Senior Principal Product Manager, GenAI Distribution Solutions – PA-DSR-Q4-4

SS&C is a leading provider of mission-critical, AI-powered technology and services empowering financial services and healthcare organizations to work smarter, faster, and securely. Founded in 1986, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has offices worldwide. More than 23,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology. Job Description Job Title: Senior Principal Product Manager, GenAI Distribution Solutions Locations : Hybrid, New York, NY or Kansas City, MO About this Opportunity: Shape the Future of AI in Asset Management Distribution Are you passionate about redefining how asset managers, wealth managers, and distribution teams leverage artificial intelligence to win in an increasingly competitive market? SS&C is seeking an exceptional Senior Principal Product Manager to lead the next generation of our rapidly expanding GenAI-powered Wholesaler Hub and Enterprise AI Services platform . This is a rare opportunity to build industry-defining solutions that combine generative AI, enterprise data, workflow automation, analytics, and distribution intelligence to transform how financial services organizations operate and grow. You will work directly with senior executives, strategic clients, engineering leaders, data scientists, designers, and sales teams to define the future of AI-enabled distribution technology. This role is ideal for a highly driven product leader who thrives in fast-moving environments, embraces ambiguity, moves with urgency, and is passionate about turning client ideas into market-leading products. If you are energized by innovation, obsessed with customer outcomes, and excited to build the future of AI in financial services, we want to hear from you. What You'll Do: Define the Future of AI-Powered Distribution - Lead product vision, strategy, and execution for SS&C's GenAI-enabled Wholesaler Hub and Enterprise Services platform. Identify emerging market opportunities, industry trends, and client needs to create differentiated solutions that drive measurable business impact for asset managers, wealth managers, intermediary distribution teams, and institutional sales organizations. Accelerate Product Innovation - Drive a high-velocity product culture focused on rapid learning, experimentation, and continuous delivery. Balance speed with quality while ensuring the organization remains focused on delivering meaningful outcomes for clients and maintaining a competitive edge in a rapidly evolving market. Transform Client Ideas into Market-Leading Solutions - Partner directly with prospects and clients to understand business challenges, workflows, and strategic objectives. Translate complex business requirements into detailed product specifications, user stories, process flows, wireframes, prototypes, and visual product concepts that inspire stakeholders and accelerate development. Lead Enterprise AI Product Development - Work closely with engineering, architecture, data science, and AI teams to build scalable GenAI solutions leveraging large language models, agentic workflows, retrieval systems, enterprise data platforms, and modern cloud technologies. Ensure solutions are secure, flexible, scalable, and capable of integrating seamlessly into each client's technology environment. Drive Cross-Functional Execution - Serve as the connective tissue across Product, Engineering, UX, Sales, Marketing, Operations, Data, and Client Success teams. Continuously align stakeholders around priorities, communicate progress, remove obstacles, and motivate teams around a shared vision. Influence Strategic Client Engagements - Act as a trusted advisor to senior client stakeholders. Lead discovery sessions, workshops, solution design discussions, and executive-level presentations while helping clients envision how AI can transform their business processes, sales effectiveness, and operational efficiency. Build Flexible Enterprise Platforms - Champion configurable, API-driven, and integration-ready solutions that support diverse client requirements and enterprise architectures. Collaborate with technical teams to ensure products can connect effectively with CRMs, data platforms, workflow systems, AI ecosystems, and third-party applications. Drive Commercial Growth - Partner with Sales and Leadership to support strategic opportunities, product positioning, pricing discussions, client proposals, and product commercialization strategies. Help shape the future growth of SS&C's AI-powered distribution solutions business. Who You Are: You are a highly motivated product leader who combines strategic thinking, customer empathy, technical depth, and relentless execution. You thrive in competitive environments where innovation, speed, and adaptability are critical to success. You are equally comfortable discussing AI architecture, product strategy, workflow optimization, distribution challenges, and executive business outcomes. You possess exceptional communication skills and can influence audiences ranging from software engineers and UX designers to C-suite executives at the largest asset management firms in the world. Most importantly, you inspire teams, build momentum, create clarity from ambiguity, and drive results. Required Qualifications: 10+ years of product management, product leadership, strategy, or fintech experience. Deep expertise within asset management, wealth management, intermediary distribution, institutional sales, financial technology, or related financial services sectors. Experience in intermediary distribution is strong plus Experience building Generative AI, Agentic AI, AI Copilot, conversational UX, MCP, LLM, or enterprise intelligence solutions. Demonstrated success owning products from concept through commercialization and client adoption. Experience partnering directly with enterprise clients to define requirements and deliver complex technology solutions. Strong understanding of asset management distribution workflows, sales enablement, CRM ecosystems, advisor engagement, data intelligence, and business development processes. Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline. MBA or advanced technical degree preferred. Technical Competencies: AI & Emerging Technologies - Strong understanding of GenAI architectures, large language models, retrieval systems, orchestration frameworks, prompt engineering, AI agents, knowledge management, and enterprise AI deployment patterns. Product Specification & Visual Communication - Expert ability to translate ideas into detailed product requirements, workflows, wireframes, mockups, user journeys, prototypes, and executive-ready presentations. Enterprise Architecture & Integrations - Strong knowledge of APIs, enterprise integration patterns, cloud platforms, authentication frameworks, data architecture, and scalable software design. UX & Product Discovery - Advanced experience with customer research, journey mapping, design thinking, prototyping, usability testing, and product discovery methodologies. Product Delivery Excellence - Expert use of product management and engineering delivery platforms including Jira, Azure DevOps, Figma, Confluence, and related tools. Why Join Us: This is a unique opportunity to make an immediate impact on a high-growth business. You'll gain exposure to cutting-edge AI technology, build deep relationships with tier-one financial services clients, and help shape the future of distribution solutions. We offer a competitive compensation package that rewards top performance and the chance to advance your career with a market leader in financial services technology. Why You Will Love It Here! Flexibility : Hybrid Work Model & a Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement Work/Life Balance: Flexible Per