\n\nABOUT US:\n\nBraintrust is a user-owned talent network that connects you with great jobs with no fees or membership costs—so you keep 100% of what you earn. \n\n \n\nABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS:\n\nWhen you join Braintrust, you will be invited to a screening process for Braintrust to learn more about your previous work experiences. Once completed, you will have access to the employer for this role and other top companies that seek high-quality talent. Apply to this job to kick off the process. \n\n \n\n\n* \nJOB TYPE: Direct Hire Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)\n\n* \nLOCATION: Remote - Work from anywhere (TimeZone: EST | Partial overlap)\n\n* \nSALARY: $90,000 – $175,000/yr\n\n* \nESTIMATED DURATION: 40hr/week - Long term\n\n\n\n\n \n\nTHE OPPORTUNITY\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRequirements\n\n\n\n*This role will require EST Overlap and Partial MT Overlap \n\n \n\nWhat you'll be doing\n\n\n* Drive the delivery, maximizing the value, and success of the product through SCRUM and Lean Product methods\n\n* Clarify the product vision and roadmap throughout the company.\n\n* SCRUM/Lean Product Development: Writing stories and tasks, managing the backlog, driving team performance, maximizing velocity, working with tools for forecasting such as release reporting to align with delivery schedules, driving sprint planning, and other agile rituals.\n\n* Work with the Chief Product Officer and executive team in aligning product commitments with company objectives\n\n* Use/Deepen your knowledge in the web3/crypto/blockchain market to maintain an overview of the competition and market segmentation.\n\n* Leverage this research to optimize the company’s path to market fit and the product target.\n\n* Communicate frequently with the engineering, cryptography, and research teams to continuously gather information and align R&D directions with the product (and vice-versa).\n\n\n\n\nTeam\n\n \n\nIn a nutshell, half of us are academics in mathematics and cryptography, and the other half are software engineers. We are dispatched worldwide and our brand new HQ is located in Boston, MA, United States.\n\n \n\nWe strive for a transparent and thoughtful collaboration between autonomous, efficient, and caring people.\n\n \n\nWhat we need to see\n\n\n* Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in a STEM field, it’s a big plus if you also have marketing/business management/leadership or similar.\n\n* Prior experience in programming, software engineering, distributed systems theory, or similar.\n\n* Minimum of 3 years of experience as a technical product manager and/or product owner for a technically complex product following Agile methods such as SCRUM, lean product development, or similar.\n\n* Experience working with Agile tools like Linear, Jira, Zenhub+GitHub, or similar and using the respective tool’s graphing, charting, or similar (such as burn-up/burn-down/release reporting) for forecasting delivery.\n\n* Significant experience in leading successful products to market launch.\n\n* Experience, deep understanding, & strong interest in the web3/blockchain field and market.\n\n* Entrepreneur’s mindset.\n\n* Commitment to delivering superior value.\n\n* Excellent communication and collaboration skills.\n\n\n\n\nWays to stand out from the crowd\n\n\n* Masters, Ph.D., or MBA.\n\n* Deep technical experience with blockchain technology and/or cryptography\n\n* Experience working in a fast-scaling startup environment.\n\n* Experience collaborating in a distributed team.\n\n\n\nWhat you’ll be working on\n\n\n\nDo you want to be a major contributor to an ambitious project's design and architecture? Are you not afraid to try new things and push boundaries? Do you take great delight in taking on challenges? You're seeking a thrilling and blooming tech-first business and a caring and collaborative environment? Read on!\n\nWe are developing a next-generation interoperable blockchain ecosystem based on zero-knowledge proofs that provides tamper resistance and data privacy.\n\n \n\nPurpose of the job\n\nThe Topos ecosystem is under active development. As part of your role, you will be tasked with leading the conception and refinement of the company’s product by thoroughly defining its target and managing its delivery. This involves driving product vision, understanding customer needs, value proposition, and stakeholder value for the product’s functions and features. The role is further responsible for leading the product planning, backlog grooming, and other related SCRUM / lean product development for working with multiple software engineering teams.\n\nThis role is ideal for candidates with SCRUM or lean product method experience as a technical product owner, notably in the web3/crypto/blockchain field. You can bring your knowledge and experience and grow further with the team.\n\nPlease note: this product is deeply technical and for a technical product owner to be successful in this role and understand the user story implications and acceptance criteria, a technical background such as programming / software engineering and/or distributed systems with a strong understanding of blockchain’s workings, blockchain bridging, and projects in the space is a must.\n\nThis role will also work closely with marketing in contributing to and ensuring alignment with the go-to-market plans.\n\nWe are looking for a talented, hardworking, forward-thinking, and ambitious profile to help us grow our solutions.\n\n \n\nWhat we offer\n\n\n* You make your own schedule, as long as your communication buffer allows bounded asynchrony.\n\n* You work from wherever you want, as long as your working space remains suitable for focus (we don't recommend the hammock).\n\n* Compensation and incentives that reach the heights of your profile.\n\n* A chance to be part of an exciting journey into an incredibly effervescent field.\n\n\n\n\nToposware is an equal opportunities employer, and we value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.\n\nIf you've read this far and you think you fit the profile, just apply.\n\n \n\nThe way we operate\n\nIf you seek better insight into how we work, let us list our five fundamental principles:\n\n\n* Knowledge - Contribute to and share knowledge\n\n\n* Collaboration - Unite together to transcend ideas\n\n\n* Efficiency - Thrive for achievements\n\n\n* Care - Be conscientious about your work and the people around\n\n\n* Transparency - Say what you think and think what you say\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nApply Now!\n\n \n\nBraintrust Job ID: 6460\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. If you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around their consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.\n\nBraintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.\n\n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Design, Scrum and Marketing jobs that are similar:\n\n $60,000 — $100,000/year\n
\n\n#Benefits\n 💰 401(k)\n\n🌎 Distributed team\n\n⏰ Async\n\n🤓 Vision insurance\n\n🦷 Dental insurance\n\n🚑 Medical insurance\n\n🏖 Unlimited vacation\n\n🏖 Paid time off\n\n📆 4 day workweek\n\n💰 401k matching\n\n🏔 Company retreats\n\n🏬 Coworking budget\n\n📚 Learning budget\n\n💪 Free gym membership\n\n🧘 Mental wellness budget\n\n🖥 Home office budget\n\n🥧 Pay in crypto\n\n🥸 Pseudonymous\n\n💰 Profit sharing\n\n💰 Equity compensation\n\n⬜️ No whiteboard interview\n\n👀 No monitoring system\n\n🚫 No politics at work\n\n🎅 We hire old (and young)\n\n
\n\n#Location\nEurope 2