Product Manager

Summary

Join IOG, a blockchain technology company, as a Product Manager for Partnerchains. Lead and manage products from inception to release, reporting to the Head of Product. Drive product planning, roadmapping, and documentation, collaborating with cross-functional teams. Work with customers, partners, and internal teams to ensure product success. Conduct market research, quantify opportunities, and validate assumptions. Work closely with engineering and QA teams for product development and delivery. Engage with open-source communities and participate in product launches and post-launch activities. This role requires strong leadership, technical capabilities, and experience in product management and blockchain technology.

Requirements

• Proven technical capabilities (Computer Science degree or equivalent experience)
• 5+ years experience working in software development
• 5 years of experience in product management or related role
• Experience collaborating with highly technical engineering, design and business teams
• Experience developing blockchain or infrastructure technologies such as database or middleware
• At least 1 year of business experience of blockchain or cryptocurrency technology, ideally around L1 and L2 scaling solutions
• Experience working in an Agile environment and leading highly technical product teams
• Experience implementing processes to define metrics and measure the success of products that are launched
• 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
• Be user driven and develop a strong understanding of stakeholder needs
• 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
• A keen desire and belief on the impact that blockchain and crypto aligned to IOGs vision
• A user of web3 products knowing first hand the UX, economics and impact of our products
• Curious and naturally engages with users, partners and others stakeholders directly to gain insights
• Engage, champion and contribute to Open Source Software communities
• Keep up to date with the status of competitors from a technical and business perspective

Responsibilities

• Be the main point of contact for your product, ensuring seamless end-to-end operation and demonstrating leadership without formal authority
• Drive a structured product planning process (e.g., Quarterly Product Planning, QPP) to align stakeholders on short-term deliverables (6 months) and long-term objectives (12–18+ months)
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build and maintain a robust quarterly roadmap for your product, balancing near-term execution with long-term vision
• Create and manage formal documentation, including Market Requirements Documents (MRDs), Product Requirements Documents (PRDs), and Feature Requirements Documents (FRDs), ensuring traceability back to market needs and stakeholder feedback
• Maintain rigorous version control of all product documents to reflect evolving insights, user feedback, and business requirements
• Work with customers, partners, and cross-functional groups (e.g., marketing, communications, design) to ensure that their needs are captured in the roadmap and inform product updates
• Collaborate with marketing and communications teams to clarify how product changes will impact the user community and the wider market, supporting creation of collateral and messaging
• Partner with business development to evaluate new opportunities, building them into the roadmap based on strategic alignment and potential value
• Conduct ongoing market research to stay abreast of industry and community needs, blockchain and cryptocurrency trends, and competitor activity
• Quantify potential opportunities and validate assumptions with surveys, interviews, and data analysis
• Leverage findings in MRDs & PRDs and update requirements documents regularly, revisiting them each quarter as part of QPP
• Work closely with Program Management, Engineering, and QA teams to ensure features are delivered in the right sequence and meet expectations regarding quality, functionality, and schedule
• Define priorities for product development in collaboration with internal stakeholders, ensuring alignment with broader business goals and user needs
• Lead rigorous quarterly reviews to assess product progress, revalidate requirements (MRDs, PRDs, FRDs), and make adjustments based on new insights
• Engage and contribute to relevant Open Source Software communities, championing your product and seeking feedback
• Monitor and evaluate community input, integrating valuable suggestions back into your product roadmap and documentation
• Drive product through its full lifecycle—from the initial concept to launch, release management, and post-launch operations
• Prepare and deliver product-level content such as blogs, technical documentation, and presentations to support marketing and business development
• Participate in quarterly product planning (QPP) sessions to share key updates, insights, and roadmap adjustments with the broader organization

Preferred Qualifications

Ideally, experience in finance or web3

Benefits

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