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The DeFi Product Manager is responsible for designing, evaluating, and scaling institutional-grade DeFi investment products, with a primary focus on protocol assessment, vault construction, and ongoing portfolio curation. This role sits at the intersection of traditional capital markets, investment risk management, and on-chain financial infrastructure, translating DeFi primitives into investable, compliant, and risk-managed products for investors.
Job Responsibility
Lead comprehensive due diligence of DeFi protocols
Assess protocol risk across market, liquidity, counterparty, technical, and governance dimensions
Maintain a living protocol risk taxonomy and scoring framework
Design and launch on-chain vaults and structured DeFi strategies
Curate vault parameters including asset eligibility, allocation limits, rebalancing logic, and risk constraints
Oversee ongoing vault monitoring, performance attribution, and risk reporting
Work closely with engineering teams to translate investment logic into smart-contract-enforced rules
Apply traditional portfolio construction, risk budgeting, and capital markets frameworks to on-chain strategies
Define stress testing, scenario analysis, and drawdown management approaches
Partner with legal, compliance, and operations teams to ensure products meet institutional governance and fiduciary expectations
Support investment committee materials, protocol memos, and board-level product reviews
Maintain deep, active relationships across the DeFi ecosystem
Source early-stage protocol opportunities and influence roadmap discussions
Represent the firm in DeFi governance forums, working groups, and industry initiatives
Monitor emerging DeFi primitives, L2s, app-chains, restaking, and cross-chain infrastructure
Requirements
7–12+ years of experience across asset management, trading, structured products, derivatives, or capital markets
Demonstrated experience with portfolio construction, risk management, and investment decision-making
Strong understanding of fixed income, derivatives, financing markets, and liquidity dynamics
Deep understanding of blockchain architecture (Ethereum, L2s, Solana, and emerging ecosystems)
Strong working knowledge of smart contracts, DeFi primitives (AMMs, lending, derivatives, staking, restaking), and on-chain governance
Experience evaluating smart-contract risk and interpreting audit reports
Familiarity with MEV, oracle design, cross-chain bridges, and protocol upgrade patterns
Proven ability to design investment products from concept through launch and ongoing management
Extensive network across the DeFi ecosystem with a track record of trusted relationships
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Prior experience building and/or managing on-chain vaults, structured DeFi products, or protocol-level strategies
Experience working in or alongside DAOs, protocol foundations, or DeFi infrastructure firms
Exposure to regulated investment products, institutional custody, or fund operations
Nice to have
CFA, advanced finance degree, or technical background in computer science or engineering
What we offer
Comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support
Market-leading retirement
Generous paid time off and parental leave
Charitable giving employee match program
Educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources