Product Manager, Curves | Data/Product & Energy & Trading (Denver, Chicago, Houston)

Summary

Zema Global Data Corporation provides technology and data solutions that help organizations in global energy, commodity, and financial markets simplify complexity, reduce risk, and make confident decisions. The Product Manager, Curves will contribute to the strategy, development, and delivery of curve data capabilities, focusing on automation, integration, governance, commodity coverage, and client engagement across Zema Enterprise and Zema Marketplace.

Responsibilities

• Own specific, defined areas of the curves product roadmap within Zema Enterprise and Zema Marketplace, contributing to a broader roadmap led by senior product leadership
• Develop a strong understanding of end-to-end curve workflows - from source data acquisition through construction, validation, publication, and consumption - to inform your areas of ownership
• Work with senior product and engineering leaders to prioritize investments that deliver client value and advance Zema Global’s capabilities in the curves domain
• Build product knowledge across a wide range of commodity markets and curve types, developing breadth as a distinguishing strength in the role
• Define requirements for automated curve construction and validation workflows, with a focus on reducing manual effort and increasing reliability for clients
• Document integration needs between Zema’s curve capabilities and external data sources - including exchanges, brokers, and price reporting agencies
• Collaborate with engineering on transformation logic requirements: interpolation, extrapolation, blending, and other curve calculation methodologies
• Identify opportunities to improve how curve data flows across the Zema platform, from Marketplace ingestion through Enterprise storage and into downstream client systems
• Contribute to Zema Global’s ongoing effort to support clients in establishing governed, reliable curve data - working toward a model where Zema plays a central role in clients’ source-of-truth infrastructure
• Help define and deliver governance features: curve versioning, audit trails, approval workflows, override tracking, and data lineage
• Support the development of data quality frameworks that allow clients to detect and resolve curve anomalies with confidence
• Engage with clients to understand how curve governance intersects with their internal risk policies, valuation processes, and control requirements
• Develop working familiarity with curve conventions and market structures across a broad range of energy and commodities markets — including power, natural gas, crude oil, refined products, NGLs, LNG, agricultural commodities, metals, and environmental products
• Help identify gaps in Zema Global’s curve coverage and work with data operations and partnership teams to surface and prioritize opportunities to close them
• Build understanding of the data vendor landscape - price reporting agencies, exchanges, and proprietary sources and how they feed into Zema’s curve capabilities
• Grow into an internal resource on commodity curve standards, conventions, and client use cases over time
• Participate in client discovery sessions, pilots, and beta programs to gather feedback on curve capabilities and validate product direction
• Support Sales and Customer Success in conversations where curve features are relevant to a deal or renewal
• Translate client feedback and requirements into clear product specifications for engineering teams
• Develop relationships with trading, risk, and middle-office contacts at client organizations to build domain context over time
• Work closely with engineering on requirements, delivery, and acceptance criteria for curve-related features
• Coordinate with Data Operations on source onboarding standards, normalization, and data quality monitoring
• Collaborate with product peers across Zema Global to understand how curve data interacts with Enterprise, Marketplace, and analytics workflows
• Partner with Marketing and Sales on messaging for curve-related capabilities as needed

Skills

• 3+ years of product management, market data, trading operations, or equivalent experience in an energy, commodities, or financial markets context
• Foundational understanding of price curves and their role in commodity trading and risk management
• Familiarity with at least one energy or commodities market - power, natural gas, oil, or related
• Comfort working with data-intensive products and collaborating with engineering teams on technical requirements
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document requirements precisely and engage clients and stakeholders effectively
• Curiosity and a genuine interest in developing deep domain expertise in energy and commodities data
• Exposure to curve management, ETRM/CTRM platforms, or market data systems (e.g., Zema, Morningstar, Refinitiv, Bloomberg)
• Understanding of curve governance concepts: versioning, audit trails, override workflows, and valuation controls
• Familiarity with price reporting agencies and data vendors: ICE, CME, Platts, Argus, ICIS, or similar
• Experience in a trading, risk, or middle-office function at an energy or commodities firm
• Background in data operations, quantitative methods, or market data management

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 3+ years of product management, market data, trading operations, or equivalent experience in an energy, commodities, or financial markets context
• Foundational understanding of price curves and their role in commodity trading and risk management
• Familiarity with at least one energy or commodities market - power, natural gas, oil, or related
• Comfort working with data-intensive products and collaborating with engineering teams on technical requirements
• Clear written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to document requirements precisely and engage clients and stakeholders effectively
• Curiosity and a genuine interest in developing deep domain expertise in energy and commodities data

Nice to Haves

• Exposure to curve management, ETRM/CTRM platforms, or market data systems (e.g., Zema, Morningstar, Refinitiv, Bloomberg)
• Understanding of curve governance concepts: versioning, audit trails, override workflows, and valuation controls
• Familiarity with price reporting agencies and data vendors: ICE, CME, Platts, Argus, ICIS, or similar
• Experience in a trading, risk, or middle-office function at an energy or commodities firm
• Background in data operations, quantitative methods, or market data management

Benefits

• Remote work model
• Global impact: shape the future of energy, commodities, and financial markets through innovative technology
• Career growth and career progression in a fast-growing global organization
• Collaborate with talented colleagues and industry experts across North America, Europe, and Asia
• Meaningful ownership of work and influence over strategic initiatives