VP of Product

Summary

Join DV Labs, a remote research and software development team, as their VP of Product. You will define and drive Obol's product strategy, overseeing the company's entire product suite. Responsibilities include leading product design, refining Solidity products, developing onboarding flows, analyzing product performance, and pushing the distributed validator vision with external clients. You will work closely with the executive team to manage and progress DV Labs' operations. The ideal candidate possesses a strong technical background, including Solidity smart contract design knowledge and experience in the Ethereum ecosystem. Competitive compensation, generous paid time off, and opportunities to attend industry conferences are offered.

Requirements

• Strong technical background (ideally Engineering Degree) , including an understanding of Solidity smart contract design
• Should be knowledgeable in the following areas: Protocol design and development, Ethereum validator tech stacks, Ethereum clients, Ethereum Layer 2s
• Experience working in the Ethereum Ecosystem (ideally on staking but not mandatory)

Responsibilities

• Own and drive Obol's product vision & strategy to enable growth & success
• Scale and lead our product & design organization while maintaining a high-performing culture
• Oversee the company’s entire product suite and act as a counterpart for our CTO and provide the Roadmap definition
• Define “what are we building” and “why are we building it”
• Focus on the software products and services offered by DV Labs
• Translate the product roadmap and the steps taken by the product team into board-level appropriate communication
• Lead the design of node operator tooling and its accompanying developer experience to enable the deployment of Ethereum infrastructure across retail to enterprise deployment environments. (E.g. Obol Stack, Terraform, Helm, Kubernetes, Ansible and Docker based products)
• Refine and further develop our solidity products to facilitate the seamless incorporation of DVs into existing Ethereum protocols
• Be the customer facing front of these integration efforts. (e.g. Obol Splits)
• Develop best-in-class onboarding flows for UI and programmatic creation of distributed validators (e.g. DV Launchpad, Obol SDK, Obol API)
• Develop editable distributed validator clusters, including specifying and overseeing the changes that need to ripple through the rest of the Obol Product Suite to enable such mutability
• Analyze product performance and iterate on the product suite's design to solve challenges that arise when using Obol's products
• Push the distributed validator vision with external clients and public facing outlets
• Take ownership of and be accountable for the integration process, ensuring seamless coordination and implementation
• Manage and progress the operations of DV Labs by working closely with the Executive team to define strategies to grow and differentiate our product
• Ensure products are aligned to the company strategy and to verify that the product team is resourced appropriately

Preferred Qualifications

Preferred time zone: GMT-5 to GMT+3

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Annual Global Off-site
• Annual opportunity to attend DevCon (or a blockchain conference of choice)
• Generous paid time off
• Budget for personal equipment