About the Position

Project Manager

Remote - EMEA

Who We Are:

Alpaca is a US-headquartered, global leader in agent-first brokerage infrastructure for stocks, ETFs, options, crypto, fixed income, 24/5 trading, and more.

Amongst 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.

Our Team Members:

We're a dynamic team of 400+ globally distributed members who thrive working from our favorite places around the world, with teammates spanning the USA, Canada, Japan, Hungary, Nigeria, Brazil, the UK, and beyond!

We're searching for passionate individuals eager to contribute to Alpaca's rapid growth. If you align with our core values-Stay Curious, Have Empathy, and Be Accountable-and are ready to make a significant impact, we encourage you to apply.

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

Must-Haves:

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, 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.

About the Company

Alpaca is a global leader in brokerage infrastructure, providing institutional-grade APIs to hundreds of financial institutions across 40 countries. Our mission is to open financial services to everyone on the planet, and we are backed by $400 million in funding from top-tier global investors.

Project Manager

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