Description
IO Global, creator of the Cardano blockchain platform, is looking for a Product Manager to join its Decentralized Consortium Funding (DCF) team. IOG aims to start initiatives that will be disruptive and will change the world. IOG is building an economic and financial operating system that will enable billions of people, enterprises, and governments to work in a different way to solve large problems. We look for leaders who will help us to execute this vision by managing complex programs across continents and industries.
Your mission
The DCF is a consortium of companies working to achieve the vision for Cardano up to 2025. It is also a suite of governance processes to validate, make changes, communicate the work getting done, and interface with Cardano’s general governance system, Voltaire. Related to this is the Project Catalyst funding system. As Product Manager, you will translate the theory into practice and shepherd the DCF through the Catalyst election process while developing commercial applications for this governance structure.
Main functions of the role:
- Manage the Catalyst and DCF validation and reporting processes
- Define and implement how Catalyst and DCF interface
- Define the DCF voting interface for the Daedalus wallet
- Take the DCF proposal through the Catalyst process
- Explore and validate DCF commercialization opportunities
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to build a vision and roadmap for the DCF
- Establish and maintain roadmaps for IOG products based on market research and collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
- Work with customers and partners to ensure that their needs are addressed in the roadmap and that they are kept apprised of releases and updates
- Provide technical guidance in evaluating applications systems or evaluating requests for work with other product managers on product roadmap integration points.
Requirements
Your expertise
- A BSc or master’s degree in computer science or equivalent
- Product management certification is a plus (CPM, AIPMM)
- Experience as a product manager or associate product manager
- A background in distributed computing and at least one year of business experience of blockchain or cryptocurrency technology
- Experience leading highly technical engineering, design and business teams
- Experience working with agile software development processes (scrum, kanban)
- Experience implementing processes to define metrics and measure the success of products
- Proven ability in developing productive relationships with a variety of levels and roles, and of managing users’ expectations effectively
- Ability to develop and convey ideas to all types of stakeholders
- Experience of project management and the delivery lifecycle
- Facilitation skills in running workshops with stakeholders
- Tenacity and an ability to drive processes and resolve complex problems consistently
- Communication: the ability to explain complex topics to non-experts in a concise way
- Passion for governance
- Analytical: can quickly formulate decision-making frameworks.
Benefits
Location
IO Global is a fully distributed organization and therefore this is a remote position. Due to team distribution we are ideally searching for someone in an EST timezone.
All Colleagues
- Flexible schedule
- Remote work - ability to work anywhere
- Laptop reimbursement
- New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
- Udemy for Business
- Competitive PTO and Sick Leave plan
US Employees
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage through Anthem with 100% premium cost covered by IO Global for the employee and dependents
- Health Savings Account
- Life Insurance
UK Employees
- Monthly Health Stipend to use towards any wellness or medical coverage/service
- Pension
Deadline for applications: 09.10.2021.