Principal/Senior Principal PM

Surgecrypto; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Surge seeks a Principal Product Manager, Ecosystem to drive onchain protocol initiatives with the Onchain Protocol team, responsible for moving billions in digital assets each month. You will lead strategy, vision, and execution for onchain protocols, including cross-chain bridges, chain abstraction, Paymasters, and Smart Wallets.

You will engage ecosystem builders to accelerate USDC usage, own the product roadmap, conduct onchain data analysis, and optimize developer and user experiences across

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management ownership driving business strategy for complex products.
• Strong technical background in CS or engineering concepts.
• Highly analytical and data-driven; uses onchain data and market evidence.
• Proven ability to influence across cross-functional and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Engage with ecosystem builders to accelerate USDC usage and adoption.
• Own product vision, roadmap, and execution for onchain initiatives.
• Conduct onchain data analysis to identify trends and high-potential dApps.
• Define end-to-end developer and user experiences for stablecoin products.
• Lead cross-functional squads across engineering, legal, data science, marketing, and biz.
• Represent the company to the crypto ecosystem; participate in developer conversations and standards.

Skills

Product management

Onchain data analysis

Cross-functional leadership

Data-driven decision making

Crypto/Web3 domain knowledge

Education

Degree in CS or Engineering

Job description

Remote, US

Full-Time

About the role

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About the Company

Our client is a global financial technology company helping shape the future of digital payments and internet-native financial infrastructure. Its products and services power payments, commerce, and financial applications worldwide, enabling businesses and consumers to move value more efficiently through modern digital asset technologies.

About the Role

Seeking a Principal Product Manager, Ecosystem to drive new product initiatives with the Onchain Protocol team. This role leads strategy, vision, and execution for onchain protocols (including CCTP cross-chain bridge, Gateway chain abstraction, Paymasters, and Smart Wallets) responsible for moving billions in digital assets each month.

Key Responsibilities

Engage deeply with ecosystem builders to discover opportunities that materially accelerate USDC usage and adoption.

Own product vision, roadmap, and zero-to-one execution for new onchain initiatives — translating market and developer insights into actionable product bets.

Conduct onchain data analysis to identify trends, high-potential dApps, and emerging use cases.

Define and continuously optimize the end-to-end developer and user experience for company's stablecoin and protocol products.

Synthesize technical advancements (e.g., zK proofs, EIPs, chain abstraction) into competitive product strategies.

Lead cross-functional squads across engineering, legal, data science, marketing, and business to launch and scale new protocols.

Act as the company's ambassador to the crypto ecosystem: participate in developer conversations, contribute to

EIPs, and evangelize best practices.

Requirements

5+ years of product management ownership driving business strategy and growth for complex commercial products; prior principal or group PM experience a plus.

Strong technical background: proficiency in computer science or engineering concepts, ideally via degree or prior engineering experience.

Highly analytical, data-driven; skilled at using onchain data and market evidence to inform hypothesis-driven product decisions.

Proven track record influencing, aligning, and leading cross-functional and exec-level stakeholders through matrixed organizations.

Bonus Skills

Founder, co-founder, or early employee experience within crypto startups or major ecosystem projects.

Demonstrated leadership in community engagement — open-source, standards, or developer advocacy.

Hands-on experience shipping user-facing blockchain products that reached scale.

2+ years building in crypto/web3 with experience in blockchain infrastructure, smart contracts, and DApp development.

Deep fluency in DeFi, stablecoins, wallets, bridges, and consumer crypto.

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