Lead DeFi Product Manager — Hybrid + Stock Options

Bitpanda; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock option plan

Hybrid work model

OpenUP mental health resources

3 extra paid days off after 6 months

Job summary

Bitpanda is seeking a Lead Product Manager, DeFi to build its DeFi ecosystem from the ground up. You will lead a small, senior team, shaping lending markets and permissioned asset infrastructure for a European-focused, regulated consumer product.

You will decide protocols and partners, work with Legal and Compliance, and drive an on-chain-to-off-chain experience that stays simple for users of the Bitpanda app.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of Product Management experience, with at least 3+ years focused on DeFi or crypto products.
• Deep knowledge of lending markets, collateral and liquidation mechanics, and oracles.
• Comfort reading Solidity code and questioning engineers.
• Experience bringing DeFi apps into regulated consumer products and bridging DeFi with centralized finance.

Responsibilities

• Design and run lending markets with loan-to-value, liquidation thresholds, interest rate curves, caps and oracles.
• Attract liquidity to permissioned markets and assets; set supply targets and engage euro liquidity providers.
• Ensure DeFi infrastructure like DEX liquidity, liquidators, and oracles are in place for tokenized assets.
• Define user-facing experiences in the Bitpanda app, including liquidation and risk explanations and usage metrics.
• Suggest protocols and partners for Vision Chain and collaborate with Legal, Compliance and Risk from day one on EU consumer credit rules and MiCA.

Skills

DeFi product management

Crypto product experience

EVM familiarity

Solidity knowledge

English documentation

Tools

Solidity

Oracles

Job description

Bitpanda is seeking a Lead Product Manager, DeFi to build its DeFi ecosystem from the ground up. You will lead a small, senior team, shaping lending markets and permissioned asset infrastructure for a European-focused, regulated consumer product.

You will decide protocols and partners, work with Legal and Compliance, and drive an on-chain-to-off-chain experience that stays simple for users of the Bitpanda app.