Head of Product

Summary

Join IOHK's Catalyst Tribe as Head of Product and oversee the end-to-end product lifecycle, from ideation to release. Manage a team of skilled professionals to execute the product vision, reporting to the General Manager. Develop a strategy for Catalyst's role in its vertical, leveraging existing products and emerging opportunities. Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to drive global product strategy, manage roadmaps, and engage new prospects. Work with customers and partners to address their needs, conduct market research, and define new products. Collaborate with marketing and communications teams to ensure successful product launches and positioning. Lead and motivate your team, fostering open communication and clear processes. This role requires strong leadership, technical expertise, and a deep understanding of the blockchain and cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Requirements

• A BS/MS in Computer Science (or equivalent)
• Experience as a Product Manager or Associate Product Manager
• A background in distributed computing and experience with blockchain technologies
• At least 1 year of business experience of blockchain or cryptocurrency ecosystem governance
• Experience working in an Agile environment and leading highly technical engineering teams
• Experience implementing processes to define metrics and measure the success of products that are launched
• Experience working with software development and marketing teams, preferably in fintech
• Experience leading highly technical engineering, design and business teams
• Proven ability in developing productive relationships with a variety of levels and roles and managing user expectations effectively
• Have strong leadership skills, be resourceful and use initiative
• Demonstrate competency with requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, verification, and management practices and the ability to apply them in practice
• Develop productive relationships with a variety of levels and roles and manage user expectations effectively
• Leverage strong interpersonal skills to drive innovation in product development with a team of world-class engineers and Scientists
• Have exemplary people and communications skills coupled with the savvy and maturity needed to garner the respect of senior management and clients
• Have a keen interest in Blockchain and Cryptocurrency technology developments and trends in the product landscape
• Engage, champion and contribute to Open Source Software communities
• Keep up to date with the status of competitors from a technical and business perspective
• Set clear strategic guidelines and objectives for the Product Managers under his responsibilities
• Identify team objectives and KPIs to attain, ensure completion of objectives
• Be a single point of contact for coordination and decision making and coordinate Product Managers activities and priorities

Responsibilities

• Oversee an expansive governance for ecosystem innovation product line from end to end, from inception and ideation through to implementation and release
• Manage a Product team of skilled managers, designers, and production operatives to carry out the vision
• Develop a strategy around Catalyst’s role in your respective vertical, rationalize and elaborate a strong offering by capitalizing on existing products and on emerging opportunities
• Collaborate with GM to drive Catalyst’s strategy, global product vision and realize business goals
• Manage product lifecycle from strategic planning to tactical activities
• Oversee product roadmaps for Catalyst products based on market research and collaboration with internal and external groups and stakeholders
• Engage new pipeline prospects through customer and partnership development activities
• Execute roadmap strategies and bringing valuable, highly differentiated and elegantly designed capabilities to market
• Working in an Agile Product Development process creating well thought-out and consumable user stories
• Work with customers and partners to ensure that their needs are addressed in the roadmap and that they are kept apprised of new releases and updates
• Conduct market research, surveys and customer/prospect visits to understand and specify requirements for target markets
• Work with prospects to define new products and quantify opportunity size
• Work with marketing, design and communications to understand industry and ecosystem needs in order to develop a product roadmap
• Ensure successful launch and positioning of our offerings
• Analyze competitive offering in our market of voting systems, ecosystem incentivization, community governance, and funding mechanisms
• Collaborate with marketing and communications teams to explain how changes will impact the user community and support development of collateral and communications to the wider market
• Develop a detailed understanding of new developments / trends in the product landscape to drive product excellence
• Attend and present at relevant conferences as required
• Managing the collection, description, analysis and prioritization of requests for new product functionality from customers, prospects, partners, sales, and market-driven forces
• Working with operations to gain awareness of potential defects and prioritizing their resolution in the product release plan and roadmap
• Working with Product Managers, Delivery, and Engineering to ensure that features are delivered in the right sequence and meet business expectations in terms of quality, function and schedule
• Helping product managers in defining priorities for product development
• Working with engineering and design teams to deliver a captivating, reliable, and easy to use experience with excellent UI
• Providing support on product selection, presentations and pricing strategy
• As Leaders it is our responsibility to motivate, develop and progress our fellow team members
• As a Leader there is a need to communicate openly with all members of your team, address any issues head on and not shy away from difficult conversations
• Empowering your team to provide the best results by organizing clear processes and coordinating team efforts should be your top priority

Preferred Qualifications

Product Management certification is a plus (CPM, AIPMM)

Benefits

• Remote work
• Laptop reimbursement
• New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
• Learning & Development opportunities
• Competitive PTO