About the Opportunity
As Head of Product with Kadena you will help to identify market opportunities; understand the needs of developers, entrepreneurs, business partners, and consumers; and translate those needs into requirements, strategies and concrete roadmaps. You will work with our engineering, marketing and business development teams to help align product and adoption efforts across the organization.
This position will report directly to our Chief Business Officer, with the opportunity to grow with the role and company.
How You'll Make An Impact
- Dive deep into the needs of web3 ecosystem participants to uncover needs and the most impactful product opportunities for growing the Kadena ecosystem
- Understand the competitive landscape and influence the strategy of how Kadena can unique position itself within that landscape
- Identify gaps in tech and product offerings and develop / recommend solutions
- Identify new opportunities for innovation
- Collaborate both internally as well as with customers, partners, and the community to generate consensus and deliver on your technical roadmaps
- Drive how the ecosystem of applications at and on Kadena grows and is maintained
- Stay current with and communicate industry trends and emerging web3 technologies and adoption strategies.
- Propose and implement process improvements and best practices.
- Understand and deliver opportunities for tokenization and real world business applications
- Drive user and product oriented thinking across the organization
- Act as a product evangelist and represent the company at public events
What Sets You Apart
- 8+ years of Product Management with provide cross-functional experience (ie. BD, Marketing, Legal)
- 3+ years experience in web3 product development (ideally with an L1 or L2).
- Have successfully taken multiple products through the entire go-to-market lifecycle, from discovery through delivery and adoption
- Successful execution of strategies to encourage developer and/or entrepreneur growth in an ecosystem
- Exposure to traditional financial products and their lifecycle or operation
- Strong emotional intelligence, communication skills, and ability to build consensus among a diverse cross-functional team.
- Passionate about developing captivating user experiences that will make blockchain technology accessible to anyone
- A strong belief in Proof-of-Work
Kadena requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as a condition of employment. Kadena considers requests for reasonable accommodations for medical or religious reasons pursuant to applicable law.
What We Offer
This role has an annual starting salary range of $200,000 - $240,000 + benefits listed below. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to your individual skills and experience.
- Fully paid medical, vision, and dental insurance for full-time employees
- 16 weeks of paid parental leave
- Flexible savings accounts
- Company coin options
- Unlimited PTO (and a culture of taking time off) + 13 holidays
- Company wide closure between Christmas and New Years
- Remote company with annual in-person offsite
- Home office setup stipend
- Health & wellness benefit through Wellhub
Kadena is the industry’s only scalable layer 1 Proof of Work (PoW) blockchain. The principal feature that drives Kadena is scalability, which enables Kadena to deliver infrastructure-grade performance for any blockchain project. Along with our own smart contract language Pact, Kadena's platform provides the world the tools and environment to turn ideas and ambitions into reality. Founded by Stuart Popejoy and William Martino who created JP Morgan’s first blockchain and led the SEC’s Crypto Committee, Kadena aims to allow for true blockchain mass adoption.
At Kadena, we value diversity, curiosity, a work/life balance, kindness, and teamwork.
Our Commitment to You
At Kadena we know that cultivating diversity and fostering an inclusive work environment is critical to our impact and success. We create an environment where no individual is advantaged or disadvantaged because of their background. We offer equal opportunity employment regardless of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability status, age, marital status, or protected veteran status.
With a commitment to maintaining a bias-free environment in which harassment is prohibited, we respect cultural diversity and comply with the laws of the places in which we operate. We expect our business partners, suppliers, clients, and all of our team members to uphold these commitments.
What We Do
Founded in 2016 by Stuart Popejoy and William Martino, Kadena developed the only scalable layer 1 Proof of Work (“PoW”) blockchain along with Pact, the safest smart contract language. Kadena’s founders (previously leading JPMorgan’s Emerging Blockchain group) built a proprietary chain architecture providing the security of Bitcoin, virtually free gas (transaction fees), unparalleled throughput, as well as Pact – the most secure smart contract language with built-in automated auditing!
With revolutionary technology, Kadena empowers crypto founders to focus on what matters most: delivering cutting-edge innovation to make the world a better place!
