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Chainlink Labs is the primary contributing developer of Chainlink, the decentralized computing platform powering the verifiable web. Chainlink is the industry-standard platform for providing access to real-world data, offchain computation, and secure cross-chain interoperability across any blockchain. Chainlink Labs helps power verifiable applications for banking, DeFi, global trade, and gaming by collaborating with some of the world’s largest financial institutions, notably Swift, DTCC, and ANZ. Chainlink Labs also works with top Web3 teams, including Aave, Compound, GMX, Maker, and Synthetix. Chainlink Labs was ranked in Newsweek’s 100 Most Loved Workplaces 2023 in both the United States and United Kingdom.

The Product Team

The Product Team at Chainlink Labs is dedicated to delivering cutting-edge solutions for the rapidly evolving world of DeFi, on-chain finance, gaming, NFTs, and other major verticals. Our team of experienced product managers, designers, and engineers work together to create innovative products and services that enable smart contracts to securely access off-chain data and systems.

With a focus on user-centered design, we strive to create intuitive and seamless experiences for developers and end-users alike. We are constantly pushing the boundaries of what is possible in the blockchain space, and our products are used by some of the most innovative and forward-thinking organizations in the industry.

Whether it's building new features for the Chainlink Platform decentralized oracle network, creating new tools and integrations for developers, or exploring new use cases for blockchain technology, the Product Team at Chainlink Labs is at the forefront of innovation in the blockchain space. Join us on our mission to create a more decentralized world.

The Principal Product Manager, Compliance is responsible for defining and leading the strategy, planning, delivery, marketing, and operations of new Chainlink platform products. These products will enable customers in the Banking and Capital Markets segment to define, implement, and maintain robust governance controls over entities and operations in and between blockchains and traditional systems. This role is critical in ensuring that customers' DLT and blockchain-based workflows meet internal controls for risk management and regulatory compliance, while also establishing secure and privacy-preserving representations of identities and claims about entities involved in these workflows.

Your Impact

• Develop a comprehensive suite of Chainlink platform capabilities to support customers' governance and compliance requirements, including identity management, credential issuance, policy definition, enforcement mechanisms, and auditing/reporting

• Design specification languages and interfaces that allow customers to easily define and configure their business rules and policies

• Architect robust, scalable, and flexible enforcement components that can be deployed on-chain, off-chain, or in hybrid configurations to apply business rules across distributed systems

• Create a management control plane that enables customers to establish enforcement points, observe policy application, and monitor the overall governance posture

• Ensure the Chainlink governance solutions are seamlessly integrated with customers' existing enterprise applications and platforms, enabling a unified approach to risk management and compliance

Requirements

• Extensive experience designing and implementing internal controls and compliance frameworks for risk management and regulatory compliance at a major financial institution

• Strong understanding of identity management, credential issuance, and privacy-preserving data representations and workflows

• Expertise in distributed ledger technology (DLT) and its use-cases in capital markets

• Proficient in designing specification languages for the definition of business rules and policies

• Hands-on experience in implementing on-chain, off-chain, and hybrid enforcement components to apply business rules in distributed systems

• Skilled in building management control plans to set up enforcement points and monitor policy application

• Excellent problem-solving, critical thinking, and analytical skills

• Effective communication and collaboration skills to work with technical and non-technical stakeholders

Preferred Requirements

• User experience design skills to create intuitive interfaces for customers to configure policies and business rules

• Knowledge of audit and reporting mechanisms for governance control enforcement

• Familiarity with integrating distributed systems with traditional enterprise applications and platforms

• Experience in influencing and driving results against a complex set of customer requirements and dependant roadmaps

• Certifications or relevant training in risk management, compliance, or governance frameworks

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