Lead Technical Product Manager, Protocol (Vision Chain)

As Lead Technical Product Manager for Vision Chain at Bitpanda, you own the OP Stack L2 blockchain that serves as the foundation for Bitpanda's onchain products. Vision Chain is bringing regulated finance onchain, building the premier ecosystem for European financial institutions to issue and distribute euro-denominated tokenized assets. You'll work as an individual contributor within a small, senior team, reporting to the Head of Web3 Product, collaborating with internal and external product and engineering teams alongside 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 mechanism and block building logic, and modifications to the OP Stack in collaboration with the OP Labs team.
• Manage infrastructure partnerships and own the technical relationship with providers including 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 management, 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 development, rollup-as-a-service, 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.
• 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 25 additional days per year to work from a city or country of your choice.
• Competitive total compensation package aligned with pay-for-impact policy, including participation in Bitpanda's stock option plan.
• Confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources through OpenUP.
• 3 additional paid days off per year to rest and recharge, available once you've been with the company for 6 months.
• 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 in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona, and Berlin, featuring freshly prepared lunches and snacks.
• Recognition and rewards for tenure at Bitpanda.
• 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 simplifies wealth creation for both first-time investors and seasoned experts. The platform empowers over 7 million customers across Europe to invest in cryptocurrencies, crypto indices, stocks, precious metals, and commodities 24/7, and is one of Europe's safest and most secure investment platforms. Headquartered in Austria but operating across Europe, Bitpanda is bringing regulated finance onchain with Vision Chain, its own OP Stack L2 blockchain.