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Block · 4 days ago

Hardware Product Manager, Proto

United States

Full-time

Remote

Mid, Senior Level

$164K/yr - $245K/yr

4+ years exp

Block is a company focused on economic empowerment, and they are seeking a Hardware Product Manager for their Proto team. The role involves identifying product opportunities, translating them into requirements, and collaborating with various teams to enhance product performance in the bitcoin mining sector.

Financial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Develop expertise on Proto’s current product portfolio to ensure strong product performance and inform future roadmap decisions

Understand the impact of your product(s) on the main customer segments and the business impact of your product to Proto

Identify and finalize requirements for the products you support, leaning on customer research, market research, and internal knowledge

Partner closely with design, ASIC engineering, hardware engineering, software engineering, operations, program management, and other teams to drive prioritization and execution of important new initiatives

Have a high-level understanding of technical and operational aspects of the product that need to be considered as context or inputs into product decisions

Monitor field performance of in-field hardware and investigate new issues to provide the relevant technical teams with a place to start and a sense of importance / urgency

Effectively communicate product tradeoffs to senior leadership and broadcast important decisions to your cross-functional partners

Qualification

Product management experienceHardware development experienceCross-functional collaborationCustomer researchMarket researchAnalytical skillsEmpathy for customer needsBias to actionInterpersonal skillsCommunication skillsOrganizational skills

Required

4+ years of product management experience or equivalent product strategy and customer insights experience

Experience leading the delivery of products / features / projects which have a high degree of cross-functional complexity and integration

Consistent emphasis on - and empathy for - customer needs

Bias to action – if it needs doing, you're already working on it, and with the right level of scrappiness for the task

Great interpersonal, communication, organizational, analytical skills. A proven ability to influence

A passion for Proto's mission of accessible mining tools and well designed hardware products

Preferred

Experience developing hardware or applications that interface with hardware

Benefits

Remote work

Medical insurance

Flexible time off

Retirement savings plans

Modern family planning

Company

Block

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Block is one company built from many blocks, all united by the same purpose of economic empowerment.

Founded in 1990

Oakland, California, US

10001+ employees

https://block.xyz/

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