Full-Time

Product Manager

Blockchain

Confirmed live in the last 24 hours

Horizen Labs

Horizen Labs

51-200 employees

Develops customizable blockchain solutions and SDKs

Fintech
Crypto & Web3

Junior, Mid

Remote in USA

Category
Product Management
Product
Required Skills
JavaScript
Blockchain
JIRA
Cryptography
Confluence
Data Analysis
Requirements
  • strong understanding of blockchain technology, cryptocurrencies, smart contracts, decentralized applications and cryptography.
  • At least 2 years hands-on track record in web3 as a product manager shipping successful products or at least 5 years in an adjacent field like tech or fintech.
  • data-drive approach to decision making and experience with various analytics tools
  • Experience in organizing product roadmaps with an emphasis on defining minimum viable products, constant iterations, with frequent releases and over-communication of strategy, implementation details and results.
  • Must have excellent leadership and relationship building skills and must be exceptional at communicating with senior management as well as with colleagues from technical and non-technical backgrounds
  • Experience with DeFi, NFTs or other blockchain applications
  • Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or other project management tools
  • Previous involvement with startups, preferably in the web3 / blockchain industry
  • Fintech experience
Responsibilities
  • Strategy, management, and rollout for blockchains and web3 tools (e.g. wallets, block explorers, javascript libraries, APIs, SDKs and more)
  • Maintain and evolve our company-wide standards/frameworks and work with the various engineering teams to implement them
  • Identify, prioritize and track emerging needs in our Product roadmap
  • Use data-driven decision making in the product prioritization and development process
  • Manage the 3rd party solutions team to develop code samples in a variety of languages to help developers more easily consume our products
  • Work with our Business Development and Marketing teams to get broad adoption of the tools and products in our ecosystem
  • Build a strong developer community
  • Share product plans and progress on KPIs during company wide team leads meetings

Horizen Labs creates programmable and customizable blockchains that focus on security, scalability, and privacy using zk SNARKs for zero-knowledge proofs. They offer a Software Development Kit (SDK) for developers to build custom blockchains and zkAudit, a privacy-enhanced audit system. Their expertise in zero-knowledge cryptography distinguishes them from competitors. The goal is to provide effective blockchain solutions that empower businesses and developers.

Company Stage

Seed

Total Funding

$10.7M

Headquarters

Austin, Texas

Founded

2019

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

-19%

1 year growth

-21%

2 year growth

-37%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Increased interest in zero-knowledge proofs boosts demand for Horizen Labs' solutions.
  • The rise of modular blockchains expands opportunities for Horizen Labs' zkVerify product.
  • Growing stablecoin trend benefits Horizen Labs' ZUSD launch on the EON network.

What critics are saying

  • Removing privacy features may alienate privacy-focused clients, affecting trust.
  • ZUSD stablecoin launch could expose Horizen Labs to regulatory scrutiny.

What makes Horizen Labs unique

  • Horizen Labs specializes in zk SNARKs, enhancing privacy in blockchain solutions.
  • Their SDK allows efficient creation of custom blockchains for diverse applications.
  • zkAudit offers privacy-enabled audits, ensuring transparency without compromising user privacy.

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