Product Manager — DeFi Products & Applications

About this role

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're looking for a Product Manager to own and drive DeFi products spanning liquid staking, token launch infrastructure, and on-chain payment rails. You'll work at the intersection of protocol design, tokenomics, DeFi integrations, and regulatory strategy — translating complex on-chain mechanics into products that users trust and adopt.

This is a high-ownership role for someone who understands DeFi deeply and can move fluidly between smart contract mechanics, liquidity strategy, partnership development, and go-to-market execution.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

- Define product strategy, roadmap, and requirements for one or more DeFi products, balancing user experience with protocol economics.

- Design and refine tokenomics and incentive mechanisms — yield models, reward distribution, fee accrual, referral systems, and season/budget structures.

- Drive DeFi integrations and partnerships: DEX/AMM listings, lending market collateral use cases, restaking integrations, liquidity routing, and LP incentives.

- Own liquidity and treasury considerations — peg stability, liquidity depth across venues, mint/redeem arbitrage, and treasury operations.

- Partner with legal & compliance on token classification, KYC/AML, sanctions screening, jurisdictional restrictions, and securities exposure.

- Work closely with security and audit teams on smart contract risk, vault mechanics, custody, incident response, and anti-abuse safeguards.

- Drive growth: TVL and volume expansion, user/creator/staker acquisition, CEX listings, and go-to-market with ecosystem and BD partners.

- Support governance processes — parameter control, DAO/multisig operations, and upgrade workflows.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

- Strong understanding of DeFi primitives: staking/liquid staking, AMMs and bonding curves, lending markets, yield mechanics, and tokenomics design.

- Experience shipping crypto/DeFi products (as PM, founder, or closely adjacent technical/strategy role).

- Comfort reasoning about smart contract mechanics, liquidity dynamics, and on-chain incentive design — you don't need to write Solidity, but you should be able to speak fluently with those who do.

- Awareness of the regulatory landscape around tokens, staking, and payments (securities, AML, tax treatment).

- Ability to balance rapid iteration with the security and risk discipline that on-chain products demand.

- Strong collaboration skills across engineering, security, legal, growth, and external partners.

NICE TO HAVE

- Experience with restaking, LSTs, or token launch platforms.

- Background in payments, billing/metering, or fintech infrastructure.

- Familiarity with AI/compute infrastructure or decentralized compute economics.

- Existing network across DeFi protocols, market makers, exchanges, or auditors.

WHAT WE OFFER

- Purpose: The opportunity to contribute to making AI a public good

- Growth: A self-directed environment where you can take initiative to shape your role and career

- Compensation: Market-competitive compensation including, for most roles, exposure to pre-launch tokens

In addition, 0G Labs is committed to the health and well being of all of our team members. To that end, we provide reimbursements towards a holistic set of experiences and courses:

- Core self: Transcendental Meditation

- Mind: Landmark Education https://www.landmarkworldwide.com

- Emotion: Art of Communication

- Presence: Speech Coach

- Body: Fitness, gym and exercise memberships/classes