Senior Product Manager - Programming Languages and Tooling

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Description

• Who are we? • IOG, is a technology company focused on Blockchain research and development. • We are renowned for our scientific approach to blockchain development, emphasizing peer-reviewed research and formal methods to ensure security, scalability, and sustainability. • Our projects include decentralized finance (DeFi), governance, and identity management, aiming to advance the capabilities and adoption of blockchain technology globally. • We invest in the unknown, applying our curiosity and desire for positive change to everything we do. • By fueling creativity, innovation, and progress within our teams, our products and services are designed for people to be fearless, to be changemakers. • About Midnight: • IOG's Midnight Tribe is a business technology provider and core contributor to the Midnight Network, a blockchain platform for developing decentralized applications that safeguard personal and commercial data. • The Midnight Network is the first blockchain to offer programmable data isolation by leveraging zero-knowledge (ZK) proofs to enable selective disclosure of what information is visible on-chain and is designed to help developers implement necessary business policies, such as meeting regulatory requirements. • Compact, Midnight’s domain-specific language, is a strongly statically typed, bounded smart contract language, designed to be used in combination with TypeScript for writing smart contracts. • What the role involves: • As Senior Product Manager for Programming Languages and Tooling at Midnight, you will be responsible for creating feature requirements to evolve the language and developer tooling roadmaps, grooming and prioritizing the backlog, developing epics and user stories, and defining acceptance criteria for each. • You will work closely with Product Design, Marketing, and Developer Relations to identify and translate features into requirements for the Language Architecture and Engineering Squad and ecosystem partners. • You will balance business needs with technical requirements, and recommend alternative technical approaches to meet product requirements when needed. • You will be excellent at identifying user needs and working with cross-functional teams to deliver product releases.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experience • Demonstrable proficiency in 3+ programming languages, ideally spanning several programming idioms (procedural, functional, object-oriented, …) • Demonstrable experience with the capabilities and limitations of ZK proving systems • 7+ years of experience as a Product Manager or similar role in product management in programming languages, developer tooling, blockchain, web3, or SaaS companies • Technical background with knowledge of software development • Domain expertise with Agile, Jira and Github • Proficient in Agile methodologies and leading technical, design, and business teams • Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product life cycle, from ideation to rollout • Effective stakeholder management and relationship-building skills • Team spirit and good communication abilities • Good organizational skills • Project management experience in the context of product development • Track record of implementing metrics and measuring product success • Strong collaboration with software development and marketing teams • Product Management certification (CPM, AIPMM) is a plus • Balance of technical knowledge and business acumen • Have strong leadership skills, be resourceful and use initiative while exercising personal accountability for your product • Demonstrate competency with requirements elicitation, analysis, specification, verification, and management practices and the ability to apply them in practice • Leverage strong interpersonal skills to drive innovation in product development with a team of world-class engineers and Scientists • Excellent communication skills with the ability to engage, influence, and inspire partners and stakeholders to drive collaboration and alignment across levels and roles • Have a deep understanding of programming languages such as TypeScript • Have a deep understanding of blockchain and cryptocurrency technology, keeping abreast of industry developments and trends in the product landscape • Keep up to date with the status of competitors from a technical and business perspective

Benefits

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