Product Management, Payments Lead

Chainlink Labs • Full-time • Remote (New York, NY / Remote) • 3h ago

About Us

Chainlink Labs is one of the primary contributing developers of Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance. The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), payments, stablecoins, and more. Many of the world’s largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink’s standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, ANZ, Aave, GMX, Lido, and many others.

Chainlink Labs is a world-class team of over 600 developers, researchers, and capital markets experts, and has ranked among Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology, Fortune's Best Medium Workplace, and the Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. Learn more atchain.link orchainlinklabs.com.

Your Impact

The Product Lead will own Chainlink’s Stablecoin Platform, a new category-defining product that makes Chainlink the default infrastructure for issuing, distributing, and settling with any stablecoin across any chain. This leader will architect the strategy, roadmap, and execution across asset issuers, payment processors, merchants, and financial institutions. You will build a solution that unifies compliance, transparency, and interoperability through Chainlink products — POR, NAV, CCIP, CRE, ACE, CDY — and ecosystem partnerships. You will help ensure seamless integration paths for stablecoins to be issued and used on any chain and accepted by any wallet or PSP. In this role, you will act as a founder & owner within the company — navigating ambiguity, aligning stakeholders, and building toward global product-market fit.

Responsibilities

Launch the early version of Chainlink’s Stablecoin Distribution Platform across both TradFi and Web3 ecosystems.
Define the stablecoin ecosystem architecture and solution blueprint leveraging core Chainlink products to create a modular, extensible, and composable platform.
Build a plan for the initial product offering across compliance (onchain golden records), interoperability (multi-chain support), and distribution (chain-agnostic issuance + usage).
Establish Chainlink’s narrative as the default infrastructure for stablecoin issuance, distribution, compliance, and redemption.
Eventually expand the platform to support additional stablecoin standards, regions, and payment use cases (retail, institutional, merchant settlement, DeFi <> TradFi bridging).
Ship composable compliance modules for regulators and ecosystem partners — including identity, proof of reserves, and onchain reporting capabilities.
Drive ecosystem adoption and cement Chainlink as a global standard for stablecoin usage across all chains and payment flows.
Launch Chainlink-powered middleware solutions for PSPs, wallets, and merchants to simplify integration, ensure compliance, and reduce time to settlement.
Enable transaction orchestration with any stablecoin across any chain — abstracting bridge complexity and enabling universal stablecoin acceptance.

Required Experience

5-10 years of product management experience having built products from 0-1
Built or led stablecoin, payment, or financial infrastructure products with strong cross-functional exposure across compliance, issuer engagement, and distribution partners.
Deep understanding of the stablecoin landscape, including issuer requirements, regulatory frameworks, merchant settlement needs, and the middleware stack for PSPs and wallets.
Ability to design and lead a multi-product platform strategy in a fast-moving, ambiguous space.
Technical depth to collaborate with engineering teams across Chainlink core products (POR, NAV, CCIP, etc.)

Preferred Qualifications

Demonstrated success launching multi-sided ecosystems or developer platforms (e.g., stablecoin issuer <> PSP <> merchant <> regulator flows).
Experience scaling Web3 or fintech platforms with compliance-aware modules (e.g., AML, KYC, auditability)
Evangelist-level communication — able to align internal and external stakeholders behind a complex vision.
Product strategy and GTM experience in platforms with financial primitives or regulated flows.
Experience working on open financial protocols, programmable money systems, or cross-chain middleware.
Familiarity with CBDCs, e-money licenses, or regulated stablecoin frameworks across US, EU, and Asia.

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