
Senior Technical Product Manager
Empower
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $125,400 - $181,875 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Define and own an outcome-driven incubation roadmap for Blockchain and tokenization experiments, including sequencing, dependencies, and success metrics.
- Partner with business and technology leaders to identify and shape tokenization and blockchain opportunities, hypotheses, and experiment charters.
- Prioritize a portfolio of rapid prototypes, proofs of concept, and pilots based on value, feasibility, risk, and learning objectives.
- Serve as a liaison between business leaders, engineering, architecture, security, and legal/compliance teams to translate needs into implementable experiment designs and prototypes.
- Lead discovery, requirements definition, and lightweight solution design in collaboration with engineering support and platform architects.
- Manage a lab backlog and execution cadence (planning, demos, iteration cycles, and experiment readouts) to drive rapid solutioning and measurable learning.
- Support build vs. partner evaluations by coordinating vendor “bake-offs,” ecosystem scans, and technical assessments relevant to tokenization and blockchain capabilities.
- Define experiment governance and controls appropriate for a lab environment, including data handling, access controls, auditability expectations, and risk reviews.
- Establish reference architectures, reusable components, and patterns (on-chain and off-chain) that can accelerate future experiments and inform downstream teams.
- Define, track, and communicate experiment KPIs, such as time-to-prototype, learning velocity, stakeholder readiness, feasibility, risk posture, and proof-of-value results.
- Monitor experiment outcomes and operational signals during pilots (stability, usability, integration constraints), and drive iteration or decisioning based on findings.
- Stay current on blockchain and tokenization trends (standards, privacy approaches, interoperability, custody/settlement models, regulatory developments) to inform the lab pipeline.
- Produce clear recommendations and transition plans for successful concepts, including handoff artifacts (requirements, architecture, risk considerations, ROI, and operational needs) for product and engineering teams that may scale them.
- Provide thought leadership and mentorship across the Lab and partner teams to strengthen in-house blockchain knowledge and delivery confidence.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Business, or a related field required (or equivalent experience); MBA or advanced degree preferred.
- 7–10+ years of product management experience, preferably owning complex technical or platform products.
- Demonstrated experience working with blockchain and/or tokenization concepts through prototyping, pilots, or early-stage productization (lab, innovation, or startup environments a plus).
- Proven ability to lead cross-functional discovery and rapid execution with engineering support, balancing speed with appropriate governance.
- Strong executive presence and ability to influence senior stakeholders across business, technology, and risk functions.
- Solid understanding of systems architecture and cloud-native environments; ability to shape solution approaches spanning on-chain and off-chain components.
- Familiarity with distributed ledger fundamentals (smart contracts, consensus, identity, key management concepts, privacy, interoperability) and enterprise risk considerations (auditability, controls, vendor due diligence).
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate blockchain concepts into business-relevant insights, experiment plans, and decision-ready readouts.
- Strategic thinker who balances rapid learning and delivery with longer-term commercialization pathways and practical handoffs.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
- Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
- Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
- Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
- Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
- Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
- Business Resource Groups (BRGs) – BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
blockchaintokenizationprototypingrequirements definitionsolution designdata handlingexperiment governancesystems architecturecloud-native environmentsdistributed ledger
Soft Skills
leadershipinfluencecommunicationstrategic thinkingcross-functional collaborationmentorshipexecutive presencebalancing speed and governancetranslating technical conceptsdriving measurable learning
Certifications
Bachelor’s degree in Computer ScienceBachelor’s degree in EngineeringBachelor’s degree in BusinessMBAadvanced degree