Staff Product Manager, Protocol

What are the role responsibilities?

• Own the product plan and customer impact for our protocol projects. Core areas include:
  • Key decentralization initiatives, such as Fault Proofs
  • Cost and performance improvements, such as Span Batches
  • EVM Equivalence (e.g., support for EIP-4844)
• Become the voice for our customers by conducting user interviews and collecting feedback from our BD team on key needs
• Bring clarity to the engineering team on what matters most, based on customer feedback, to streamline execution and focus
• Mentor other PMs at OP Labs
  • This is not a people management role, but you should be an excellent role model and mentor for the whole product management function
• Develop deep understanding of rapidly evolving competitive landscape to position Optimism for success

What skills do you bring?

• At least 5 years of professional experience in product management
• A strong track record of delivering technical products with large customer impact — including user research, product prioritization, and product ownership
• A passion for delivering for our customers while remaining scrappy—you have the ability to cut scope to get to a true MVP
• Excellent communication skills and cross-functional stakeholder management—you will be the glue between engineering and GTM teams such as marketing and business development
• Familiarity with crypto protocols — ideally you have a baseline familiarity with the nuts and bolts of a blockchain and/or strong experience with other technical products and/or protocols (such as distributed databases or internet protocols)