Product Manager - DeFi Products & Applications

About the Role We're looking for a Product Manager to own and drive DeFi products spanning liquid staking, token launch infrastructure, and on-chain payment rails. You'll work at the intersection of protocol design, tokenomics, DeFi integrations, and regulatory strategy - translating complex on-chain mechanics into products that users trust and adopt.

This is a high-ownership role for someone who understands DeFi deeply and can move fluidly between smart contract mechanics, liquidity strategy, partnership development, and go-to-market execution. Core

Responsibilities - Define product strategy, roadmap, and requirements for one or more DeFi products, balancing user experience with protocol economics. - Design and refine tokenomics and incentive mechanisms - yield models, reward distribution, fee accrual, referral systems, and season/budget structures. - Drive DeFi integrations and partnerships: DEX/AMM listings, lending market collateral use cases, restaking integrations, liquidity routing, and LP incentives. - Own liquidity and treasury considerations - peg stability, liquidity depth across venues, mint/redeem arbitrage, and treasury operations. - Partner with legal & compliance on token classification, KYC/AML, sanctions screening, jurisdictional restrictions, and securities exposure. - Work closely with security and audit teams on smart contract risk, vault mechanics, custody, incident response, and anti-abuse safeguards. - Drive growth: TVL and volume expansion, user/creator/staker acquisition, CEX listings, and go-to-market with ecosystem and BD partners. - Support governance processes - parameter control, DAO/multisig operations, and upgrade workflows.

What We're Looking For - Strong understanding of DeFi primitives: staking/liquid staking, AMMs and bonding curves, lending markets, yield mechanics, and tokenomics design. - Experience shipping crypto/DeFi products (as PM, founder, or closely adjacent technical/strategy role). - Comfort reasoning about smart contract mechanics, liquidity dynamics, and on-chain incentive design - you don't need to write Solidity, but you should be able to speak fluently with those who do. - Awareness of the regulatory landscape around tokens, staking, and payments (securities, AML, tax treatment). - Ability to balance rapid iteration with the security and risk discipline that on-chain products demand. - Strong collaboration skills across engineering, security, legal, growth, and external partners.

Nice to Have - Experience with restaking, LSTs, or token launch platforms. - Background in payments, billing/metering, or fintech infrastructure. - Familiarity with AI/compute infrastructure or decentralized compute economics. - Existing network across DeFi protocols, market makers, exchanges, or auditors.

What

we offer - Purpose : The opportunity to contribute to making AI a public good - Growth : A self-directed environment where you can take initiative to shape your role and career -

Compensation : Market-competitive compensation including, for most roles, exposure to pre-launch tokens In addition, 0G Labs is committed to the health and well being of all of our team members. To that end, we provide reimbursements towards a holistic set of experiences and courses: - Core self : Transcendental Meditation - Mind : Landmark Education - Emotion : Art of Communication - Presence : Speech Coach - Body : Fitness, gym and exercise memberships/classes