General Manager Advanced Trading (Fusion)

Who we are

We simplify wealth creation. Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer, Bitpanda empowers both first-time investors and seasoned experts to invest in cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks, precious metals and commodities. Headquartered in Austria and operating across Europe, Bitpanda serves more than 7 million customers.

Your mission

As General Manager Advanced Trading (Fusion), you will own the strategic direction, commercial growth, operational excellence, and platform evolution of Bitpanda's advanced trading ecosystem. Fusion delivers institutional-grade trading capabilities to retail customers and professional traders across web and mobile environments.

You will combine product strategy, trading expertise, and technology leadership to ensure Fusion differentiates Bitpanda as a best-in-class platform within the European market. Your focus is sustainable trading activity, deep customer engagement, and trading-related revenue growth.

What you'll do

• Define and execute the long-term strategic vision and platform strategy across supported asset classes including crypto, equities, commodities, and derivatives.
• Own the Fusion value proposition end-to-end, including positioning, acquisition, engagement, and retention strategies for active traders, advanced retail investors, and professional customers.
• Own the complete web and mobile platform experience, driving improvements in usability, discoverability, customization, portfolio visibility, and advanced trading workflows.
• Partner closely with Engineering leadership on trading infrastructure strategy to guarantee high availability, low latency, speed, and operational resilience.
• Support critical architecture decisions and platform stability processes that enable institutional-grade execution quality and long-term growth.
• Own the prioritization and evolution of Fusion-specific features, driving innovation in advanced tooling, analytics, automation, and professional functionality.
• Drive commercial performance and revenue growth, monitoring and optimizing KPIs including trading volume, active traders, retention, and customer lifetime value.
• Lead, inspire, and scale a multidisciplinary organization spanning Product, Engineering, Design, Operations, and Trading-related functions.
• Ensure advanced trading activities operate within regulatory frameworks, collaborating with Compliance, Risk, Legal, and Operations teams.
• Represent the advanced trading ecosystem within executive leadership discussions and drive long-term investment and strategic alignment.

Who you are

• Extensive Trading & Fintech Leader: You bring substantial leadership experience in trading platforms, fintech, brokerage, exchange infrastructure, or investment technology environments.
• Market Structure & Infrastructure Expert: You understand advanced trading systems, execution platforms, market infrastructure, and scalable technical architectures.
• Trader-Obsessed: You understand active trader behavior and complex professional trading workflows.
• Commercially & Analytically Minded: You have a high-ownership, outcome-oriented mindset and experience scaling complex, revenue-generating financial products.
• Pragmatic & Resilient Decision-Maker: You thrive in high-pressure, fast-moving environments and balance innovation with operational discipline.
• Regulated Environment Native: You are experienced in regulated financial environments and can navigate compliance, legal, and operational risk frameworks.

What's in it for you

• Flexibility to work where you thrive with a hybrid working model and additional remote-work days from a city or country of your choice.
• Reward for your impact through a competitive compensation package and participation in the stock option plan.
• Support for your mental wellbeing through confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources.
• Time to recharge with additional paid time off after six months.
• Continuous learning and growth with unlimited access to Udemy courses.
• Exclusive perks and rewards from partners worldwide.
• Support during life milestones with additional gender-neutral new parent leave.
• Fuel and focus on-site with free onsite dining in selected locations including Vienna.
• Recognition and connection through rewards, merchandise, and company events.

Bitpanda is committed to fostering a fair and equal environment based on trust and mutual respect and to building a team that represents a wide variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills.