Mainshares
Product Manager, Capital Markets
Mainshares, Austin, TX
We're currently in the midst of the largest wealth transfer in history - an estimated $11T of baby-boomer owned businesses are set to change hands this decade.
Mainshares backs the next generation of operators transferring into the owners' seats. We work with them to identify business opportunities, connect them with SMB investors and help them manage their acquisitions.
We're on a mission to ensure the future of America's small business economy. We believe in its importance for creating wealth and building prospering communities.
About the Role
We are looking to hire our first Product Manager to build on the company's current momentum. As a PM, you will partner with sales, operations and engineering to deliver the ideal capital markets product for small business entrepreneurs and investors.
This is a complex and challenging role that will require you to deeply understand user needs, become a domain expert on capital raising mechanics, and collaborate with internal teams and early customers to build and launch a seamless experience at scale.
This role is high ownership and high impact. It requires someone who enjoys working hard and moving fast.
Responsibilities
Requirements
Nice-to-Have
Mainshares backs the next generation of operators transferring into the owners' seats. We work with them to identify business opportunities, connect them with SMB investors and help them manage their acquisitions.
We're on a mission to ensure the future of America's small business economy. We believe in its importance for creating wealth and building prospering communities.
About the Role
We are looking to hire our first Product Manager to build on the company's current momentum. As a PM, you will partner with sales, operations and engineering to deliver the ideal capital markets product for small business entrepreneurs and investors.
This is a complex and challenging role that will require you to deeply understand user needs, become a domain expert on capital raising mechanics, and collaborate with internal teams and early customers to build and launch a seamless experience at scale.
This role is high ownership and high impact. It requires someone who enjoys working hard and moving fast.
Responsibilities
- Deeply understand the pain points and challenges for raising and investing capital into SMB acquisitions
- Own key user journeys, from entrepreneurs getting pre-qualified for a raise to investors completing the capital call for an investment
- Collaboratively partner with customers and teammates (e.g., engineering, compliance, operations) early in the product development lifecycle
- Help shape the direction of our capital markets platform, including product strategy, roadmap and go-to-market
- Partner with go-to-market team to acquire, educate and activate investors on the market
Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of experience in product management roles at Series A to Series C startups
- You are driven by mission and are more hardcore than most folks you've worked with
- Experience building two-sided marketplace products
- Comfortable building products that are a mix of people, process, and software
- Enjoys being a generalist and does whatever it takes to achieve our goals
Nice-to-Have
- Bachelor's degree in finance or accounting
- Past exposure to capital raising, either as a product manager, investor or entrepreneur
- Working knowledge of financing concepts, such as equity structures, waterfalls, cap tables, etc.
- Familiarity with SMB ecosystem, search funds, independent sponsors, etc