Group Product Manager - Core Protocol

Fuel is a high-performance blockchain operating system that redefines what's possible on Ethereum. By combining unparalleled throughput with the core principles of decentralisation and security, our platform simplifies the development process for builders worldwide. The Fuel Virtual Machine, with its ground-breaking state minimization and parallel transaction execution capabilities, sets a new standard for Ethereum Rollups, overcoming existing limitations in protocol development.

Since our 2019 launch with Fuel V1, we've been focused on enhancing Ethereum's scalability. Our innovations, like the Fuel Virtual Machine and the Sway programming language, provide developers with a powerful, user-friendly environment.

We're a passionate, intelligent and empathetic globally dispersed team, united by a love for innovation and a commitment to shaping the future of blockchain technology—one ground-breaking solution at a time.

Who You Are:

• You’re optimistic. You’ve got positive energy and see opportunities where others see problems.

• You’re a lifelong learner. You’re eager to dive deep into emerging technologies, from Ethereum Rollups to decentralised finance, and you thrive on mastering new concepts.

• You’re a team player. You believe in the power of collaboration and are ready to push boundaries with a group of like-minded innovators. You welcome the challenge of stepping out of your comfort zone to achieve something great.

• You’re high agency. You believe in your ability to impact outcomes and take proactive steps to make things happen. Instead of waiting for instructions or letting obstacles deter you, you create solutions and drive projects forward with determination and resourcefulness.

• You’re courageous. In a rapidly changing industry like ours, you’re not afraid to voice your ideas, and challenge the status quo. You have the confidence to tackle difficult problems and the resilience to see them through.

• You steer clear of performative crypto trends. You’re mission-driven, focused on substance and prefer actions that drive real results over following popular narratives.

Our Core product is all of the infrastructure, language, and packages that are required for any developer to build smart contracts and applications on top of Fuel rollups.

We need someone who cares deeply about the needs of blockchain developers and infrastructure providers, has seen the shortcomings of other chains from a developer perspective, and needs to fix those issues.

You will be the voice of our developer customers, and a key driver of our project’s success. This is a senior position, with extremely high impact.

Someone who succeeds in this role will likely have the skills to be a Founder, VP of Product or CPO at most web3 or tech startups.

• Dive deep into the needs of Blockchain developers, infrastructure providers and other key stakeholders
• Drive the future of L2 and L3 Blockchain development, enabling new applications and experiences
• Set up organizational structures to support the above goals
• Work with a collaborative team, made of the smartest minds in the industry

• Discover, evaluate and represent the needs of Blockchain developers, infrastructure providers, and other key stakeholders for our core products
• You will drive strategic development of our core blockchain client, our smart contracting language - Sway - and our SDKs, which developers use to interact with and build applications on top of Fuel Rollups. Together, these form the foundation of Fuel's Rollup OS, unlocking performance, state minimization, and interoperability to the L2 Rollup world.
• Deeply understand the technologies and competitive landscape of blockchains, to be able to develop the right strategic bets both on core technology and end user applications. 
• Establish, align the company around, and drive execution of the roadmap for major versions of the Fuel Rollup OS core code
• Own the success of Fuel’s core product
• Work tightly with engineering, DevRel, growth, edge, and ecosystem teams to achieve the above objectives
• Drive user and product oriented thinking throughout the organizationBuild organizational processes and muscle to achieve the above objectives in a sustainable way

• Must have an engineering background 10 years, plus or minus, of experience across product and engineering
• Success as a Director of Product or higher at a smaller organization; success as a Group Product Manager or higher at a larger organization
• Empathy and first hand experience of  what developers need from highly available, mission critical applications, release cycles, etc.
• Successfully launched and managed products that serve developers
• Have successfully coached and mentored other product managers, or have overseen their work directly
• Able to build immediate respect with engineers
• Demonstrated experience driving change within an organization, all the way up to the C-SuiteManagement of both internal teams and vendors
• Significant experience with Web3 or Crypto a large plus

• A background in Philosophy