Filecoin Foundation · 2 months ago
Governance Program Manager
United States
Full-time
Remote
Entry, Mid Level
$125K/yr - $150K/yr
2+ years expFilecoin Foundation is an independent organization that facilitates governance of the Filecoin network and supports its ecosystem. The Governance Program Manager will ensure trusted and effective governance processes, building systems for community coordination and developing tools for stakeholder engagement.
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Responsibilities
Run the daily governance workflow: schedule and moderate community calls, maintain documentation, manage proposal timelines, and ensure smooth network upgrade planning
Run the day-to-day: shipping code with vendors, facilitating consensus, and communicating decisions to a global audience
Move Filecoin Improvement Proposals (FIPs) forward from draft to decision with clarity and consensus: ensuring authors, reviewers, and delegates are aligned
Build a living framework for the Governance Lifecycle, backed by clear specifications, metrics, and documents that the ecosystem trusts and uses
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ship governance tooling upgrades without downtime
Develop and maintain governance playbooks, charters, and process frameworks that adapt as the network evolves
Act as the bridge between storage providers, token holders, Fil+ participants, core devs, implementers, FIP editors, and authors, ensuring everyone has the context they need to make informed decisions
Onboard new participants into governance through clear guides, workshops, AMAs, Twitter spaces, newsletters, and other communications
Represent Filecoin governance in panels and publications, serving as the approachable voice in the ecosystem
Qualification
Required
2-5 years in protocol governance, open-source program management, or complex stakeholder coordination
Demonstrated experience delivering governance tooling and processes (on-chain or off-chain)
Excellent communicator, both written and verbal, with experience managing public discourse and complex stakeholders
Experience operating across cultures and time zones in remote-first environments
Preferred
Proficiency with GitHub and GitHub APIs for managing governance workflows and community discussions
Strong understanding of Governance smart contracts
Strong technical tooling background: drafting PRDs, coordinating execution with vendors, and ensuring deliverables meet specifications
Fluency in game theory and mechanism design with understanding of governance attack-vectors
Fluency in or familiarity with Mandarin is a plus
Benefits
Total compensation includes base salary, FIL/Tokens and exceptional benefits and perks
Company
Filecoin Foundation
Filecoin Foundation is an independent organization that accelerate the Filecoin ecosystem.
11-50 employees
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