Director of Product

Client

Our client is a pioneer in cryptocurrency hardware wallets and security, committed to making digital assets secure and user-friendly. Based in Europe, their innovations have reached over a million customers across 150 countries, striving to make cryptocurrencies accessible to all. They continuously lead the industry by enhancing user experiences and setting standards of excellence in crypto security.

Overview

On their behalf we are seeking a highly skilled Director of Product to define, maintain, and create the highest standard for our client’s future product portfolio at both hardware (HW) and software (SW) levels. This role involves bringing the best products to market in a timely manner, representing feasible business opportunities, and satisfying customer demand. Responsibilities include creating strategic goals, evaluating both creative and technical ideas, prioritizing features, designing and communicating product roadmaps, and systematically analyzing team progress.

Key Responsibilities:

• Vision and Ownership: Assume ownership of the vision for the entire portfolio of hardware products.

• Market and Hardware Requirements: Determine the market and hardware requirements necessary for the successful new generation of products.

• Cross-disciplinary Leadership: Lead cross-disciplinary teams (product, business, design, and engineering) to align on priorities.

• Communication and Decision-making: Ensure effective communication and escalation of risks and dependencies while making timely decisions.

• Interaction with Leadership: Provide recommendations to senior leadership to support product-level decisions.

• Operational Effectiveness: Operate effectively in ambiguity, applying and designing processes where needed.

• Roadmap and Market Analysis: Perform roadmap scenario modeling and market analysis considering performance, features, cost, and time-to-market tradeoffs.

• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with internal stakeholders in engineering, production, finance, and business groups to drive a competitive and executable hardware roadmap strategy.

• Advocacy and Translation: Advocate for the company’s mission, translating user needs into product and business requirements.

• Market Research: Conduct market research through the in-house User Research team and analyze customer feedback to drive impactful product development.

• Sales and Marketing Collaboration: Collaborate with sales and marketing teams to ensure successful product launches and positioning.

• Industry Trends: Stay updated with industry trends and competitor activity to ensure products remain competitive.

• User Understanding: Understand bitcoin and wider crypto use cases and communicate those efficiently within the organization.

• Creative Solutions: Distill abstract business concepts and user needs into elegant creative solutions.

• Team Leadership: Take responsibility for the creative vision and standard of output across team members, coaching and growing their knowledge and expertise.

• Product Demos: Conceive, build, and run product demos to align the organization around key hardware product initiatives.

• Team Development: Hire, develop, and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high-performing hardware product team.

Requirements:

• 4+ years of experience as a senior product executive or in a relevant position.

• Strong people management and leadership skills to hire, develop, and inspire a cross-disciplinary team.

• Proven customer obsession with a history of gathering and implementing customer requirements into products.

• Excellent interpersonal skills to effectively communicate the creative vision, concepts, ideas, and solutions to stakeholders and internal teams.

• Excitement about collaborating and communicating with various teams and stakeholders via a distributed model to deliver design and technical solutions for approval.

• Proven leadership of multiple projects from conception to completion within deadlines.

• Outstanding written and oral communication skills with the ability to present to a wide range of cross-functional partners across different teams and levels of the organization. Executive Communications experience preferred.

 

• Additional benefits including a MultiSport card, company mobile phone tariff, and free on-site parking.

 

Apply today to join a dynamic team dedicated to leading the industry by enhancing user experiences and setting standards of excellence in crypto security.