Head of Product — Stablecoin & Regulated Payments

SOLANA FOUNDATION; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

This high-visibility role reports to the CTO. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of product leadership in regulated payments/banking or digital assets and a proven zero-to-one track record with compliance design integrated from the start.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in product management, including 5+ years in payments, banking, or digital assets.
• Direct experience shipping products inside a regulated financial institution (OCC/Federal Reserve or state supervision).
• Zero-to-one track record taking a complex product from concept to launch with staged rollouts.
• Stablecoin mechanics and on-chain/off-chain reconciliation knowledge.
• Ability to embed compliance design into product architecture, not retrofit it later.

Responsibilities

• Define and own end-to-end product vision for PAYO-USD issuance, redemption, and payment flows.
• Drive ruthless prioritization with engineering and set clear acceptance criteria for on-time delivery.
• Partner with Compliance to embed KYC, sanctions screening, and transaction monitoring into product flows.
• Design controlled pilot programs with defined launch criteria and governance.
• Own product requirements for core banking, custody, screening, and oracle infrastructure partners.
• Support proof-of-reserve attestation to verify 1:1 backing for stablecoins.
• Represent product decisions to the board, management committees, and regulators as needed.

Skills

Product leadership

Payments

Regulated environment

Zero-to-One

Regulatory communication

Job description

This high-visibility role reports to the CTO. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of product leadership in regulated payments/banking or digital assets and a proven zero-to-one track record with compliance design integrated from the start.