Head of Product

We’re seeking a Head of Product who can navigate the interdisciplinary tradeoffs that come with using cryptography and zk-Snarks, a novel technology in the world of blockchains, to build decentralized computing systems that put people back in control of their digital lives.

Mina Foundation is a public benefit corporation serving the Mina Protocol, the world's lightest blockchain. Mina Protocol's native cryptocurrency is the first cryptocurrency with a lightweight, constant-sized blockchain. The Foundation supports participants, strategically allocates resources, ensures network health and security, promotes the adoption of zkApps and champions MINA in the wider world. MINA’s small size blockchain solves three of the most difficult challenges in the blockchain space - privacy, scalability, and decentralization. The Head of Product will take full ownership of our product road map & be one of the pivotal roles in the organisation operating between the board, the business & engineering with a strong focus on our end users.

In addition the successful candidate will have a strong interest in ZK tech and privacy technology and familiar with the major developments, implementations and trade offs in the space and preferably an active member of the ZK community.

You should also have great leadership abilities and be able to address a variety of audiences: Our C Suite, business development, marketing, product and engineering and be comfortable with public speaking.

Please note we have an integrated product and engineering group based in the EMEA region and as such the candidate must live in the region and be available to travel around Europe frequesntly.

Requirements

The Sr. Technical Product Manager will have at least 5 years experience as head of product & 10 years industry experience.

• Full ownership of the product roadmap and it's delivery
• Evaluate and prioritize specific opportunities and areas of improvement for the Mina protocol
• Develop product requirements
• Collaborate with engineering, cryptography & other teams in the ecosystem to design, develop, build, QA, and release new products & developer tools for the Mina protocol
• Collaborate with the ecosystem participants (e.g. node operators and developers) to address their needs, communicate product roadmap, and incorporate their feedback into product roadmap

• 5+ years of previous experience in engineering & computer science
• Some understanding of blockchain or distributed systems
• Strong Foundation within web 2
• Excellent communication skills
• Familiarity with layer 1 and layer 2 landscape & the technical issues in these ecosystems.

Benefits

Excellent Comp & Benefits, including crypto