Protocol Labs is hiring a

Technical Program Manager, CryptoEconLab

We seek talented human catalysis with a passion leading groundbreaking research projects and guiding teams into delivering quantifiable results in a structured process, interfacing with stakeholders and consumers of the tech produced.

Key Summary

We are hiring a Technical Program Manager to help drive and coordinate development of our Research Development work at Protocol Labs. We're looking for people who thoroughly understand the principles of distributed systems and who will lean into the challenges of applying those principles to design open-source code that will be deployed worldwide.

As a Technical Program Manager, you will engage with an experienced interdisciplinary team to design and build resilient systems for tomorrow’s web. You will work closely with the team 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.

The Technical Program Manager is responsible for creating the project plan, schedule, and key milestones. You will work with the product manager to derive the product requirements and obtain executive approval. The Technical Program Manager will drive and motivate the cross-functional team to deliver the product(s) as per requirements. You will be responsible for the coordination and management of different working groups or stakeholders to deliver on the plan.

What is Research Development at Protocol Labs

At the Research Development group, we translate theory into reality. We pick the most challenging problems that are needed to be solve to cross the chasms of planetary scale adoption of decentralized technologies and we take them heads on with a pragmatic and rigorous approach, measuring our progress at every step of the way and interfacing with the integrations teams at Web3 and not only to get the technology in the hands of people.

This direction creates an incredibly rich and fertile ground for ideation and prototyping to happen, with the launch pad for shipping those new ideas into reality, testing them in real world scenarios and creating maximum impact for the research performed.

About CryptoEconLab

CryptoEconLab at PL aspires to become a hub for research on economic incentives, coordination games, and novel marketplaces. As an interdisciplinary study, cryptoeconomics involves a constellation of knowledge including computer science, network science, statistics, economics, and system engineering. In an increasingly networked and open world, cryptoeconomics will play a bigger role in coordinating human and machine activities and building a better future.

We aim to develop the capacity to design, validate, deploy, and govern large-scale economic systems. CryptoEconLab strives to empower projects in the ecosystem through novel incentives and advance humanity’s understanding of multi-agent systems and algorithmic steering of economic networks.

As a Cryptoeconomic Technical Program Manager at Protocol Labs, you will...

• Help plan and execute cutting-edge cryptoeconomic research, design, and analysis.
• Work with highly interdisciplinary teams to validate design specifications and turn research into implementations.
• Improve throughput of the lab by organizing work streams.
• Amplify the team’s research impact through organizing conferences and publicizing research findings.
• Drive team decision-making on technical decisions and ensure that appropriate resources are employed to deliver high quality results
• Identify, assess, track and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels
• Create, maintain and disseminate project information to stakeholders
• Drive execution of projects
• Lead milestone reviews & present project status to the executive team

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

• BS/MS in Computer Science, Network Science, Robotics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field with relevant research experience.
• Comfort in 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 managing hardware/software product releases
• Ability to drive effective teamwork, communication, collaboration and commitment across multiple disparate groups
• Experience with leading 3rd party teams, engineering teams and business stakeholders
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Bonus Points

• PhD in Computer Science, Network Science, Robotics, Statistics, Applied Mathematics, or a related field with relevant research experience.
• Experience managing technical teams
• Working with distributed teams
• Experience working in Open Source projects
• Experience working in Volunteer led organizations
• Demonstrated ability to manage project/task prioritization, project planning and schedule development
• Proven success of influencing and developing productive working relationships with diverse technical teams and stakeholders
• Strong technical and problem solving skills
• Demonstrated ability to design and execute on research agenda.

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