Compensation

$80K - 144K

Remote within

North America
European Union
United Kingdom
United States

Contract type

Full time

Remote working

Technologies & frameworks

Blockchain
Agile
DeFi

Benefits & perks

Paid sick days
Pension
Promote from within
Committed to a diverse team
Performance bonus
100% remote working
Paid time off
Tokens
Learning & development
Health insurance - us employees
Healthcare stipend - uk & ireland employees
No call fridays
Company meetups

We are seeking a Senior Product Owner with blockchain experience to work on secret projects

Role overview

Description

IO Global is searching for a Senior Product Owner to join their Special Projects team. As Sr. Product Owner at IOG, you will be responsible for creating feature requests into the product roadmap, grooming and prioritizing the backlog, developing user stories, and defining acceptance criteria.

The successful applicant will be joining a fast-paced, cutting-edge and dynamic project where collaboration is king. This project is an integral part of the IO product suite, where innovative research meets engineering, shaping the future of blockchain technologies and use cases.

Your mission

Collaborate with the Product Manager, Commercial team, and customers to provide input into the product roadmap and drive the execution of products and features from concept to launch in a fast-paced environment
Translate product roadmap features into well-defined product requirements including features, user stories, and acceptance test criteria
Lead the product functional design process based on an intimate knowledge of the users and technology
Prioritize and maintain the sprint backlog for assigned products, balancing the requirements of stakeholders
Work with cross-functional teams and various stakeholders, including analytics, design/user experience, engineering, and user enablement
Turn data insights into products with actionable outcomes to the ultimate customer
Work in an agile environment and continuously review the business needs, refine priorities, outline milestones and deliverables, and identify opportunities and risks
Partner with operations departments to define the user experience for internal users, including production support and monitoring
Work with product management and product marketing to provide input into the go-to-market plan and collaborate with the commercial team to ensure they have what they need to succeed
Develop and maintain appropriate tracking and reporting of product performance post-launch to evaluate future investment.

Requirements

Your expertise

Work experience as a Product Owner or similar role in product management
A background in distributed computing and strong experience with blockchain technologies is a plus
Familiarity with agile and Jira is important
Hands-on experience managing all stages of the product life cycle
Technical background with knowledge of software development
Team spirit and good communication abilities
Good organizational skills
BSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar field.

Benefits

Location

IOG is a fully distributed organization and therefore this is a remote position. Due to team distribution we are ideally searching for someone in a GMT/CET or EST time zone.

All Colleagues

Flexible schedule
Remote work - ability to work anywhere
Laptop reimbursement
New starter package to buy hardware essentials (headphones, monitor, etc)
Learning & Development opportunities
Competitive PTO and Sick Leave plan

US Employees

Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits coverage through Anthem with 100% premium cost covered by IO Global for the employee and dependents
Health Savings Account
Life Insurance

UK Employees

Monthly Health Stipend to use towards any wellness or medical coverage/service
Pension

IOHK

250+
Singapore

Founded in 2015, IO Global is one of the world’s pre-eminent blockchain research and engineering companies, best known for the Cardano blockchain platform. We are a fully decentralized, remote-working organization committed to the highest principles of academic rigour and evidence-based software development. The company builds high-assurance blockchain products for public and private sector clients. Our goal is simple – to fuel our drive to be best in class by giving you the opportunity, resources and support to deliver your finest work to date. You’ll work with some exceptionally talented and friendly individuals who are always open to new ideas and ways of working. IO Global is an advocate of decentralized remote working, with more than 700 people working in more than 60 countries. Everyone has a different skill set, a different culture, and is at a different stage in their life. We aim to make collaboration between diverse people fun, exciting, and always rewarding. Many companies say they ‘think outside the box’ – for IO Global it’s more, ‘we think outside the geography’.