Lead Technical Product Manager, Protocol (Vision Chain)

Who we are We simplify wealth creation. Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria by Eric Demuth, Paul Klanschek and Christian Trummer, we’re here to help people trust themselves enough to build their financial freedom — for now and the future. Our user-friendly, trade-everything platform empowers both first-time investors and seasoned experts to invest in the cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks*, precious metals and commodities* they want — with any sized budget, 24/7. Our global team works across different cultures and time zones, bringing our products to more than 7 million customers, making us one of Europe’s safest and most secure platforms that powers modern investing. Headquartered in Austria but operating across Europe, our products are built by fast-moving, talented, “roll-up-your-sleeves-and-make-it-happen” kind of people. It’s these diverse perspectives and innovative minds operating as ONE TEAM that keep Bitpanda at the cutting edge of our industry. So if you’re someone who thinks big, moves fast and wants to make an impact right from day one, then get ready to join our industry-changing team. Let’s go! Your mission Bitpanda serves millions of investors across Europe, and we're bringing regulated finance onchain with Vision Chain, our own OP Stack L2 blockchain. We are building the premier ecosystem for European financial institutions to issue and distribute euro-denominated tokenized assets. We're hiring a Lead Technical Product Manager to own Vision Chain as a product: the foundation that Bitpanda's onchain products run on. You'll own how the chain works and evolves, covering topics spanning proof systems, core protocol modifications, selecting the infrastructure providers, and more. You'll design and implement compliance, identity and privacy solutions into and on the chain, to satisfy the requirements of both financial institutions and developers. You'll work on this in collaboration with both internal and external product and engineering teams, as well as Bitpanda's Compliance, Legal and Data Protection teams, as an individual contributor reporting to the Head of Web3 Product within a small, senior team. What you’ll do • Own Vision Chain at the infrastructure level, managing configuration choices (fee mechanism, block building logic, etc.), and modifications to the OP Stack, in collaboration with the OP Labs team. • Manage infrastructure partnerships, owning the technical relationship with providers (RPC nodes, indexing, oracles, etc.). • Collaborate with Compliance and Legal to implement regulatorily-compliant onchain transaction screening, identity, and privacy solutions. • Run reliability, incidents and cost, and own developer documentation and partner technical onboarding until a developer relations lead joins. • Coordinate with the other Vision Web3 product leads to ensure the chain’s technical roadmap supports the product roadmap being built on top of it. Who you are • 6+ years of product or engineering experience, with 3+ years focused on blockchain infrastructure (e.g., L1/L2, rollup-as-a-service, node infrastructure provider, account abstraction, or an exchange protocol team). • Deep understanding of EVM rollup mechanics, including sequencing, fees, proofs, withdrawals, bridges, upgrade keys, and account abstraction. • Proven ability to translate complex business and regulatory needs into precise technical requirements and drive them to delivery through engineering teams and external partners without direct management. • Experience partnering with Compliance, Legal, and Data Protection teams, possessing working knowledge of the EU crypto regulatory landscape (MiCA, DORA, AML/CFT, sanctions screening). • Exceptional written and spoken English communication skills for internal teams, leadersh