Product Manager I - Institutional

At Coinbase, our mission is to increase economic freedom around the world, and we couldn’t do this without hiring the best people. We’re a group of hard-working overachievers who are deeply focused on building the future of finance and Web3 for our users across the globe, whether they’re trading, storing, staking or using crypto. Know those people who always lead the group project? That’s us.

There are a few things we look for across all hires we make at Coinbase, regardless of role or team. First, we look for candidates who will thrive in a culture like ours, where we default to trust, embrace feedback, and disrupt ourselves. Second, we expect all employees to commit to our mission-focused approach to our work. Finally, we seek people who are excited to learn about and live crypto, because those are the folks who enjoy the intense moments in our sprint and recharge work culture. We’re a remote-first company looking to hire the absolute best talent all over the world.

Ready to ? Who you are:

• You’ve got positive energy. You’re optimistic about the future and determined to get there.
• You’re never tired of learning. You want to be a pro in bleeding edge tech like DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, and Web 3.0.
• You appreciate direct communication. You’re both an active communicator and an eager listener - because let’s face it, you can’t have one without the other. You’re cool with candid feedback and see every setback as an opportunity to grow.
• You want to be part of a winning team. We’re stronger together, and you’re a person who embraces being pushed out of your comfort zone.
• You can pivot on the fly. Crypto is constantly evolving, so our priorities do, too. What you worked on last month may not be what you work on today, and that excites you. You’re not looking for a boring job.
• You have a “can do” attitude. Our teams create high-quality work on quick timelines. Owning a problem doesn’t scare you, but rather empowers you to take 100% responsibility for achieving our mission.

Our vision is to bring more innovation, efficiency, and equality of opportunity to the world by building an open financial system. Our first step on that journey is making digital currency accessible and approachable for everyone. Two principles guide our efforts. First, be the most trusted company in our domain. Second, create user-focused products that are easier and more delightful to use.

Securely and compliantly storing crypto assets is core to executing on our vision and building our brand of trust. The Institutional team builds and maintains the most secure crypto storage service in the world - storing billions of dollars worth of crypto assets for some of the biggest names in both crypto and finance. We take on hard engineering problems in cryptography, security, blockchain technology and distributed systems.

A little about our team: Coinbase Prime is a full-service prime brokerage platform with everything that institutions need to execute trades and custody assets at scale. At Coinbase Prime - Custody team, we are a lean team of individuals behind the biggest crypto custodian in the world. Institutions trust our products with safekeeping their crypto assets, and also use our product as a gateway to access crypto-native features such as staking (to earn passive yield) and governance (to shape the future of blockchain projects).

Responsibilities

• Drive the strategy, roadmap, and execution of cutting-edge crypto-native initiatives, such as launching Coinbase Prime support of new blockchains, staking, and governance features
• Lead and align cross-functional partners such as engineering, design, sales, marketing, operations to land customer value and revenue impact
• Translate customer needs and crypto industry trends into a coherent set of product capabilities that solves the needs and opportunities, with an understanding of constraints and continuous improvements
• Understand your product’s strategic and competitive position and deliver results in the context of broader organizational strategies and goals
• Completely own the full lifecycle of your products, from ideation, through development, launch, adoption, and maintenance/iterations

Requirements

• While a technical background or degree isn’t required, you are “technology-savvy” – you thrive in a technical environment, you are able to partner with engineering on complex projects and make critical decisions with customer and technical trade-offs
• Natural ability to make things happen around you. You manage ambiguity, complexity and interdependencies in an organized and structured way
• Exceptional sense of ownership, with deep analytical, prioritization, problem solving skills, and a strong bias for action
• 3+ years of product management experience with a track record of launching successful products leading a broad, cross-functional team
• Strong cross-functional relationship management skills with high empathy to understand the needs of other teams and their priorities
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills. eg. you write clear and concise PRDs, you effectively adapt communication style to audiences – with your team, with broader organization, with executive leadership, and with customers
• Ability to succeed in a fast-­paced environment with rapid changes and context switching
• Detail-oriented with superior organizational skills -- balancing multiple projects, deadlines, and requests should be second nature to you

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