Product Operations Lead

Stellar Development Foundation

Product Operations Lead establishing systems and processes for the Stellar blockchain team. Overseeing product planning, execution, and communication initiatives.

Posted 6/30/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $170,000 - $245,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Learn how Product currently plans and ships, identify the highest-leverage gaps, and propose a lightweight operating model.
Stand up the core operating cadences (planning cycles, product reviews, roadmap and execution tracking) and define the PM tool stack.
Own and evolve the operating system Product uses to plan, track, and communicate work — roadmaps, planning artifacts, and execution tracking — in close partnership with Engineering.
Design and run lightweight operating cadences (planning cycles, product reviews, execution check-ins) without adding unnecessary process.
Improve visibility into priorities, progress, and decisions across the product organization.
Identify where automation, AI, and agents can materially change how product work gets done, and turn those ideas into adopted capabilities.
Build systems that capture and share high-quality product work (e.g., great PRDs) and decisions to raise the bar and accelerate learning across teams.
Build structured feedback loops and synthesize signal into roadmap inputs to represent the internal voice of the customer and ecosystem.
Over time, own PM onboarding and enablement, and partner with Product leadership to reinforce a high-performing product culture (Product All Hands, summits / onsites).

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years in Product Operations, Technical Program Management, or a similar role in a fast-moving, product-led organization.
A track record of standing up or significantly scaling a product operating model from a blank page.
Strong systems thinking; you design operating models that scale without adding bureaucracy.
A scrappy, high-ownership executor who gets things done and is comfortable building in ambiguity.
Strong analytical skills (quantitative and qualitative) and clear, concise written and verbal communication.
Strong product instincts and genuine empathy for PMs and cross-functional partners.
Hands-on familiarity with AI tools and a point of view on where agentic workflows can accelerate product work.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Competitive health, dental & vision coverage with most plans covered at 100% for the employee + any dependents
Flexible time off + 15 company holidays including a company-wide holiday break
Generous paid parental leave for all parents, plus paid pregnancy disability leave for birthing parents
Gym reimbursement ($80 per month)
Life & ADD (up to $50K)
Short & Long term disability
401K with 4% match
Health & Dependent Care FSA Accounts
Commuter benefits with $250/month employer contribution
Health Savings Account (HSA) with monthly employer contribution
Family building benefits through Kindbody
Wellbeing benefits (One Medical, Rightway, Headspace)
L&D budget of $1,500/year
Daily lunch and snacks in office
Company retreats

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Hard Skills & Tools

Product Operating Model DesignExecution TrackingRoadmap DevelopmentPlanning ArtifactsFeedback Loop Creation

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationEmpathy for PMsHigh-Ownership ExecutionAdaptability in Ambiguity