Vice President, DeFi Product Manager

Job Description:

The Role 

The DeFi Product Developer is responsible for designing, evaluating, and scaling institutional-grade DeFi investment products, with a primary focus on protocol assessment, vault construction, and ongoing portfolio curation. This role sits at the intersection of traditional capital markets, investment risk management, and on-chain financial infrastructure, translating DeFi primitives into investable, co mpliant, and risk-managed products for investors. 

The role requires deep technical fluency in blockchain and smart-contract systems, strong investment judgment grounded in traditional finance, and extensive operating relationships across the DeFi ecosystem.  The successful candidate will combine the judgment of a seasoned investment professional with the technical fluency of a DeFi native. They will be capable of structuring differentiated on-chain products, identifying and mitigating risk before it materializes, and serving as a credible bridge between traditional investment managers and the DeFi ecosystem. 

DeFi Protocol Evaluation & Due Diligence 

• Lead comprehensive due diligence of DeFi protocols, including: 
• Smart-contract architecture and upgradeability models 

• Economic and incentive design (tokenomics, liquidity dynamics, fee structures) 

• Governance frameworks and decentralization maturity 

• Oracle dependencies, cross-chain risk, and composability exposure 

• Assess protocol risk across market, liquidity, counterparty, technical, and governance dimensions. 

• Maintain a living protocol risk taxonomy and scoring framework aligned with institutional risk standards. 

Vault Design, Construction & Curation 

• Design and launch on-chain vaults and structured DeFi strategies (e.g., yield, carry, delta-neutral, liquidity provision, structured credit). 

• Curate vault parameters including asset eligibility, allocation limits, rebalancing logic, and risk constraints. 

• Oversee ongoing vault monitoring, performance attribution, and risk reporting. 

• Work closely with engineering teams to translate investment logic into smart-contract-enforced rules. 

Investment & Risk Management Integration 

• Apply traditional portfolio construction, risk budgeting, and capital markets frameworks to on-chain strategies. 

• Define stress testing, scenario analysis, and drawdown management approaches for DeFi portfolios. 

• Partner with legal, compliance, and operations teams to ensure products meet institutional governance and fiduciary expectations. 

• Support investment committee materials, protocol memos, and board-level product reviews. 

Ecosystem Engagement & Product Sourcing 

• Maintain deep, active relationships across the DeFi ecosystem, including protocol founders, core developers, DAO contributors, auditors, and infrastructure providers. 

• Source early-stage protocol opportunities and influence roadmap discussions relevant to institutional use cases. 

• Represent the firm in DeFi governance forums, working groups, and industry initiatives. 

• Monitor emerging DeFi primitives, L2s, app-chains, restaking, and cross-chain infrastructure relevant to vault strategies. 

The Expertise and Skills You Bring 

Investment & Capital Markets Experience 

• 7–12+ years of experience across asset management, trading, structured products, derivatives, or capital markets. 

• Demonstrated experience with portfolio construction, risk management, and investment decision-making. 

• Strong understanding of fixed income, derivatives, f