Project Manager

About the Position

We are seeking a Project Manager to coordinate enterprise launches using our brokerage APIs, guiding integrations from conception to launch.

About the Company

Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more. Among our subsidiaries, Alpaca is a licensed financial services company, serving hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries with our institutional-grade APIs. This includes broker-dealers, investment advisors, wealth managers, hedge funds, and crypto exchanges, totaling over 10 million brokerage accounts.

Our global team is a diverse group of experienced engineers, traders, and brokerage professionals who are working to achieve our mission of opening financial services to everyone on the planet. We're deeply committed to open-source contributions and fostering a vibrant community, continuously enhancing our award-winning, developer-friendly API and the robust infrastructure behind it.

Alpaca is proudly backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors including Portage Ventures, Spark Capital, Tribe Capital, Social Leverage, Horizons Ventures, Opera Tech Ventures, SBI Group, Derayah Financial, Unbound, Peak XV, Elefund, and Y Combinator.

Responsibilities

As a Project Manager, you will be expected to leverage deep cross-functional expertise to coordinate with enterprise customers globally, guiding integrations from conception to launch by aligning technical teams, managing timelines, mitigating risks, and ensuring all deliverables meet strategic objectives in the following ways:

• Own end-to-end project management for enterprise launches using our brokerage APIs (equities, crypto, options, and more)
• Collaborate with external stakeholders (product, engineering, compliance teams, etc.) to scope, plan, and execute integration timelines
• Work cross-functionally with internal teams (BD, engineering, legal, compliance, operations, and customer success) to resolve issues and align on resources
• Facilitate weekly partner check-ins, drive action items, and ensure progress toward key deliverables
• Track and report on project status, risks, and dependencies to internal leadership and partner stakeholders
• Help partners navigate onboarding requirements, such as KYC, AML, and regulatory disclosures
• Document processes and continuously improve onboarding frameworks to scale future partner integrations

Internally, the Project Manager is a key person to give the best context of a partner to many teams, including leadership. Simply put, the Project Manager is the voice of the customer internally at Alpaca.

Requirements

• 2+ years of enterprise-level business project management experience with strong process, analysis, design, and documentation skills
• Strong verbal and written communication skills in English, as well as proficiency in Chinese, Korean, or Japanese to drive clarity on goals, set expectations, and collect feedback
• Demonstrated problem-solving ability and attention to detail to deliver high-quality output while meeting deadlines
• Flexibility to work with customers around the world
• Familiarity and interest in FinTech, financial markets, and investing applications
• Experience with communication and project management tools such as Slack, JIRA, Confluence, Basecamp, and Google Workspace
• Startup mindset
• Sales and customer success background, leading the customer experience
• Training/enablement experience
• Brokerage/stocks experience
• Crypto experience

Technical Skills

• Familiarity with Metabase
• Experience with modern APIs (REST, Websockets, Server Sent Events)
• Experience with enterprise software implementations
• Technical troubleshooting skills
• Experience with issue management (JIRA) and API logging tool
• Familiarity with Postman and curl requests

We Offer

• Competitive Salary & Stock Options
• Health Benefits
• New Hire Home-Office Setup: One-time USD $500
• Monthly Stipend: USD $150 per month via a Brex Card

Alpaca is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to pursuing and hiring a diverse workforce.

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