Product Manager, Ecosystem
Offchain Labs has produced innovative scaling solutions for Ethereum, such as Arbitrum, an Optimistic Rollup technology that enhances app scalability and boosts capacity cost-effectively while upholding Ethereum's security standards. Arbitrum streamlines the process of moving contracts by ensuring compatibility with existing Ethereum developer languages and tool sets, requiring no code adjustments. Established as a major player in Ethereum scaling solutions, Arbitrum boasts a significant market share with a substantial number of apps utilizing the platform and holding over 40% of all rollup liquidity. In addition, Offchain Labs positively contributes to the Ethereum core protocol through its Prysm consensus client project, which offers a Go implementation of the Ethereum protocol based on official specifications. The Prysm project encompasses a full beacon node implementation and a validator client for engaging in blockchain consensus activities.
Our team is deeply committed to bridging the gap between present blockchain technology and its full potential, fostering an environment that fosters innovation and the exchange of fresh ideas through collaborative efforts, extensive research, and in-depth discussions. Following successful funding rounds, including a series A and a series B, we are excited to welcome new team members who share a passion for the blockchain industry and possess a talent for approaching challenges from unconventional perspectives.
As a member of our Product team at Offchain Labs, you will collaborate with industry leaders in the blockchain sector to tackle unique technical, economic, and social obstacles. In this role, you will closely collaborate with our CTO and Head of Product on a day-to-day basis. As an Ecosystem PM, your responsibilities will include empowering application teams to prosper, actively seeking feedback from across the ecosystem, and ensuring that our roadmap aligns with pioneering on-chain development teams. Initially, this role will involve establishing a robust ecosystem to support Orbit chains and will evolve over time.
Key Responsibilities
- Collaborate closely with strategic partners throughout their development journey, guide them in leveraging Arbitrum technology, identifying dependencies, and shaping their roadmap while evaluating potential opportunities and risks.
- Support infrastructure teams focused on Orbit deployments and aid our partnerships team by engaging in intake calls and follow-up meetings, advocating for the technology, and outlining available technical pathways and trade-offs.
- Gather feedback regularly from Rollups-as-a-service (RaaS) providers and Orbit teams to prioritize development efforts within our product portfolio, participating in core product meetings to assist with feature prioritization.
- Engage directly with infrastructure teams, application teams, and alike throughout the ecosystem to prioritize service and tooling development that benefits Orbit chains, advocating for development areas identified through client feedback.
- Collaborate with our engineering teams to consolidate feedback from projects and users, monitor market developments, and consider technical factors in prioritizing development tasks.
- Collaborate with marketing and partnerships teams to craft and deliver compelling narratives and messaging for new product releases and updates.
- Serve as the main point of contact for partner teams during integration and deployment activities, collaborate with our engineering team to tackle partner queries, resolve technical challenges, and provide timely assistance, ensuring smooth integration experiences.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience in a PM or a closely related technical role.
- Deep interest and understanding of blockchain technologies, with hands-on experience as an active consumer of on-chain applications and a comprehension of ecosystem trends.
- Proven experience in client-facing positions, consulting roles in technology, or relevant fields.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence both internal and external teams professionally.
- Proficiency in diving into technical details while keeping business goals in focus.
- Reliable team player comfortable with taking ownership and navigating uncertain scenarios.
- Background in Computer Science and/or Economics, with experience contributing to software products demonstrated through individual projects or equivalent work.
- Preferred experience at a high-growth technology company or software startup.