Program Manager · Operator · Builder

I turn ideas into
things that ship.

Program manager, operator, and hands-on builder. I've relaunched a broker-dealer, co-founded a company, and built AI systems — working across product, go-to-market, and operations to move things from idea to done.

Lars Ostervold
Open to program & AI roles
Marietta, GA · Remote
6 teams coordinated 2 trading platforms relaunched 1 broker-dealer, launched 2026 brand product launch
01

About

A generalist operator — equally at home running the program, designing the product, or building the system myself.

I'm drawn to the messy middle: the ambiguous, cross-functional problems where someone has to hold the whole picture, make the calls, and actually ship. I do that as a program manager — and I stay hands-on enough to build the thing myself.

Most recently, across Nitro Trading Systems and Investrade, I helped drive the ground-up relaunch of a broker-dealer — leading delivery across product, onboarding, go-to-market and creative, compliance, and operations, and building AI-assisted automation that turns hours of manual work into repeatable pipelines.

Before that I co-founded and ran a services business, so I know what it means to own outcomes, lead a team, and take the losses. I started in the markets as a trader — which is how I fell in love with fintech. Different domains, same instinct: make it real.

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What I do

PM

Program & Delivery

Coordinating engineering, product, vendors, and go-to-market to ship complex work. Six teams, two platforms, one launch.

  • Cross-functional
  • Dependencies
  • Launch planning
  • Playbooks
UX

Product & Onboarding

Designing account opening and onboarding — competitor research, streamlined flows, and interactive prototypes that cut friction.

  • Account opening
  • UX research
  • Prototyping
  • Flows
GTM

Go-to-Market & Creative

Brand, App Store & Play Store creative, multi-stage email journeys, and a Knowledge Center — the full launch creative engine.

  • Creative direction
  • App/Play Store
  • Email journeys
  • Content
AI

Applied AI & Automation

Hands-on with LLMs and agents — turning hours of manual work into repeatable pipelines, with FINRA-aware guardrails.

  • LLMs & agents
  • Agentic workflows
  • Automation
  • Fintech domain
03

Selected work

01

Investrade Relaunch

Program lead on the ground-up relaunch of a Regal Securities broker-dealer. Coordinated six internal and external teams — engineering, a creative agency, an OMS vendor, TradingView, and clearing firms — to revamp two trading platforms and take them to launch.

Program ManagementFintechLaunch
2023 — 2026
02

Go-to-Market Creative Engine

Built the launch creative end to end — App Store and Play Store creative sets, multi-stage Live and Paper-trading email journeys, and a Knowledge Center / training portal — under a refreshed brand.

Creative DirectionGo-to-MarketContent
2024 — 2026
03

Account-Opening Redesign

A 16-dimension competitor analysis (Robinhood, Webull, Schwab) turned into a streamlined Live/Demo onboarding flow and an interactive prototype — designed to reduce friction from first tap to funded account.

ProductUX ResearchOnboarding
2026
04

AI Automation & Agentic Workflows

Built AI-assisted automation — agentic workflows and a personal AI operating system — that produces recurring executive reporting, creative, and content, collapsing hours of manual work into repeatable pipelines.

Applied AIAutomationAgentic
2026
05

C&L Resident Services

Co-founded and ran an 18-month residential service business from zero — hiring, scheduling, and delivery across everything from junk removal to large hardscaping. Owned the numbers and led the team.

FounderOperationsTeam
2022 — 2024
04 — Contact

Let's build something
that ships.

lostervold@gmail.com