and QA process
• Launch the Content:Contribute to the successful launch of new features into the market, including the creation of internal and external comms/announcements, marketing collateral, documentation, training material, and client engagement
• Own Content Collection Policies:Be the ultimate owner of content collection methodologies, rules and policies. Establish and maintain the balance between inbound expert user feedback on one hand, and process or technology/personpower limitations on the other
• Industry and Competitive Intelligence:Track industry trends and deliver competitive intelligence to better evolve product and content vision. Analyze other relevant competing content sets in the market and interact with customers to understand their workflows and pain points and gather and document actionable feedback 

For base compensation, we set standard ranges for all roles based on function and level benchmarked against similar stage growth companies and internal comparables. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including candidate experience/expertise and may vary from the amounts listed below.

You may also be offered a performance-based bonus, equity, and a generous benefits program.

Base Compensation Range

$159,000—$200,000 USD

AlphaSense is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to a work environment that supports, inspires, and respects all individuals. All employees share in the responsibility for fulfilling AlphaSense’s commitment to equal employment opportunity. AlphaSense does not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, military or veteran status, disability, or any other non-merit factor. This policy applies to every aspect of employment at AlphaSense, including recruitment, hiring, training, advancement, and termination.

In addition, it is the policy of AlphaSense to provide reasonable accommodation to qualified employees who have protected disabilities to the extent required by applicable laws, regulations, and ordinances where a particular employee works.

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