Senior Product Manager, Fintechs & Exchanges

Optimism; Mission (KS); Remote; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Fully paid medical, dental, and vision

4% 401K match

Supportive team environment

Fully remote work

Job summary

A blockchain infrastructure provider is seeking a Senior Product Manager to drive onchain adoption among fintechs and crypto exchanges. This role requires 5+ years of product management experience in fintech, with a focus on creating and scaling services for trading and payments. Excellent communication skills and a belief in the potential of blockchains to enhance financial services are essential. The position is remote, offering competitive compensation and benefits.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management experience, preferably in fintech or centralized crypto exchanges.
• Strong ability to engage with enterprise partners and translate their needs into product requirements.
• Comfortable working across custody, wallet infrastructure, and protocol integrations.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute product strategy for integrations that embed onchain services.
• Build expertise in fintech and exchanges to translate needs into products.
• Launch products for yield, trading, payments, and onchain financial products.

Skills

Product management in fintech

Customer engagement

Technical aptitude

Domain knowledge in fintech

Strong communication

Job description

Overview

OP Labs is a blockchain infrastructure provider that enables developers and enterprises to launch scalable, secure and customizable networks and applications. The company serves fintechs, payment providers, institutions and crypto companies creating the next generation of onchain products. OP Labs' open-source OP Stack delivers Ethereum-grade security, nearly-free transactions, and the flexibility to meet business needs at scale.

The company is dedicated to lowering the barrier to entry for developers and enterprises building onchain. As the team behind Optimism’s technology and services, OP Labs delivers shared security, upgrades and cutting-edge features to all Superchain customers.

We’re hiring a Senior Product Manager to drive onchain adoption by fintechs and centralized crypto exchanges in the Optimism ecosystem.

Fintechs and crypto exchanges are rapidly moving their business onchain to serve as the most important distribution partners for bringing millions of users and billions in assets onchain. In this role, you’ll define the roadmap for enterprise-facing products that help these businesses expand their product suite and integrate DeFi functionality without sacrificing user experience.

As the creators of Optimism Mainnet and the infrastructure that powers all OP Stack chains, OP Labs is dedicated to enhancing Ethereum’s performance exponentially. We operate as a Public Benefit Corporation, aligning our mission with the greater public good by funding Ethereum public goods through our growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Fintech & Exchange Roadmap: Define and execute product strategy across integrations, SDKs, and infrastructure that help fintechs and exchanges embed onchain services into their platforms.
• Champion the Customer: Build deep expertise in fintechs and exchanges, understanding their needs around compliance, custody, and user experience. Translate those needs into products and partnerships that deliver measurable value.
• Drive Adoption of Onchain Services: Launch and scale products that make it easier for enterprises to offer yield, trading, payments, and other onchain financial products to their users.
• Partner with the Ecosystem: Collaborate and coordinate with DeFi protocols, infra providers, custodians, and chain operators to accelerate ecosystem growth.
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work with engineering, BD, design, and marketing to bring new products from concept to launch and iterate quickly.

Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of product management experience, ideally in fintech, consumer finance apps, or centralized crypto exchanges. Direct experience with onchain/DeFi products is a strong plus.
• Customer-Driven: Strong ability to engage with enterprise partners, uncover pain points, and translate them into actionable product requirements.
• Technical Aptitude: Comfortable working across custody, wallet infra, and protocol integrations to inform product decisions.
• Domain Knowledge: Solid understanding of fintech product mechanics (e.g., trading, lending, payments) or exchange infrastructure.
• Collaborative & Adaptable: Thrives in fast-moving environments with shifting priorities and rapidly developing regulatory landscape
• Strong Communicator: Excellent written and verbal skills; able to articulate complex concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Mission-Aligned: Belief that blockchains can make financial services more open, efficient, and accessible to anyone.

Benefits

• We take care of our employees. Competitive compensation, fully paid medical, dental, and vision, and a 4% 401K match.
• We take pride in the accomplishments of our teammates and support each other in doing the best work of our careers.
• Our team is a diverse group of people from varied backgrounds. We cherish our eclecticism and consider it a great strength.
• We’re fully remote, deeply engaged, highly skilled, and like to have fun.
• We think long-term. Our founders have been scaling Ethereum since 2015.
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