Principal Product Manager - Simple Trading

Okx
Sliema, Malta
RemoteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Consumer fintech professionals with European market experience and product simplification skills will find this product optimization role in crypto trading.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with 7+ years in consumer fintech or crypto who can simplify complex financial concepts for retail users
    — “7+ years of product management experience in consumer fintech, crypto, digital banking, brokerage, payments, savings, or investment products.”
  • Individuals with hands-on experience in European retail product optimization and localization
    — “Strong hands-on experience building or optimizing consumer products for European markets.”
  • Professionals with a deep understanding of European retail payment behaviors and investment habits
    — “Deep understanding of European retail customers, local payment behaviours, investment habits, and market differences.”

Things to consider

  • Remote work in EMEA requires adaptability to European time zones and cross-border collaboration
    — “Fluent English and comfortable working remotely across European time zones.”
  • The role demands independent execution without formal team management responsibilities
    — “Strong individual contributor who can independently identify opportunities, define solutions, and drive cross-functional delivery.”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience in translating customer insights into product improvements for European markets
    — “Translate local customer and competitive insights into actionable product improvements.”
  • Emphasize work with product lifecycle engagement strategies like auto-invest and price alerts
    — “Develop products that encourage long-term engagement, including recurring buys, auto-invest, savings plans, price alerts, round-ups, and crypto collections.”
  • Showcase expertise in simplifying complex financial or technical products into intuitive journeys
    — “Ability to simplify complex financial or technical products into intuitive customer journeys.”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • optimized Simple Trading products
  • increased local product adoption
  • improved customer retention
Typical background
product managementmarket analysiscustomer engagement

Skills & requirements

Required

Product OptimizationCustomer Needs IdentificationMarket Differences AnalysisProduct ImprovementsLocal Growth StrategyMarket ExpertiseCross-functional Execution

Preferred

Crypto TradingDecentralized ApplicationsInstitutional AccessNext-gen Banking Products

Stack & domain

Product OptimizationCustomer Needs IdentificationMarket Differences AnalysisProduct ImprovementsCommunicationTeamworkLeadershipCrypto TradingDecentralized ApplicationsRetail Customer Management

About the role

Original posting from Okx via Greenhouse

Who We Are

At OKX, we believe that the future will be reshaped by crypto, and ultimately contribute to every individual's freedom.

OKX is a leading crypto exchange, and the developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps). OKX is also a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets. We are safe and reliable, backed by our Proof of Reserves.

Across our multiple offices globally, we are united by our core principles: We Before Me, Do the Right Thing, and Get Things Done. These shared values drive our culture, shape our processes, and foster a friendly, rewarding, and diverse environment for every OK-er.

About the Opportunity

The senior role focused on optimizing and growing our Simple Trading products in Europe.

Act as the product expert for European retail customers and local markets. Identify local customer needs, market differences, and growth opportunities, then translate them into simple and effective product improvements.

The role focuses on mainstream retail customers rather than advanced trading or derivatives. Success will be measured by local product adoption, conversion, repeat investment, retention, and sustainable growth.

What You’ll Be Doing

European Product Optimization

Own product optimization for Simple Trading across key European markets.

With the convergence of retail crypto into next-gen banking products, the ideal candidate will have experience in identifing local customer needs and product gaps across onboarding, fiat funding, first purchase, buy, sell, swap, portfolio management, savings/ investments and spending, withdrawals.

Adapt product journeys to local payment methods, customer behaviours, market practices, and regulatory requirements.

Improve existing products through customer feedback, funnel analysis, experimentation, and market-level performance data.

Simple Trading Experience

Simplify complex crypto concepts for first-time and low-frequency retail customers.

Improve order entry, quote presentation, pricing transparency, portfolio overview, average cost, P&L, transaction history, and asset discovery.

Ensure the experience is intuitive and consistent across App and Web while addressing important local market differences.

Local Growth

Own the local product funnel across onboarding, funding, activation, first purchase, repeat purchase, retention, and reactivation.

Develop products that encourage long-term engagement, including recurring buys, auto-invest, savings plans, price alerts, round-ups, and crypto collections.

This can also include lifestyle-esque product levers for growth, monetisation and engagement.

Partner with growth and marketing teams on market-specific acquisition, activation, and lifecycle initiatives.

Track and improve key metrics

Market Expertise

Maintain a strong understanding of European retail crypto, digital banking, brokerage, payments, and savings products.

Benchmark leading European products, particularly Revolut, Bitpanda, Bitvavo, and Trade Republic.

Translate local customer and competitive insights into actionable product improvements.

Cross-Functional Execution

Work with design, engineering, data, compliance, operations, marketing, and local market teams to deliver product improvements.

Influence priorities through strong market insight, product judgement, and data without formal people-management responsibility.

What We Look For In You

Must-have

7+ years of product management experience in consumer fintech, crypto, digital banking, brokerage, payments, savings, or investment products.

Strong hands-on experience building or optimizing consumer products for European markets.

Deep understanding of European retail customers, local payment behaviours, investment habits, and market differences.

Proven experience improving onboarding, activation, conversion, repeat usage, retention, or AUM.

Strong understanding of consumer product design, product growth, experimentation, and lifecycle engagement.

Ability to simplify complex financial or technical products into intuitive customer journeys.

Good understanding of retail crypto and digital banking products, including fiat on/off-ramp, spot buy and sell, custody, wallets, transfers, pricing, and spreads.

Strong individual contributor who can independently identify opportunities, define solutions, and drive cross-functional delivery.

Excellent product judgement, structured thinking, written communication, and stakeholder management.

Fluent English and comfortable working remotely across European time zones.

Nice-to-have

Direct Simple Trading, retail product, UX, or growth experience at Revolut, Monzo, N26, Bitpanda, Bitvavo, or Trade Republic.

Experience working in European digital banking, neobrokerage, wealth management, or consumer investment products.

Experience with European payment methods, including SEPA, Instant SEPA, cards, and major local payment methods.

Experience launching or localizing products across multiple European countries.

Experience with retail payments, recurring investment, auto-invest, crypto bundles, portfolio analytics, round-ups, or saveback products.

Knowledge of an additional European language.

Perks & Benefits

Competitive total compensation package

L&D programs and Education subsidy for employees' growth and development

Various team building programs and company events

Wellness and meal allowances 

Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants 

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Source: Okx careers (Greenhouse)

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