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Head of Data Products

Alongside

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Amsterdam • Netherlands

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Job Level

Lead

Tech Stack

Web3

About the role

  • Evolve the TGS (The Grid Schema) taxonomy, ensuring it captures new Web3 primitives as they emerge
  • Support research efforts to accurately categorize projects, products, assets, and entities
  • Develop and maintain data quality standards and validation rules
  • Create comprehensive documentation for researchers on categorization edge cases
  • Review and validate critical data entries, especially for high-profile projects
  • Directly engage with blockchain projects through interviews, calls, and written communication
  • Review and verify information provided by projects against on-chain data
  • Build relationships with project teams to ensure data accuracy and completeness
  • Conduct due diligence calls with founders and teams to understand project nuances
  • Cross-reference project claims with smart contract deployments, on-chain activity, and blockchain explorers
  • Verify smart contract addresses, deployment dates, and token standards
  • Understand the difference between what projects claim and what exists on-chain
  • Use blockchain explorers and on-chain analytics tools to validate information
  • Identify discrepancies between marketing materials and actual on-chain implementation
  • Ensure accuracy of technical details like contract standards, chain deployments, and asset relationships
  • Maintain consistency across profileTypes, productTypes, assetTypes, and other categorizations
  • Identify gaps in current schema and propose new fields/relationships
  • Work with engineering to implement schema changes and validation rules
  • Ensure our taxonomy remains the industry standard for Web3 ecosystem mapping
  • Play a key part in product planning, creating tickets and acting as the first line of support for any issues
  • You will be using the same products that you are leading, goal is to build something you would use every day
  • Be able to translate a high level vision and bring clarity to the various team members over what should be built, by when, and to what requirements.
  • Bridge the gap between pure research and data engineering teams
  • Translate complex Web3 concepts into structured data requirements
  • Work with customers to understand their data needs and improve our schema accordingly
  • Collaborate with the data team on pipeline improvements that enhance data quality
  • Stay current with Web3 developments, new protocols, and emerging patterns
  • Understand the nuances between different blockchain architectures (L1s, L2s, L3s)
  • Deep knowledge of token standards, DeFi primitives, and governance structures
  • Track how traditional corporations are entering Web3 and how to categorize them

Requirements

  • 3-5+ years experience in traditional business environments (finance, consulting, enterprise software, or similar)
  • 2-3+ years of Web3/blockchain research and analysis
  • Experience with on-chain data verification using blockchain explorers and analytics tools
  • Strong understanding of smart contracts, token standards, and blockchain architecture
  • Experience conducting due diligence, interviews, or vendor assessments
  • Excellent verbal and written communication for both technical documentation and stakeholder engagement
  • Demonstrated ability to identify discrepancies between claimed and actual information
  • Experience with data categorization, taxonomy development, or information architecture
  • Understanding of JSON schemas and basic data structures
  • Desire to get deep into existing data standards in Web3 and financial services (such as GLIEF, ISO 24165, EBSI VC framework and many many more ...)

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard skills
on-chain data verificationsmart contractstoken standardsblockchain architecturedata categorizationtaxonomy developmentJSON schemasdata structuresWeb3 primitivesdata quality standards
Soft skills
communicationstakeholder engagementresearchcollaborationproblem-solvingattention to detailanalytical thinkingrelationship buildingdue diligencetranslating complex concepts