o1Labs - Senior Technical Product Manager

Merciv is the company behind o1Labs, which incubated the Mina Protocol and is focused on programmable cryptography and verifiable infrastructure. They are seeking a Senior Technical Product Manager to lead product discovery and validation with institutional partners, ensuring product rigor and quality.

Responsibilities:

• Lead design-partner discovery and validation with a small set of institutional custodians, help land the first relationships, and turn what they actually need into product direction
• Own the bar for evidence: every feature or direction is gated against defined proof-of-concept exit criteria
• Translate complex systems concepts into precise product specifications that engineers can build against without a second translation layer
• Pressure-test competitive and threat-model claims (e.g. how our enforcement-and-evidence story actually differs from incumbents)
• Maintain the roadmap and manage cross-functional dependencies, timelines, and sequencing as the product takes shape

Requirements:

• Proven track record as a product manager for complex software, infrastructure, especially when the target audience is technical and skeptical
• Demonstrated analytical rigor, including defining success metrics, establishing clear decision criteria, and making defendable, evidence-based product calls
• Strong program management skills, with the ability to navigate dependencies, timelines, and cross-functional coordination in fast-paced, ambiguous environments
• Exceptional communication skills, capable of distilling complex technical concepts for both engineering teams and non-technical institutional stakeholders
• Comfort with a remote, owner-governed, distributed team; strongly self-directed
• Experience with web3, enterprise workflows and polices, and/or financial applications is highly preferred