Senior Product Manager, Blockchain and Protocol

Sprout Labs

full-time

Posted on: 9/17/2025

Origin: • 🇺🇸 United States • California

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💰 $200,000 - $260,000 per year

Senior

Distributed Systems

About the role

Own product strategy, roadmap, and execution for core Layer 1, proof-of-concept protocols, and developer-facing APIs/SDKs.
Work closely with executive team, researchers, engineers, and the global ecosystem to ship cryptographic primitives and infra.
Ship cryptographic and protocol features and releases (e.g., DKG, ZK integrations, rollup, scaling solutions).
Improve security, upgradeability, performance, and decentralization of the core infrastructure.
Lead internal and external cross-functional communication with researchers, engineers, ecosystem partners, and open-source communities.
Align Story with external roadmaps (Ethereum, Cosmos, Rollup, DA/storage trends).
Ensure Story remains secure, performant, and aligned with broader blockchain trends.

Hold a Bachelor’s, Master’s, or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field from a top university.
5+ years of product management experience in infrastructure or platform products.
At least 2+ years of experience in blockchain (L1/L2, smart contracts).
Deep technical fluency in blockchain, cryptography, and smart contract standards.
Proven ability to lead complex, technical, cross-functional initiatives from strategy through execution.
Exceptional communicator, able to engage with executives, engineering leadership, design, ecosystem partners, and the open-source community.
Highly self-driven, with a passion for blockchain technology and accelerating ecosystem adoption.
Nice to have: Hands-on experience in the Ethereum or Cosmos ecosystems.
Nice to have: Prior work on L1/L2 protocols, smart contract platforms, or infrastructure services.