# Product Lead, Protocol Ecosystems
**Company:** [Anchorage](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anchorage-digital)
**Location:** Remote
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Blockchain, Defi, Product Strategy, Smart Contracts, Dapp, Go-to-Market Strategy, System Architecture, Protocol Ecosystems, Consensus Mechanisms, On-Chain Primitives
**Posted:** 2026-04-13
> Leads strategic direction for engaging blockchain protocol ecosystems, defining support frameworks, integration depth, and value delivery. Drives cross-functional alignment, roadmaps, and go-to-market strategies; requires 7+ years product management with blockchain experience and technical depth.
## Job Description
## Responsibilities

**Technical Skills:**
- Drive end-to-end product strategy for Anchorage’s engagement with protocol ecosystems, balancing near-term commitments with long-term platform investments.
- Develop and maintain a strategic lens on the blockchain landscape to identify which ecosystems, consensus mechanisms, and on-chain primitives warrant investment and how to sequence them.
- Drive comprehensive go-to-market strategy alongside sales and partnerships, defining success metrics and iterating based on data and market feedback.
- Demonstrate the ability to understand system architecture deeply enough to set sound technical direction with engineering leadership.

**Complexity and Impact of Work:**
- Drive cross-functional initiatives that span engineering, design, sales, compliance, and external partners while resolving ambiguity and maintaining momentum across multiple workstreams.
- Contribute strategic insights that shape company-level priorities and influence leadership decisions beyond your immediate team.

**Organizational Knowledge:**
- Develop and leverage a deep understanding of Anchorage's business model, regulatory landscape, and competitive positioning to inform ecosystem strategy.
- Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across departments to ensure alignment on priorities, surfacing trade-offs early, and driving shared accountability.
- Navigate and improve organizational processes to increase the Protocols team's efficiency, predictability, and quality of output.

**Communication and Influence:**
- Represent the Protocols organization to senior leadership, the board, and external partners, articulating strategy, progress, and trade-offs with clarity and conviction.
- Enable cross-functional collaboration through consistent, transparent communication and thoughtful influence on decision-making at every level.
- Serve as a knowledge partner to leadership on blockchain ecosystem trends, helping the company stay ahead of market shifts.

## Requirements
- 7+ years of product management experience, with at least 2 years leading or managing other product managers.
- Meaningful experience in blockchain, DeFi, or protocol-adjacent companies, and understanding of ecosystem dynamics.
- Track record of defining and executing multi-quarter product strategies navigating ambiguity, competing priorities, and cross-functional dependencies.
- Background in engineering or demonstrated ability to go deep on technical architecture.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Shipped products requiring direct collaboration with protocol foundations or core development teams.
- Built or contributed to ecosystem evaluation frameworks, partnership models, or integration playbooks.
- Written your own smart contract or dApp.
- Experience managing P&L accountability or revenue targets tied to product decisions.
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