Square Inc.
Product Manager, Proto
Square Inc., San Francisco, California, United States, 94199
Proto is accelerating the world's transition to an open economy with products that increase access and independence for everyone. We're building hardware and software that will help decentralize bitcoin mining and enable new and innovative use cases for bitcoin mining. We're developing our products in the open - you can read more at mining.build. Come build the future of money with us!Job Description
As a Proto Mining Product Manager, you will:Enable chip sales and new mining applications by defining and driving the future of our Mining Development Kit, as well as contributing to our mining rig products, in close collaboration with our Field Applications Engineering team and others across hardware and software engineering, sales, and operations.Understand customer pain points, gather customer insights, and conduct competitive analyses to inform product definition and provide feedback to our chip and system design teams.Work closely with our Hardware Engineering Program Managers to drive the product development process from concept to launch.Define requirements, clarify implementation details, and make strategic, technical, and design tradeoff decisions as needed.Effectively communicate product tradeoffs, updates, and priorities to internal stakeholders including senior leadership.Work closely with marketing to develop product messaging, pricing, and go-to-market strategies.Contribute to strategy and longer-term vision for our mining products in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.Bring transparency and open development to the mining industry by sharing our work and inviting scrutiny.Qualifications
You Have:8+ years of professional experience.Demonstrated success enabling chip or system sales through product definition, marketing, or sales efforts.Technical background in silicon and systems - you’ve probably been in an FAE role at some point in your career.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.Bonus: experience with renewable energy, heating, or bitcoin mining systems.Bonus: experience defining and productizing software APIs of any kind.Additional Information
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.Zone A: USD $180,000 - USD $270,000Zone B: USD $171,000 - USD $256,600Zone C: USD $162,000 - USD $243,000Zone D: USD $153,000 - USD $229,600To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.Full-time employee benefits include the following:Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending AccountRetirement Plans including company matchEmployee Stock Purchase ProgramWellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowancePaid parental and caregiving leavePaid time off (including 12 paid holidays)Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)Learning and Development resourcesPaid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefitsWe’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible.Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances. Because the material duties of this role involve direct or indirect access to sensitive personal or financial data, a criminal background check is required following a contingent offer of employment.
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As a Proto Mining Product Manager, you will:Enable chip sales and new mining applications by defining and driving the future of our Mining Development Kit, as well as contributing to our mining rig products, in close collaboration with our Field Applications Engineering team and others across hardware and software engineering, sales, and operations.Understand customer pain points, gather customer insights, and conduct competitive analyses to inform product definition and provide feedback to our chip and system design teams.Work closely with our Hardware Engineering Program Managers to drive the product development process from concept to launch.Define requirements, clarify implementation details, and make strategic, technical, and design tradeoff decisions as needed.Effectively communicate product tradeoffs, updates, and priorities to internal stakeholders including senior leadership.Work closely with marketing to develop product messaging, pricing, and go-to-market strategies.Contribute to strategy and longer-term vision for our mining products in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders.Bring transparency and open development to the mining industry by sharing our work and inviting scrutiny.Qualifications
You Have:8+ years of professional experience.Demonstrated success enabling chip or system sales through product definition, marketing, or sales efforts.Technical background in silicon and systems - you’ve probably been in an FAE role at some point in your career.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.Bonus: experience with renewable energy, heating, or bitcoin mining systems.Bonus: experience defining and productizing software APIs of any kind.Additional Information
Block takes a market-based approach to pay, and pay may vary depending on your location. U.S. locations are categorized into one of four zones based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. The successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.Zone A: USD $180,000 - USD $270,000Zone B: USD $171,000 - USD $256,600Zone C: USD $162,000 - USD $243,000Zone D: USD $153,000 - USD $229,600To find a location’s zone designation, please refer to this resource. If a location of interest is not listed, please speak with a recruiter for additional information.Full-time employee benefits include the following:Healthcare coverage (Medical, Vision and Dental insurance)Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending AccountRetirement Plans including company matchEmployee Stock Purchase ProgramWellness programs, including access to mental health, 1:1 financial planners, and a monthly wellness allowancePaid parental and caregiving leavePaid time off (including 12 paid holidays)Paid sick leave (1 hour per 26 hours worked (max 80 hours per calendar year to the extent legally permissible) for non-exempt employees and covered by our Flexible Time Off policy for exempt employees)Learning and Development resourcesPaid Life insurance, AD&D, and disability benefitsWe’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class.We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible.Block will consider qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records for employment in accordance with state and local laws and “fair chance” ordinances. Because the material duties of this role involve direct or indirect access to sensitive personal or financial data, a criminal background check is required following a contingent offer of employment.
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