Company Description
Bitcoin Platform consists of security, trading, custody engineering, operations, and product partnerships. It operates a proprietary stack for both cold and hot wallets to enable users to send, receive, and custody, as well as a trading engine that provides liquidity for users.
Job Description
We are looking for a seasoned product lead to set the product vision and lead the strategy and execution for the Bitcoin Platform team.
We are looking for an exceptional people manager that can build, develop and grow a team of PMs. You will help formalize and scale the product management function, including defining organizational best practices and Bitcoin Platform team's product culture, while leading product strategy at large. As the Product Lead you will report to the General Manager and work closely with cross functional partner leads of our other verticals to drive company-wide alignment and impact.
- In collaboration with the leadership team, set the vision for the future of the Bitcoin platform.
- Work closely with the broader Product organization (Cash App, Square, TBD, Bitkey, C=) to ensure platform level support for various business units building on Bitcoin
- Work on the ideation, design, launch as well as optimisations of the bitcoin platform whilst defining product requirements, writing product specifications, and managing product launches.
- Partner with a full stack team (engineers, designers compliance, data scientists, operations) on a daily basis to ship innovative and incredible experiences, at scale
- Optimize for execution velocity, making tactical tradeoffs between business priorities and resources
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for your products and use data to inform product decisions.
- Manage the product backlog, prioritize features, and work with the engineering team to ensure timely delivery.
- Take ownership of complex issues within and beyond organizational boundaries; act as escalation point for senior leadership concerns
- Conduct and lead user research, perform data analysis, and perform market analysis to gather product insights
Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in a financial services/technology company including 10+ years of prior team development and people management experience. Distributed workforce experience a plus.
- Demonstrable proactive contribution of ideas and strategies to early-stage product development and roadmaps is key to shaping the product vision and ensuring its success.
- Strong experience of building APIs products/platforms.
- Experience with scoping, developing and shipping platform features and tool improvements from concept to implementation.
- Strong understanding of Bitcoin and bitcoin regulatory requirements.
- Proven experience working with bitcoin infrastructure, such as exchanges, and/or custodians.
- Experience working with large engineering focused cross-functional teams that include the following engineering disciplines: backend distributed systems, security engineering, applied cryptography
- Experience working with hot and cold wallet products.
- Experience working with policy, audit and compliance teams.
- A strong understanding of blockchain technology and its applications in financial services.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of how to navigate security and sensitive information surrounding bitcoin custody
Qualifications
- 15+ years of experience in a financial services/technology company including 10+ years of prior team development and people management experience. Distributed workforce experience a plus.
- Demonstrable proactive contribution of ideas and strategies to early-stage product development and roadmaps is key to shaping the product vision and ensuring its success.
- Strong experience of building APIs products/platforms.
- Experience with scoping, developing and shipping platform features and tool improvements from concept to implementation.
- Strong understanding of Bitcoin and bitcoin regulatory requirements.
- Proven experience working with bitcoin infrastructure, such as exchanges, and/or custodians.
- Experience working with large engineering focused cross-functional teams that include the following engineering disciplines: backend distributed systems, security engineering, applied cryptography
- Experience working with hot and cold wallet products.
- Experience working with policy, audit and compliance teams.
- A strong understanding of blockchain technology and its applications in financial services.
- Strong knowledge and understanding of how to navigate security and sensitive information surrounding bitcoin custody
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What We Do
Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy.
Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.
Why Work With Us
Across our ecosystem, we’re working to help our diverse audiences — sellers, individuals, artists, fans, developers, and all the people in between — overcome barriers to access the economy.
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