Head of Crypto Payments Venture (Remote)

rootstocklabsltd; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Global coworking access

35 vacation days

Parental leave

Learning budget

Well-being allowance

Job summary

Rootstock Labs Ltd. is seeking a founder-style product leader to launch a payments venture on an EVM-compatible Bitcoin sidechain. You will shape the product-engineering squad, represent the venture externally, and own the roadmap across remittances, merchant payments, and agentic transactions.

Operating at startup speed, you will drive user discovery, build strategic partnerships, and align research with engineering to deliver core platform launches within 6–18 months.

Qualifications

• 3–7 years in payments, remittances, or fintech; crypto experience required; traditional rails a plus
• Hands-on experience building crypto payment products from within the team
• Strong understanding of Bitcoin and EVM ecosystems
• Fluency across product strategy, customer discovery, and partnerships
• Familiarity with agentic, AI-driven payment flows or programmable money
• Track record of incubating and scaling a product from early stage
• Comfort operating at startup speed, prioritizing ruthlessly, and navigating ambiguity
• Willingness to act as the visible, public-facing leader of a new venture

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the product portfolio roadmap across multiple payment verticals
• Validate product-market fit through customer discovery, pilots, and design partnerships
• Build, structure, and lead a dedicated product-engineering squad
• Represent the venture externally at conferences, partner meetings, and ecosystem conversations
• Align with research and engineering on underlying protocol capabilities and upcoming rollouts
• Deliver several foundational platform launches within a 6–18 month window
• Drive commercial traction by securing early partners, distribution channels, and revenue paths

Skills

Payments/Fintech experience

Crypto payments product

Product strategy

Customer discovery

Partnerships

Public facing / external communication

Job description

Rootstock Labs Ltd. is seeking a founder-style product leader to launch a payments venture on an EVM-compatible Bitcoin sidechain. You will shape the product-engineering squad, represent the venture externally, and own the roadmap across remittances, merchant payments, and agentic transactions.

Operating at startup speed, you will drive user discovery, build strategic partnerships, and align research with engineering to deliver core platform launches within 6–18 months.