Senior Product Manager (Validator Operations & Staking)
About the Role
You will lead the product strategy and execution for validator orchestration and staking management. You will discover and document operator workflows and pain points, define epics and user stories, and prioritize development using Agile. You will design features for deployment, monitoring, uptime and key management, slashing protection, and reward reporting. You will collaborate with validator operators, staking providers, and engineering to translate requirements into shipped features, analyze product and technical metrics, and iterate on solutions.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience as a Product Manager in Web3, cloud, or staking-related infrastructure domains
- Deep knowledge of validator lifecycle, slashing risks, downtime, and double-signing
- Understanding of staking models including validator-as-a-service, distributed validator technology (DVT), restaking, and liquid staking
- Experience with validator tooling: orchestration, monitoring, remote signing, metrics collection
- Strong understanding of system design, CI/CD, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code
- Comfortable writing and reading SQL or scripts
- Proven track record using Scrum or Kanban to manage product development
- Strong data literacy, including defining KPIs, querying data, and running experiments
- Proficiency with modern product and collaboration tools (e.g., YouTrack, Notion, observability platforms)
- Excellent communication skills in English
- Nice to have: Familiarity with AI productivity tools for research, documentation, and data analysis
- Nice to have: Experience working in highly technical infrastructure teams
Responsibilities
- Drive strategy and roadmap for validator orchestration and staking management features
- Understand user pain points and workflows for running validator nodes and staking networks
- Develop features for deployment, monitoring, uptime management, key management, slashing protection, and reward reporting
- Collaborate with validator operators, staking providers, and engineering teams to gather requirements
- Translate user needs into epics, user stories, and acceptance criteria
- Plan and prioritize development work using Scrum or Kanban
- Analyze product and technical metrics to drive continuous improvement
- Work cross-functionally with Design, Marketing, Sales, and Executive teams
- Conduct market and competitor research to identify differentiation opportunities
Benefits
- Stock options
- Cutting-edge tech stack
- Flat structure with low bureaucracy
- Flexible schedule
- Diverse multinational team