Lead Product Manager, Digital Assets

About the role

As the Lead Product Manager at Certik, you will be responsible for driving the development of products related to digital assets. This role involves engaging with clients, banks, and regulators to gather insights and translate them into actionable product features. Your ability to prioritize and defend product decisions to leadership will be crucial for success.

Certik, founded on research from Columbia and Yale, specializes in securing blockchain protocols and decentralized applications. The team is focused on delivering comprehensive security solutions, and your role will involve collaboration with both business development and engineering teams. You will also have opportunities for travel within the US and occasionally to Europe and the Middle East.

The salary range for this position is between $135,000 and $225,000, reflecting the seniority and expertise required.

Skills that matter here

• Product Management: This role requires leading product cycles from discovery to launch.
• Market Analysis: You will conduct market analysis through structured interviews with compliance and risk professionals.
• Blockchain: Your work will center on products that enhance security in the blockchain space.
• Digital Assets: You will focus on the development of products specifically for the digital asset ecosystem.

Who this role suits

• You have a strong background in B2B product management, particularly in regulated industries.
• You are comfortable engaging with high-level stakeholders and can present complex ideas clearly.
• You possess a strategic mindset and can prioritize product features based on client needs.
• You are adaptable and willing to travel for client engagement and discovery.

From the employer

• Run discovery with clients and prospects, on site and remotely, and work closely with the solutions consultants to set the agenda for what they learn in the field.
• Build and run a discovery channel of your own: a panel of compliance, risk and operations practitioners at banks, VASPs and regulators for structured (including paid) interviews, so requirements never depend on a single client.
• Convert client conversations and consultant findings into actionable, prioritized product and feature decisions, with the reason behind each request documented, and defend the ranking to leadership.
• Present CertiK's products and services to client teams, prospects and regulators in demos, workshops and tender presentations.
• Join Business Development and consultants on key client visits, primarily in the US, with occasional travel to Europe, the Middle East and other markets.
• Own the roadmap conversation with the CEO, Business Development and Engineering.

• 5–8 years in B2B product management, ideally in fintech, regtech, compliance software or at a regulated financial institution.
• Domain experience in financial crime, AML or transaction monitoring, blockchain intelligence, or risk and surveillance products, whether as a product manager or from inside a compliance function.
• Has led complete product cycles from discovery to launch in a regulated or enterprise domain, with demonstrated ability to identify the underlying need behind a client's stated request and show how it changed what was built.
• Native or fully proficient English, with professional presentation skills to senior compliance, risk and regulatory audiences.
• Established prioritization framework and a record of turning customer input into shipped features.
• Sufficient technical fluency to challenge engineering decisions and hold a position under pushback.
• Directs discovery through others as well as first-hand: part of the customer input comes via consultants, and the role sets their agenda.
• Regular travel within the US and international travel as required.