Who is Decent Labs?

Over the last four years, Decent Labs has launched fintech-enabled products and applications with some of the most prominent startups in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. Now, we are redefining venture capital by creating a new generation of startups led by mission-driven industry experts and focused on a clear path to growth and acquisition. Our partners are visionary founding teams who have discovered ways to lever emerging technologies for social impact, and see value in a trusted technology partner to materialize that vision.

Over the last decade, venture capital has seen unprecedented growth. However, raising capital alone doesn’t guarantee success, and many startups fail before they even get to market. At Decent Labs, we provide the experience and human capital that founders need to transform their vision and resources into a go-to-market strategy.

Who Are You?

A Product Manager at Decent Labs is highly caring, highly creative, and highly organized. Product Managers at Decent Labs work intimately with our clients to define their vision, design their product experience, and support the success of their business requirements. In addition, the Product Manager works closely with our design and engineering teams to define, organize, and manage their execution of those requirements. 

You, the Product Manager, have a keen eye for the gaps in our client’s vision and can facilitate the necessary product development activities and process to fill those gaps. You’re a highly curious problem solver with a proven ability to co-strategize, direct, and manage the full lifecycle of a product’s development — from conception through release. You have a deep understanding of product design and modern technology stacks, enabling you to communicate with both design and engineering teams. Your passion for quality means that all products that launch from our studio are both successful and delightful.

Importantly, at Decent Labs, you’ll grow as a confident leader who has experience organizing cross-functional teams to build exciting products and ventures, deliver on our client’s business requirements, and grow the Decent Labs portfolio of successful launches.

Your Objectives

• Guide the vision of our clients, translating their goals and business requirements into intentional research, design, and software
• Manage our client's expectations, goals, and objectives with task-level organization
• Facilitate and own the creation of product requirement documentation (PRD) to ensure a successful project execution
• Drive the product requirements-planning process across the cross-functional teams of the company
• Drive the various stages of product development, providing support to and management of our production teams 
• Manage and uphold the agreed upon and scheduled milestones, checkpoints, and deadlines of our client’s projects
• Lead and manage production teams with constructive and solution-oriented rigor
• Identify, prepare, and communicate key opportunities for the growth of our client relationships
• Learn and become proficient in the procedures and protocols for executing on our specific service offering

Your Daily Responsibilities

• Manage client relationships and communication in professional manner
• Build out and maintain the project management environment(s)
• Conduct daily meetings with cross-functional studio teams
• Maintain communication across clients, team members, and executives on the health of our projects
• Design and conduct regular, frequent meetings with clients
• Co-translate project statements of work (SOWs) into supported kick-off procedures with our Director of Operations
• Meet daily with internal production (design and engineering) teams
• Manage communication and relationship with our third-party partners
• Translate product strategy and product requirement documentation (PRD) into actionable instructions for brand, prototype, and development
• Maintain task-level production timelines across multiple SOWs and departments
• Inform directors and leadership of potential risk and points of failure that can impact the timelines and quality of projects and deliverables
• Performs quality assurance (QA) procedures across all project’s milestones, checkpoints, and deliverables
• Over-communicate with leadership, product management, and sales teams on the development, QA, and release of products
• Communicate and involve peers and leadership when needing support in any way
• Prepare solution-oriented updates for our Director of Operations
• Ask for help

Skills & Qualifications

• We value a passion for learning and the self-awareness of how you learn best
• 3-5 years experience in a dynamic product management role
• Proven experience managing all elements of the product development lifecycle (product requirement documentation; business requirements, persona development, user journeys, feature descriptions, information architecture, application workflows, software development, etc.)
• Experience with resource allocation and management SaaS tools and methodologies (Notion, Jira, GitHub, Asana, Scrum, Agile, Sprint-based)
• Experience with product design and development tools and frameworks (Figma, Sketch, Invision, Adobe Creative Suite, Node.js, Ethereum)
• Experience with modern technologies, engineering tools, and engineering role proficiencies 
• Highly effective cross-functional team management
• Highly organized and detail oriented
• Highly skilled communicator, with both internal and external stakeholders
• Exceptional writing and editing skills combined with strong presentation and public speaking skills

Preferred & Bonus Qualifications

• Degree in Product Design, Product Management, and/or Computer Science
• Previous experience as a product or user experience designer
• Previous experience as a software developer
• Previous marketing experience
• Proven successful product launches under your management, proven metrics
• Demonstrable knowledge as SME in product development and user experience
• Agency and client services experience
• Start-up, fast paced, and founder related experience
• Blockchain technology, cryptocurrency, and financial technology (fintech) experience

Benefits of working at Decent Labs

• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Flexible time off policy
• Fully remote and work from home culture
• Robust variety of project types
• Work with inspiring founders and brands
• Build applications at the forefront of blockchain technology