Head of Product
Ethena is a DeFi protocol enabling the creation of USDe, a synthetic dollar, and offering internet-native yield through staking.
Maintainer signals as of 8/12/2026
Funding history
About Ethena
Ethena is a decentralized finance protocol that allows users to mint USDe, a synthetic dollar, using liquid staking tokens as collateral. The platform also offers staking of USDe to earn yield in the form of sUSDe. Ethena aims to provide a stable, high-yield asset for the crypto ecosystem, combining the stability of a dollar-pegged token with the benefits of decentralized finance.
Skills
Candidate Availability
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About the Role
You lead the product organisation, mentor two Product Managers, and own a flagship consumer money product from vision and metrics through launch. You establish product processes, manage the budget and external development relationships, navigate support, risk, and compliance requirements, and scale the product function.
Requirements
- Manage products with over 100K monthly active users
- Mentor or lead Product Managers
- Lead and ship payments or banking products
- Measure consumer fintech products and understand retail user behavior
- Communicate clearly in writing and verbally
- Write product specifications and review product flows
- Apply strong UX judgment and design sensibility
- Deliver sophisticated products in ambiguous and resource-constrained conditions
Responsibilities
- Lead and mentor two Product Managers
- Own the flagship consumer product
- Define product vision, roadmap, and success metrics
- Establish discovery, prioritization, roadmap, specification, decision-log, and operating processes
- Establish support, risk, and compliance processes
- Work with legal on regulatory requirements across jurisdictions
- Own the product budget
- Manage outsourced development and agency relationships
- Scale the product team