About Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs drives breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward. Protocol Labs is a product-development lab, but behind the protocols and tools we build, behind the research and implementations, are passionate people, teammates, and community members. Most teams in the Protocol Labs Network are fully distributed and work remotely around the world. Engineers, researchers, and operators work in the open to improve the internet ?" humanity's most important technology ?" as we explore new advances at the intersection of many exciting fields (crypto, networks, distributed systems) and cultures (startups, research, open-source, distributed work).

Key Summary:

We seek a Product Manager to help drive and coordinate the technical implementation of novel mechanisms for funding public goods and the tools to measure their outcomes. We are hiring primarily for a project on the implementation of impact certificates to enable impact markets with retrospective public goods funding, but can extend to work on other funding mechanisms such as impact evaluator platforms.

As a Product Manager, you will engage with an experienced interdisciplinary team to design and build new products. The Product Manager is responsible for creating the project plan, schedule, and key milestones. You will work closely with the Network Funding team and external development teams to drive key aspects of product definition, execution, test and delivery. You must be responsive, flexible and able to succeed within a fast-paced environment.

Public-Goods Funding at Protocol Labs

Protocol Labs doesn't just build core protocols for the decentralized web. We think engineers and researchers should work on a variety of high-leverage goals for the betterment of humanity. For that reason, we're growing a team to develop and deploy better methods of funding the creation and maintenance of public goods.

As part of our public-goods team, you'll be enabling outcomes at the forefront of our mission. Our team is granted both the freedom to develop knowledge by working on novel applications and a responsibility to contribute those skills toward advancing the mission of Protocol Labs. You'll feel at home working with us if your knowledge and optimism enable you to craft creative solutions working around evolving needs.

We are organizing the conference series Funding the Commons (https://fundingthecommons.io/), which provides insights into the evolving ecosystem at the intersection of public goods funding and web3. It's a good way of checking if our work aligns with your interests.

As a Product Manager at Protocol Labs you will...

Drive and coordinate the efficient delivery of cross-functional projects with ecosystem and external development teams
Work alongside a cross-functional team including research, engineering, and operations
Work with teams to evaluate the technical feasibility of funding mechanisms and associated internal measurement / analysis tools
Design and prototype multiple tools and implementations of funding mechanisms to distribute significant amounts of funding to the Protocol Labs ecosystem and beyond
Design, prototype and implement small scale user-facing web tooling and platforms
Guide the development of prototypes into production-ready implementations
Collaborate with ecosystem and external teams exploring new and out-of-the-box approaches to designing and implementing next-gen funding mechanisms
Gain high-level exposure across the PL stack (IPFS, Filecoin, LibP2P, etc.)
Work in a fully asynchronous and remote team

You may be a fit for this role if you have...

A proven track record of independently driving technical projects in a fast-paced environment with minimal oversight or guidance
Be comfortable discussing with engineers, understand the technology and develop a good intuition to aid on the decision making process
Experienced in gathering requirements, developing specifications, and driving execution
Product & project management experience
Experience with leading 3rd party teams, engineering teams and business stakeholders
Ability to drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups

Bonus points if you have...

Experience with and the desire to improve the funding systems for public goods
Familiarity with Web3 technology and concepts (smart contracts, blockchain, P2P networking)
Experience working in Open Source projects
Background in an agency or consultancy environment with diverse project types
Prior project or development experience in the Web3 ecosystem or prior experience in implementing funding mechanisms / operations
Familiarity with Protocol Labs stack (IPFS, Filecoin, LibP2P) through project work or open-source contributions
Technical familiarity with relevant flavors of economics (behavioral economics models, cryptoeconomic models, decentralized governance tooling).

#LI-REMOTE

What's it like to work at Protocol Labs?

Protocol Labs' mission is to improve humanity's most important technology, the Internet. We build protocols, systems, and tools to improve how it works. Today, we are focused on how we store, locate, and move information. Our projects include IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, and more.

As a distributed team, we hire anywhere in the world, and at various levels of experience (entry, senior, staff). We look for people with unique perspectives and diverse backgrounds.

We have a great benefits package, including parental leave, contributions to your retirement, competitive pay, and unlimited time off. For U.S.-based employees, we also provide platinum-level health, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family.

If you're passionate about the future of computing and a more democratized internet, we want to talk to you.

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Summary
Company name: Protocol Labs
Remote job title: Product Manager, Funding Mechanisms & Impact Certificates
Job tags: Open Source Software, Goods, P2P