Program Manager

Summary

Join Offchain Labs, a leader in the blockchain technology movement, and contribute to the development of decentralized, secure, and transparent solutions. As a Program Manager, you will work collaboratively with product and technology teams to ensure high-quality and timely releases across our technical stack. You will manage and improve development and release processes for protocol and smart contract updates, internal and external infrastructure changes, and front-end development. This role requires strong project management skills, experience with technical sprints and documentation, and a passion for blockchain technology. Offchain Labs offers a remote-first work environment, competitive benefits, and opportunities for professional growth within a dynamic and innovative company.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with project/program management, with a successful track record of leading company-wide initiatives or business critical programs in partnership with technical and non-technical teams
• You have a strong passion for the promise of blockchain technology, and professional experience in the blockchain industry is a plus
• You have a strong ability to enable organizations to succeed while striking the right balance of process, holding individuals accountable while remaining aware of opportunities and risks
• You have experience managing technical sprints and documentation (i.e. JIRA/Confluence, Github issues, etc.)
• You have experience balancing several projects at once alongside both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• You have experience both operating processes/tools and building new processes/tools to maximize developer velocity across a large engineering organization
• You have experience managing fast moving technical projects with multiple cross-functional dependencies in an ambiguous environment
• You possess excellent organizational and communication skills

Responsibilities

• Manage, iterate, and advocate for the organizational processes and documentation that our product and engineering teams use to track and prioritize projects
• Take ownership for our core node software, ensuring that we ship often and on-time
• Proactively identify and escalate operational gaps that come with a fast-growing company, proposing and building out lean and scalable processes to fill them
• Contribute to the scoping and planning process for all technical projects, facilitating healthy and frequent allocation of time, and identifying risks and opportunities across teams
• Drive projects to completion, working with the broader product team and cross-functional teams to make sure we are making progress towards our OKRs and other company goals

Preferred Qualifications

• Competent CS fundamentals, either in a formal university program or through self-learning is a plus
• Experience as a software engineer or developer is a plus (esp with Go, Rust, Javascript, C++)
• Experience at a high-growth technology company or startup is nice to have, but not required

Benefits

• Remote-first global workforce + soon to open NY office
• Annual company offsite (last year, Bahamas!)
• Opportunity for subsidized attendance to industry conferences
• Medical, dental & vision coverage (US + some other countries)
• 401k retirement plan + company match (US only)
• Home office set up / ergonomic equipment matching program