Head of Product - Banking (Full Time)

<h3>About Cosmos Labs</h3> <p>Cosmos is seeking a Head of Product to lead the design and development of our Tokenized Deposits platform. Cosmos is the most popular open source DLT stack globally, and powers blockchains for financial leaders like Wells Fargo, Figure Markets, and 200+ others. Now, our team is building a groundbreaking tokenized deposit product built on top of trusted technology, with the aim to arm mid-sized and regional banks with modern DLT capabilities.</p> <p>We are looking for an expert with deep, hands-on product experience in banking infrastructure, core banking software (e.g. FISERV/Jack Henry), order management platforms, and who also has a working knowledge of the operational dimensions of financial services businesses such as compliance, audit, and tax. You will report directly to the CEO, who is leading this initiative.</p> <h3><strong>Role Overview</strong></h3> <p>You will own the product strategy and execution for a tokenization product that enables financial institutions to interact seamlessly with tokenized assets, without requiring changes to their existing core banking systems. You will have massive ownership and responsibility - you will be able to design the product roadmap and lead it to commercial success.</p> <p>Specifically, in this role, you will:</p> <ul> <li>Define and evolve product requirements (PRDs), including detailed API specifications, reconciliation flows, and integration patterns</li> <li>Partner with engineering and design to take the product from prototype to production</li> <li>Work closely with our Head of Engineering and Co-CEO to craft our canonical product roadmap</li> <li>Work with bank customers to validate and refine the product in real-world environments</li> <li>Lead product ideation and translate concepts into tangible improvements across demos and production systems</li> <li>Navigate internal and external stakeholders to drive adoption and successful implementation</li> </ul> <h2><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></h2> <p><strong>Tokenization Product Ownership</strong></p> <ol> <li>Own the tokenization product direction end-to-end.&nbsp;</li> <li>Make the hard product design calls:&nbsp; write-back vs. omnibus model, batch vs. webhook sync, how to handle the two-phase finality gap between core posting and on-chain confirmation. On-prem versus cloud-native deployments.</li> <li>Keep the product honest. For example, if something doesn't survive contact with a real bank's implementation requirements, kill it and replace it with something that does.</li> <li>Report to key stakeholders and work closely with all departments to ship and build momentum around the product.</li> <li>Be the voice of the