What this role is

If landing the first design partners and shaping the product around what institutions need is

appealing to you, then this is a role for you.

You own the product rigor and quality of the custody product, and - because we're

pre-commitment - you're hands-on in landing and learning from the first institutional

design partners and you make sure every idea is pressure-tested against evidence, specified

well, and either advanced or killed cleanly.

Concretely, you will:
• Lead design-partner discovery and validation with a small set of institutional

custodians, help land the first relationships, and turn what they actually need into

product direction.
• Own the bar for evidence: every feature or direction is gated against defined

proof-of-concept exit criteria.
• Translate complex systems concepts into precise product specifications that engineers

can build against without a second translation layer.
• Pressure-test competitive and threat-model claims (e.g. how our

enforcement-and-evidence story actually differs from incumbents)
• Maintain the roadmap and manage cross-functional dependencies, timelines, and

sequencing as the product takes shape.

Proven track record as a product manager for complex software, infrastructure,

especially when the target audience is technical and skeptical.
• Experience with web3, enterprise workflows and polices, and/or financial

applications is highly preferred.
• Demonstrated analytical rigor, including defining success metrics, establishing clear

decision criteria, and making defendable, evidence-based product calls.
• Strong program management skills, with the ability to navigate dependencies,

timelines, and cross-functional coordination in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of distilling complex technical concepts for

both engineering teams and non-technical institutional stakeholders.
• Comfort with a remote, owner-governed, distributed team; strongly self-directed.