Product Manager - Data Programs Slingshot
About Protocol Labs
Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is a product-development lab, but behind the protocols and tools we build, behind the research and implementations, are passionate people, teammates, and community members. Most teams in the Protocol Labs Network are fully distributed and work remotely around the world. Engineers, researchers, and operators work in the open to improve the internet — humanity's most important technology — as we explore new advances at the intersection of many exciting fields (crypto, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open-source, distributed work).
Slingshot & Discover Programs
The programs focus on:
- Expediting the onboarding of useful datasets onto the Filecoin network to power all sorts of different use cases
- Trail-blaze, generate learnings and byproducts that can be used by others in their path to onboard large swaths of data
You can learn about the existing programs and more at:
- https://slingshot.filecoin.io. A community competition for storage clients and developers that rewards the storage of real, valuable, and usable data on the Filecoin network
- https://evergreen.filecoin.io. A renewal program to create a self-healing record of useful datasets
- https://slingshot.filecoin.io/explore. The Slingshot Dataset Explorer to identify and locate datasets on the Filecoin network, onboarded through the Slingshot program
- https://store.filecoin-discover.com. An acceleration program to store humanity’s important data on Filecoin
As a Product Manager on the Data Programs Slingshot team at Protocol Labs, you will…
- Engage deeply with the engineering teams building technical breakthrough solutions and the communities that make them run!
- Define feedback systems and product strategy to inform this engineering work and maximize impact
- Facilitate the work of our early builders and developers through partnering with agencies
- Communicate development team progress to key stakeholders in the broader Filecoin community
- Collect and synthesize community feedback to guide engineering priorities and product strategy
- Organize and participate in community governance, public presentations, and go to market execution
You may be a fit for this role if you have....
- Experience building products & communities in open source projects
- Run go to market strategies successfully or operations management for developer ecosystems / APIs
- Strong written communication skills in short form, medium form, and long form
- Strong public communication and stakeholder management
Bonus Points for this role:
- Experience with Web3 go to market strategy
- Familiarity with smart contract technologies and/or crypto-related projects.
- A level of comfort speaking at conferences and developer summits.
- Experience running events & early adopter programs for developers
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What’s it like to work at Protocol Labs?
Protocol Labs' mission is to improve humanity’s most important technology, the Internet. We build protocols, systems, and tools to improve how it works. Today, we are focused on how we store, locate, and move information. Our projects include IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, and more.
As a distributed team, we hire anywhere in the world, and at various levels of experience (entry, senior, staff). We look for people with unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds.
We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.
If you’re passionate about the future of computing and a more democratized internet, we want to talk to you.
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