Senior Product Specialist, Core Protocol
Offchain Labs
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • New York • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $208,012 - $269,320 per year
Job Level
Senior
Tech Stack
Distributed Systems
About the role
- Support the planning, coordination, and delivery of advanced blockchain infrastructure projects.
- Collaborate with engineering, research, partnerships, and product stakeholders to define product strategy, develop specifications, and ensure alignment between protocol development and business goals.
- Coordinate end-to-end product planning and delivery processes, from development scoping through go-to-market execution for blockchain protocol features.
- Develop and maintain product roadmaps focused on scalability, performance optimization, and adoption of core technologies such as Ethereum Improvement Proposals (EIPs) and Rollup Improvement Proposals (RIPs).
- Prepare and update product documentation, technical briefs, and launch materials to support internal alignment and external understanding.
- Collaborate with engineering, research, and cross-functional teams to synthesize market feedback, user requirements, and technical constraints to inform product planning.
- Track product milestones, feature progress, and overall delivery timelines to ensure adherence to established schedules and quality standards.
- Participate in defining technical requirements and use cases by engaging with developers, researchers, and ecosystem partners.
- Support coordination of exploratory research outcomes with engineering teams, transforming insights into scoped product features.
- Contribute to the evaluation of performance metrics and feedback loops to continuously improve product functionality and user experience.
- Collaborate with the marketing and partnerships teams to align messaging strategies and narratives around key protocol upgrades.
- Assist in resource planning by providing input on project timelines, capacity needs, and product dependencies.
- Facilitate product-focused discussions, planning meetings, and documentation reviews across teams involved in protocol development.
- Stay informed on industry trends, protocol advancements, and relevant community discussions to anticipate future product requirements.
- Domestic and international travel up to 20% of the time for industry conferences and client meetings.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or U.S. equivalent in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a related field.
- Minimum 4 years of professional experience as a Product Manager, IT Project Manager or any occupation/position/job title involving blockchain technology and software product development for production-grade decentralized applications (dApps), smart contracts, or blockchain-based platforms.
- Minimum 4 years of professional experience working with blockchain technologies and their application in core protocol product development and integrating blockchain solutions into products, while staying current with blockchain trends and innovations.
- Minimum 4 years of professional experience working with blockchain technologies including smart contracts and tokens.
- Minimum 4 years of professional experience shipping production-grade software (including blockchain frameworks, decentralized applications, smart contracts, and developer tools).
- Minimum 4 years of professional experience collaborating with engineering teams to guide technical development.
- Minimum 4 years of professional experience allocating resources, formulating budgets, and creating project plans, schedules, and roadmaps.
- Minimum 4 years of professional experience improving infrastructure through gathering user feedback, monitoring performance, and iterating.
- Minimum 1 year of professional experience working with software development processes, including blockchain protocols, decentralized applications (dApps), and smart contract development, and Ethereum consensus or execution clients.
- Minimum 1 year of professional experience as a technical contributor on distributed systems, including blockchain networks, decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms, smart contracts, and Ethereum consensus or execution clients.
Benefits
- Remote-first global workforce + NY office
- Annual company offsite + team onsites
- Professional reimbursement program (facilitates industry conference attendance, certifications, and more)
- Medical, dental & vision coverage (US + some other countries)
- 401k retirement plan + company match (US only)
- Wellness stipend
- Home office set up / ergonomic equipment program
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
blockchain technologysmart contractsdecentralized applicationsEthereum Improvement ProposalsRollup Improvement Proposalsproduction-grade softwareperformance optimizationproduct roadmapstechnical requirementsuser experience
Soft skills
collaborationplanningcoordinationcommunicationresource planningproblem-solvingstakeholder engagementfeedback synthesisdocumentationproject management