Aqua

The Operating System for Alternative Investments

Product Manager

$100K - $160KNew York, NY, US / Philadelphia, PA, US
Job type
Full-time
Role
Product
Experience
6+ years
Visa
US citizen/visa only
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About the role

About Aqua

Aqua is the operating system for wealth channel alternatives. We are building the platform for independent broker-dealers (IBDs) and independent financial advisors (RIAs) to invest in alternative assets. We are on track to process $5B in new transactions for 2025, with customer logos including some of the largest RIAs/BDs in the nation and asset managers including Blackstone, Apollo, JLL, Blue Owl, etc.

About the Role

We're hiring a talented and dynamic product manager to help us reimagine how alternative investments are managed. The alternative investment industry is notoriously manual and operationally complex—we're building technology to change that.

You'll be responsible for:

  • Shaping and driving our core product roadmap
  • Building intelligent automation systems
  • Creating the technical foundation that enables institutional-quality service delivery at scale
  • Owning end-to-end projects from conception to deployment, working directly with the CPO, CTO, and other key stakeholders

This is a rare opportunity to define how a modern alternative investment platform should work, building both client-facing products and the operational infrastructure that makes scalable service possible.

Who You Are

  • 3-5+ years building scalable applications, ideally at fast-growing startups
  • Product-minded—you stay connected to users and business context, using technology to solve real pain points
  • Thrive in high-autonomy, ambiguous environments and move fast
  • Measure success by organizational impact, not number of meetings or documents produced
  • Design scalable, reliable systems
  • Comfortable wearing multiple hats when necessary
  • Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
  • Familiar with AI-driven applications and agentic workflows
  • Willing to roll up your sleeves and do whatever it takes to solve problems

Bonus Points:

  • Experience architecting and building AI applications or agents
  • Strong UI/UX intuition and have built polished interfaces

About Aqua

Aqua is the operating system for wealth channel alternatives. We are building the platform for independent broker-dealers (IBDs) and independent financial advisors (RIAs) to invest in alternative assets. We are on track to process $5B in new transactions for 2025, with customer logos including some of the largest RIAs/BDs in the nation and asset managers including Blackstone, Apollo, JLL, Blue Owl, etc.

Aqua
Founded:2021
Batch:S21
Team Size:34
Status:
Active
Location:New York
Founders
Rohan Marwaha
Rohan Marwaha
Founder
Dev Patel
Dev Patel
Founder