Nasdaq, Inc.
Sep 21, 2026
Full time
The role As a Product Strategy Lead for Trading Products, you will play a critical role in shaping the long-term strategic direction, profitability, and commercial success of Nasdaq's trading product portfolio. You will be part of a leadership team accountable for defining product investment themes, building a 12-36 month strategic vision, and ensuring alignment with Nasdaq's broader strategic priorities. This is a highly collaborative, client-facing role where you will partner across Product Management, Software Engineering, Sales, Marketing, Legal, Finance, Client Success, and other teams to identify market opportunities, guide product direction, and support high-value client engagements. Key Responsibilities Define and drive the long-term product strategy for Nasdaq's trading products, including investment themes, product initiatives, and a 12-36 month strategic vision aligned with Nasdaq's strategic themes. Create, track, and communicate yearly objectives and key results for each product line to ensure alignment between the strategic vision, product roadmap, business priorities, and commercial goals. Identify and evaluate new global product and market opportunities across products, services, technologies, and geographies, developing business plans to support decision-making across the matrix organization. Lead early-stage client and prospect engagements in collaboration with Sales, ensuring a product-first approach and shaping strong value propositions from early engagement through to contract. Own and manage pre-sales activities, including design studies, feasibility studies, client prioritization, pricing profiles, go-to-market strategies, and overall scope approval for client deliveries. Partner closely with Product Management, Software Engineering, Client Success, and Project Management to align client needs, product roadmap, delivery scope, and long-term strategic direction. Use client feedback, competitive analysis, voice-of-customer insights, market trends, and historical data to guide product decisions, prioritization, pricing considerations, and work allocation across strategic, tactical, support, and maintenance activities. Required Qualifications Strong experience in product strategy or strategic product leadership, with the ability to translate market opportunities into clear product initiatives, business cases, and commercial plans. Deep understanding of capital markets, market structure, trading, or financial market infrastructure. Product knowledge of trading technology or market infrastructure solutions; knowledge of Nasdaq's existing trading products, such as Eqlipse, X-Stream and INET or the ability to quickly build this expertise. Ability to work in a client-facing capacity with clients and prospects, including leading strategic discussions, shaping proposals, and managing complex stakeholder expectations. Experience supporting or leading pre-sales activities for complex technology, trading, or market infrastructure solutions, including feasibility studies, design studies, or product investment recommendations. Experience working across virtual and globally distributed teams, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders across Product, Technology, Sales, Marketing, Finance, Legal, and Client Success. Strong commercial mindset and excellent communication skills, with the ability to assess pricing, profitability, market demand, competitive positioning, and present product strategy to senior stakeholders, internal teams, and external clients. This position is located in London, or Stockholm, and offers the opportunity for a hybrid work environment of at least 3 days a week in-office, subject to change, providing flexibility and accessibility for qualified candidates. Benefits & Rewards We offer a competitive, well-rounded rewards package designed to support the financial, physical, and emotional well-being of our employees and their families (where applicable). Actual pay depends on factors like your skills, experience, qualifications, and location. In addition to base pay, we offer short-term incentives (bonus or commission) and long-term incentives (equity), where applicable. We utilize a structured job architecture and career framework to ensure growth opportunities are transparent, fair, and accessible to all employees. The pay range you see reflects the full salary band for this job level, including room for progression over time. For more information, visit Nasdaq Benefits & Rewards Career Page. Come as You Are Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and identities. We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives, experiences, and identities are valued and celebrated. We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation throughout the hiring process. At Nasdaq, we're proud to be the engine behind the world's capital markets. But we don't stop there. We build the technology that drives transparency, trust, and access-helping economies grow and people thrive. Our purpose is to advance economic progress for all. Whether you're a client, a colleague, or part of our broader community, we're here to move markets-and possibilities-forward. Join our Talent Community to stay in the loop on upcoming roles, events, and new opportunities across Nasdaq. Our hybrid work model, NasdaqBlend, gives you flexibility to do your best work-whether that's from home, in the office, or a mix of both. Check the job listing or reach out to our team for role-specific details. 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