Intrapreneur CEO / Founding Product Manager

IIBA (International Institute of Business Analysis); Dubai; Remote; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in blockchain compliance is seeking a Product Leader to spearhead early-stage product development. This hands-on role requires expertise in product discovery and comfort working with technical teams. Enjoy competitive compensation, equity opportunities, and a fully remote work environment with flexible hours.

Benefits

Competitive salary (8-12k / mo) with high equity upside

Access to top-notch engineering resources

Opportunity to evolve towards a long-term CEO role

Fully remote work environment with flexible hours

Qualifications

• Proven experience launching or building early-stage products (0→1).
• Strong comfort with user interviews and product discovery.
• Experience with technical teams (API, SaaS, data analytics preferred).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product discovery including user research and market analysis.
• Define and prioritize MVP features based on user needs and validation.
• Own product strategy and operational leadership post-launch.

Skills

Product Discovery

User Interviews

Lean Validation

Communication Skills

Job description

Fixed term 6 months initial contract with view to extend.

About Us & The Mission

Chainlabs is part of Lunar Rails, an infrastructure company in the blockchain compliance and payments space. We've built a valuable stack of on-chain entity labeling, clustering, and risk detection technology - powering clients like Coinbase and Chainalysis.

Now, we're going further. Leveraging our engineering and data capabilities, we're incubating a new line of products in blockchain compliance and analytics. These initiatives explore opportunities at the intersection of LLMs, financial crime prevention, and on-chain investigations.

You will be at the forefront of this effort - leading the early-stage development of these products, identifying market pain points, validating product-market fit, and rapidly prototyping solutions. This is a hands-on, founder-style role that blends product ownership, business development, and strategic leadership.

You won't just plan - you'll execute, test, and iterate like a founder.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product discovery: user interviews, market research, competitive analysis.
• Define and prioritise MVP features based on real user needs and rapid validation cycles.
• Coordinate engineering teams to build and iterate on prototypes and first production versions.
• Drive market testing, organise early pilots, and secure first customers or strong prospects.
• Post-launch: own product strategy, sales development, and operational leadership as acting CEO of the spin-off.
• Set success metrics, report to leadership, and guide future investment and company-building decision

Requirements

• Proven experience launching or building early-stage products (0→1).
• Strong comfort with user interviews, product discovery, and lean validation.
• Experience working with technical teams (API products, SaaS, or data analytics preferred).
• Entrepreneurial mindset: hands-on, resourceful, biased toward action.
• Excellent communication and client-facing skills.

Nice to have:

• Prior exposure to blockchain compliance, Regtech, or crypto investigations.
• Familiarity with tools like Chainalysis, Elliptic, TRM, or Dune Analytics
• Past founder or founding team experience, even if the startup failed
• A strong interest in working with engineers on LLM products

Benefits

• Competitive salary (8-12k / mo) with high equity upside and potential revenue share.
• Top-notch engineering resources and access to a well-established blockchain labeling platform.
• Direct access to our industry contacts in blockchain compliance and analytics.
• Opportunity to evolve towards a long-term CEO role with equity and financing
• Fully remote work environment with flexible hours.