Principal Product Manager

Overview

As Principal Connectivity Product Manager, you shape the IGN connectivity offering by bridging engineering and product management. You will evaluate non-standard connectivity requests, design high-level options with Network Engineering, and drive commercial viability and go-to-market plans. You will coordinate across internal teams and with customers to ensure delivery and impact, guiding launches from concept to execution. Your work directly supports a secure, resilient network backbone for ICE’s global clients and partners, aligning technical solutions with business strategy.

Responsibilities

• Scope non-standard connectivity requests with Sales Engineering
• Assess feasibility and high-level designs with Network Engineering; evaluate commercial and delivery impacts
• Provide go/no-go decisions and support implementation of approved solutions
• Supervise networking initiatives, project launches, and key timelines
• Build stakeholder relationships across WAN, delivery, and pre-sales teams
• Monitor industry trends to identify opportunities and risks
• Develop new solutions or enhancements and bring them to market
• Create business cases with full P&L and present to senior management
• Lead go-to-market plans, define product and pricing strategy
• Produce collateral, train Sales and pre-sales, and coordinate marketing efforts
• Establish KPIs and report performance to senior management
• Engage with customers at QBR events and translate feedback into roadmaps

Key requirements

• 6+ years in a product role or as a network engineering expert in financial network services or related sectors
• Hands-on experience with high-level and low-level network designs
• Direct exposure to non-standard or bespoke connectivity delivery
• Familiarity with cloud connectivity options (AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, Google Cloud Interconnect) if relevant
• Strong understanding of trading venue infrastructures, market data, and order entry protocols
• Solid knowledge of OSI layers and networking protocols (Layer 2/3, VPN, multicast)
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Commercial acumen and ability to build business cases and pricing strategy

• strong communication
• attention to detail
• cross-functional collaboration
• network design (high-level and low-level)
• non-standard connectivity delivery (cross-connects, hybrid cloud on-ramps)
• cloud connectivity

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