Technical Product Manager

Technical Product Manager

Spectrum is working on behalf of a client to find a highly skilled Technical Product Manager. This role is ideal for someone eager to excel in the crypto space and impact one of the industry’s most important and beloved protocols. You will tackle high-level strategic questions and explore technical details of cutting-edge innovations, drawing connections between the two. You’ll lead a team that drives new product creation, significant grant allocations, and other industry-shaping decisions.

The right candidate values a data-driven approach to research and decision-making and is excited to develop systems to achieve ambitious, measurable targets. They understand how to build buy-in within an organization and externally while balancing strategic, technical, regulatory, and resource constraints.

What You’ll Do

• Lead strategy and market research projects end-to-end, building work plans, interacting with clients, external advisers, and building strong buy-in every step of the way.
• Build and maintain an interventions roadmap, including internal initiatives, partnerships, and grants prioritized by measurable impact potential.
• Support the grant lifecycle from research to RFP/grant scope development to vendor selection and reporting. Negotiate with potential grantees.
• Liaise with and support grantees throughout the grant lifecycle as a trusted and influential resource. Ensure each grant delivers on intended outcomes.
• Help manage a team of diverse contributors.
• Develop reporting and external communication materials to ensure wider community support.
• Contribute and evolve internal methodologies, strategy playbooks, research sources, technology templates (e.g., Dune queries), and other standard operating procedures.
• Occasionally write blog posts or other forms of content marketing related to your work.
• This is a client-facing role, working closely with top-tier crypto institutions and talent on high-impact projects. Some US travel to joint off-sites may be involved.

Required Qualifications

• A computer science degree or experience in a professional engineering role.
• 4+ years of experience in Product Management, Management Consulting in Technology, or Technology Investing with a proven track record. Strong understanding of Product Management best practices.
• 2+ years of experience in crypto, ideally in DeFi. Strong understanding of common crypto protocols.
• Passionate about all aspects that make a crypto protocol successful, from UX to community narrative to monetary premium/mechanism design.
• Comfortable learning about complex DeFi and infrastructure projects.
• Mastery of common productivity tools like Notion and spreadsheets.
• Ability to work efficiently in a remote environment.
• Effective communication, collaboration, and connection skills with clients, partners, and other third parties.
• Ability to influence decision-making in a high-performing organization.
• Experience collaborating with multiple teams and juggling several projects simultaneously.
• Excitement to work in a fast-moving setting with significant uncertainty, evolving scope/requirements, and many hats to wear.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep understanding of the DEX landscape (including emerging DEX designs, rollups, and other peripheral markets).
• Experience in Solidity smart contract development.
• Experience writing high-impact public-facing content/communications.
• Experience developing a crypto protocol in a product role.
• Experience developing analytics (e.g., with Dune) or automations.
• Familiarity and interest in strategy frameworks and relevant case studies.