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Requisition ID 2026-129259
Category Project Management, Product Management
Position type Regular
Pay range USD $93,300.00 - $143,200.00 / Year
Application deadline 2026-11-12
Your opportunity
The thinkorswim Web team is seeking a motivated and customer-focused Sr. Specialist, Product Management to help deliver sophisticated digital trading experiences for self-directed investors and active traders. This role is designed for an early-career product professional who brings strong product fundamentals, customer empathy, and demonstrated knowledge of financial markets, including equities, options, futures, derivatives, and trading workflows. The Sr. Specialist will partner closely with Product Management, Design, Engineering, Research, Risk, Compliance, and other business stakeholders to support product discovery, roadmap planning, feature delivery, and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will be able to understand complex trading concepts and help translate them into clear product requirements and intuitive client experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the definition, development, and delivery of features and enhancements for thinkorswim Web.
- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product decisions.
- Conduct customer, competitive, and market research to identify opportunities to improve active-trader experiences.
- Analyze client feedback, product usage metrics, and operational data to inform recommendations and prioritization.
- Partner with Design and Engineering throughout discovery, design, development, testing, release, and post-launch measurement.
- Assist with product roadmap planning, backlog refinement, prioritization, release readiness, and stakeholder communications.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Prepare product documentation, business cases, presentations, and status updates for business and technical audiences.
- Identify opportunities to improve trading workflows, platform usability, accessibility, reliability, and client education.
- Build expertise in thinkorswim capabilities, self-directed investor needs, active-trader behaviors, and financial-market developments.
What you have
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 1-3 years of experience in Product Management, Business Analysis, Digital Product Development, Financial Services, or a related discipline.
- Strong foundational knowledge of financial services, investing, and self-directed trading.
- Working knowledge of derivatives, particularly listed options and futures, including contracts, expiration, strike prices, calls and puts, basic options strategies, and the concepts of leverage and risk.
- Understanding of common order types and trading workflows, including market, limit, stop, and conditional orders.
- Formal or demonstrated trading education covering equities, options, futures, and financial markets.
- Ability to understand complex trading concepts and translate them into clear product requirements and intuitive client experiences.
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across Product, Design, Engineering, Research, Risk, Compliance, and other business functions.
- Customer-focused mindset with strong attention to detail and a commitment to continuous learning.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience using sophisticated trading platforms, particularly thinkorswim or a comparable active-trader platform.
- Additional knowledge of multi-leg options strategies, futures products, market data, charting, technical analysis, and advanced trading tools.
- Experience supporting or building web-based financial, brokerage, or trading products.
- Familiarity with Agile product development and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Figma.
- Experience using product analytics, experimentation, customer research, and client feedback to inform decisions.
- Financial industry licensing, certifications, coursework, or other relevant trading and markets education.
- Familiarity with Prediction Markets.
Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding of retail investing, active trading, and self-directed investor behaviors.
- Knowledge of options and futures terminology, lifecycle events, risk concepts, and common trading strategies.
- Ability to communicate trading concepts clearly to both business and technical audiences.
- Ability to convert customer needs and business objectives into actionable product requirements.
- Data-informed decision-making and the ability to define meaningful measures of product success.
- Strong collaboration, organization, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
- Curiosity about financial technology, market structure, trading education, and product innovation.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
Eligible Schwabbies receive
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans
- Tuition reimbursement to keep developing your career
- Paid parental leave and adoption/family building benefits
- Sabbatical leave available after five years of employment
Location: Westlake, TX ; Austin, TX
Requisition ID 2026-129259
Category Project Management, Product Management
Position type Regular
Pay range USD $93,300.00 - $143,200.00 / Year
Application deadline 2026-11-12
Your opportunity
The thinkorswim Web team is seeking a motivated and customer-focused Sr. Specialist, Product Management to help deliver sophisticated digital trading experiences for self-directed investors and active traders. This role is designed for an early-career product professional who brings strong product fundamentals, customer empathy, and demonstrated knowledge of financial markets, including equities, options, futures, derivatives, and trading workflows. The Sr. Specialist will partner closely with Product Management, Design, Engineering, Research, Risk, Compliance, and other business stakeholders to support product discovery, roadmap planning, feature delivery, and continuous improvement. The successful candidate will be able to understand complex trading concepts and help translate them into clear product requirements and intuitive client experiences.
Key Responsibilities
- Support the definition, development, and delivery of features and enhancements for thinkorswim Web.
- Gather, analyze, and document business requirements, user stories, acceptance criteria, and product decisions.
- Conduct customer, competitive, and market research to identify opportunities to improve active-trader experiences.
- Analyze client feedback, product usage metrics, and operational data to inform recommendations and prioritization.
- Partner with Design and Engineering throughout discovery, design, development, testing, release, and post-launch measurement.
- Assist with product roadmap planning, backlog refinement, prioritization, release readiness, and stakeholder communications.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, reviews, and retrospectives.
- Prepare product documentation, business cases, presentations, and status updates for business and technical audiences.
- Identify opportunities to improve trading workflows, platform usability, accessibility, reliability, and client education.
- Build expertise in thinkorswim capabilities, self-directed investor needs, active-trader behaviors, and financial-market developments.
What you have
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
- 1-3 years of experience in Product Management, Business Analysis, Digital Product Development, Financial Services, or a related discipline.
- Strong foundational knowledge of financial services, investing, and self-directed trading.
- Working knowledge of derivatives, particularly listed options and futures, including contracts, expiration, strike prices, calls and puts, basic options strategies, and the concepts of leverage and risk.
- Understanding of common order types and trading workflows, including market, limit, stop, and conditional orders.
- Formal or demonstrated trading education covering equities, options, futures, and financial markets.
- Ability to understand complex trading concepts and translate them into clear product requirements and intuitive client experiences.
- Strong analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to collaborate effectively across Product, Design, Engineering, Research, Risk, Compliance, and other business functions.
- Customer-focused mindset with strong attention to detail and a commitment to continuous learning.
Preferred Qualifications
- Hands-on experience using sophisticated trading platforms, particularly thinkorswim or a comparable active-trader platform.
- Additional knowledge of multi-leg options strategies, futures products, market data, charting, technical analysis, and advanced trading tools.
- Experience supporting or building web-based financial, brokerage, or trading products.
- Familiarity with Agile product development and tools such as Jira, Azure DevOps, or Figma.
- Experience using product analytics, experimentation, customer research, and client feedback to inform decisions.
- Financial industry licensing, certifications, coursework, or other relevant trading and markets education.
- Familiarity with Prediction Markets.
Knowledge and Skills
- Understanding of retail investing, active trading, and self-directed investor behaviors.
- Knowledge of options and futures terminology, lifecycle events, risk concepts, and common trading strategies.
- Ability to communicate trading concepts clearly to both business and technical audiences.
- Ability to convert customer needs and business objectives into actionable product requirements.
- Data-informed decision-making and the ability to define meaningful measures of product success.
- Strong collaboration, organization, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
- Curiosity about financial technology, market structure, trading education, and product innovation.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
Eligible Schwabbies receive
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- 401(k) and employee stock purchase plans
- Tuition reimbursement to keep developing your career
- Paid parental leave and adoption/family building benefits
- Sabbatical leave available after five years of employment
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding OPT Sponsorship as a Product Management Specialist
Confirm your STEM OPT eligibility before applying
Product Management Specialist roles often qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension under CIP codes tied to business analytics, information systems, or computer science. Verify your degree's CIP code with your DSO before targeting roles at E-Verify employers.
Target E-Verify employers from the start
STEM OPT extensions require your employer to be enrolled in E-Verify. Filter your search to E-Verify companies early so you're not caught off guard after an offer. Many mid-size and large product teams already meet this requirement.
Address your OPT timeline proactively in interviews
Hiring managers often misunderstand OPT duration. Explain that standard OPT provides 12 months and a STEM extension adds 24 more, giving them roughly three years of work authorization without H-1B visa sponsorship costs on day one.
Frame your international background as a product asset
Cross-cultural perspective is genuinely valuable in product roles involving global user research or international markets. Connect your background to the employer's product goals rather than treating your visa status as a separate conversation.
Apply during high PM hiring cycles to maximize options
Product hiring at tech and SaaS companies tends to accelerate in Q1 and Q3 as annual planning wraps up. Timing your applications around these cycles increases your odds of finding OPT-friendly openings before your authorization window narrows.
Prepare documentation your employer will need for I-983 training plans
STEM OPT requires an I-983 training plan signed by your employer. Come prepared with a draft that maps your PM responsibilities to your degree program. Employers who've never hired OPT students will appreciate that you've simplified the process.
Product Management Specialist OPT: Frequently Asked Questions
Can I work as a Product Management Specialist on OPT without H-1B sponsorship?
Yes. OPT is your own work authorization, not employer sponsorship, so you can start working as soon as your employer hires you and your EAD is valid. For STEM OPT extensions, the employer must be enrolled in E-Verify and co-sign an I-983 training plan, but this is far less burdensome than H-1B sponsorship.
Does a Product Management Specialist role qualify for the 24-month STEM OPT extension?
It depends on your degree's CIP code, not the job title. Degrees in information systems, computer science, business analytics, or management information systems commonly support STEM OPT eligibility for PM roles. Confirm your specific CIP code with your DSO, since two students with similar degrees from different programs can have different STEM eligibility outcomes.
Where can I find Product Management Specialist jobs that are open to OPT students?
Migrate Mate is built specifically for F-1 OPT students and filters roles by visa-friendliness, so you're not wasting applications on companies that don't hire OPT candidates. Browsing Product Management Specialist listings on Migrate Mate lets you focus on employers who have already hired international students or have E-Verify enrollment in place.
What happens to my OPT if I lose my Product Management Specialist job?
You have a 90-day unemployment allowance across your entire OPT period, including any STEM extension. If you lose your position, your 90-day clock starts immediately. During this window you should actively search for a new qualifying role. STEM OPT students must also update their SEVIS record within 10 days of any employment change.
Do Product Management Specialist internships count toward OPT work authorization requirements?
Yes, paid or unpaid internships in a qualifying PM role count as authorized OPT employment, provided the work is directly related to your degree program. Part-time roles count too, though part-time work during post-completion OPT still uses up your authorization period. Make sure your DSO has your employer's details on file regardless of whether the role is full-time or part-time.