Lead Technical Product Manager, Protocol (Vision Chain)

As Lead Technical Product Manager for Vision Chain at Bitpanda, you own Vision Chain as a product-the OP Stack L2 blockchain foundation that powers Bitpanda's onchain offerings. You'll shape how the chain works and evolves, covering proof systems, core protocol modifications, infrastructure provider selection, and compliance solutions. You report to the Head of Web3 Product within a small, senior team, working across internal and external product and engineering teams, as well as Bitpanda's Compliance, Legal and Data Protection teams.

What you'll do

• Own Vision Chain at the infrastructure level, managing configuration choices such as fee mechanisms and block building logic, and modifications to the OP Stack in collaboration with the OP Labs team.
• Manage infrastructure partnerships and own the technical relationships with providers for RPC nodes, indexing, oracles and similar services.
• Collaborate with Compliance and Legal to implement regulatorily-compliant onchain transaction screening, identity and privacy solutions.
• Run reliability, incidents and cost monitoring, and own developer documentation and partner technical onboarding until a developer relations lead joins.
• Coordinate with other Vision Web3 product leads to ensure the chain's technical roadmap supports the product roadmap being built on top of it.

What you bring

• 6+ years of product or engineering experience, with 3+ years focused on blockchain infrastructure such as L1/L2 chains, rollup-as-a-service platforms, node infrastructure providers, account abstraction or exchange protocol teams.
• 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 authority.
• Experience partnering with Compliance, Legal and Data Protection teams, with working knowledge of the EU crypto regulatory landscape including MiCA, DORA, AML/CFT and sanctions screening.
• Exceptional written and spoken English communication skills for internal teams, leadership and external partners.

What we offer

• Hybrid working model combining onsite collaboration and remote work, with an additional 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice.
• Competitive total compensation package aligned with Bitpanda's pay-for-impact policy, including participation in the stock option plan.
• Confidential coaching, counselling and mental health resources through OpenUP.
• 3 additional days of paid time off to rest and recharge once you've been with the company for 6 months, on top of standard annual leave.
• Unlimited access to Udemy's library of online courses.
• Discounts, rewards and perks from partners worldwide across lifestyle, wellness, tech and travel.
• Up to 8 additional weeks of gender-neutral new parent leave.
• Free onsite dining with freshly prepared lunches and snacks in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona and Berlin.
• Recognition and rewards for tenure and milestones.
• Exclusive Bitpanda-branded merchandise and gear.
• Company events including the Winter Party in Vienna and gatherings worldwide.

About Bitpanda

Founded in 2014 in Vienna, Austria, Bitpanda serves more than 7 million customers across Europe with a user-friendly platform for investing in cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks, precious metals and commodities. Bitpanda is bringing regulated finance onchain with Vision Chain, its own OP Stack L2 blockchain designed as the premier ecosystem for European financial institutions to issue and distribute euro-denominated tokenized assets.