Head of Product

About the role

In this role, you will partner with the CEO to shape the product strategy and create a prioritized roadmap that aligns with Orca's vision. You will be responsible for managing a portfolio of product initiatives, making critical decisions about what to pursue or discontinue.

You will lead a team of product managers, designers, and UX researchers, fostering a high-performing environment. Success in this position will involve establishing clear standards for team operations and ensuring that product outcomes are data-driven and aligned with business objectives.

The salary range for this role is between $225,000 and $250,000 for US employees.

Skills that matter here

• product management: This role requires extensive experience in product management to guide the development and execution of product strategies.
• team leadership: Leading and developing a team of product professionals is a core responsibility.
• data analysis: You will track and report on product KPIs to ensure alignment with business goals.
• DeFi: A strong understanding of DeFi is essential for shaping product initiatives in this sector.
• traditional finance: Experience in traditional finance is crucial for understanding the regulated asset markets.
• AI integration: Incorporating AI into product development may be part of the innovation strategy.

Who this role suits

• You have a solid background in product management and have successfully led teams.
• You are data-driven and focused on achieving measurable outcomes.
• You are comfortable challenging assumptions and advocating for product decisions.
• You thrive in a collaborative environment and can drive cross-functional execution.

From the employer

What You'll Do

• Partner with the CEO on product strategy — bringing your own point of view, challenging assumptions, and translating shared vision into a clear prioritized roadmap with defined success criteria.
• Own the portfolio of product initiatives: recommend what gets started, advocate for what gets killed, and manage tradeoffs across product initiatives and future bets.
• Lead and develop a team of product managers, designers, and UX researchers — with full accountability for team performance, hiring, and coaching your team to help them grow.
• Set the standard of what good looks like for the product team — from how we run meetings and capture decisions, to how we transfer context across functions — and hold the team to that standard.
• Drive cross-functional execution alongside Engineering, BD, Design, and Marketing.
• Define and implement product operating standards, and you’re not above getting into the details when it matters.
• Define, track, and report on product KPIs that tie directly to business objectives — you believe in and champion a data driven culture where what we ship produces measurable business value.
• Act as the voice of the customer and the market, synthesizing qualitative and quantitative signals into clear product decisions.

What You'll Bring

• Experience and leadership — 5–10+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years managing teams across product management, design, and research.
• Proven people manager and leader — you know how to build teams that are healthy and high-functioning, and you set the expectations and collaboration norms that make teams operate well.
• Track record of outcomes — you have shipped products that drove significant revenue and/or user growth. You have owned outcomes, not just roadmaps.
• Deep PM craft — you know how to run structured discovery, validate ideas before building them, write a sharp PRD, and prioritize ruthlessly based on effort versus impact.
• Domain background — background in traditional finance or regulated asset markets is required — ideally in private markets, capital markets, or institutional fintech. DeFi/crypto fluency is preferred but not required.

What Orca Offers

• Salary: 225,000 - 250,000 USDC (Range for US employees)
• Token allocation: 175,000 - 200,000 ORCA over 4 years (Range for US employees)
• Opportunity to learn and develop Solana DeFi.
• Flexible work schedule.
• Home office stipend.
• Wellness stipend.
• Opportunity to co-work with the team multiple times a year from at different locations around the world, fully covered by Orca.
• Option to work remotely or from Orca’s office in New York City.
• Paid subscriptions to GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, or other tools that make you more productive.