Product Lead (Blockchain & Protocol)

About Us

Sahara AI is a decentralized blockchain platform that prioritizes sovereignty and provenance of AI, ensuring security, equity, and accessibility for all users. Backed by top investors in AI and Crypto, including Pantera Capital, Polychain Capital, Sequoia Capital, Samsung, Matrix Partners, and many more, Sahara AI continues to push the boundaries of decentralized AI. Today, Sahara AI is trusted by 35+ leading tech innovators and research institutions, such as Microsoft, Amazon, MIT, Motherson, and Snapchat. 

Sahara Labs, the driving force behind Sahara AI, is an AI and blockchain infrastructure company led by USC Professor and AI veteran Sean Ren and former Binance Labs investment director Tyler Zhou. Sahara Labs envisions a future where AI is equitable, transparent, ethical, and accessible to all through AI asset sovereignty and open technology. Learn more at saharalabs.ai.

Our Vision

To create a future where AI is equitable, transparent, ethical, and accessible to all through AI asset sovereignty and open technology.

Our Principles

🔐 | Trust & Security: we are utilizing blockchain technology to ensure secure, private data ownership

🧑‍💻 | Innovation: we are developing AI-driven solutions for innovative knowledge utilization and monetization

🌍 | Fairness & Diversity: we are committed to providing fair and universal access to global knowledge for every human

About the Role

As the Product Lead for our purpose-built blockchain, you will be instrumental in building our blockchain from zero to one. You will oversee the entire product lifecycle, from conceptualization and design through development, launch, and growth phases. This role demands a deep understanding of blockchain technology, exceptional leadership skills, and a visionary approach to product development. This position will be on-site based in San Francisco Bay or Los Angeles.

Responsibilities

• Vision and Strategy Development: Craft a clear vision and strategic plan for our purpose-built blockchain and execution layer protocols, ensuring alignment with broader AI/web3 market needs and company objectives.
• Product Planning and Management: Define product requirements and roadmaps, setting priorities to align with strategic goals. Oversee the product lifecycle from concept through development, launch, and beyond.
• Technical Oversight: Work closely with tech leads to make key modular architectural and protocol decisions, ensure the blockchain's integrity, and maintain a focus on high-performance, privacy, security, and provenance.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a bridge between technical teams, marketing & ecosystem teams, external partners, and the broader blockchain community to gather insights, build consensus, and drive adoption.
• Market Analysis, Product Research and Positioning: Conduct comprehensive market and product research to guide product positioning and identify competitive advantages.
• Risk Management: Identify potential risks, including technical challenges, market shifts, and regulatory concerns, developing strategies to mitigate risks.
• Performance Metrics: Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to evaluate the blockchain performance and make data-driven decisions for improvements.
• Community Building: Foster a vibrant community around our blockchain, engaging with developers, users, and other stakeholders to ensure a strong ecosystem.
• Regulatory Compliance and Governance: Ensure the blockchain platform adheres to relevant regulatory requirements and establishes a governance model that aligns with decentralized principles.

Minimum Qualifications

• 5-7+ years product management or related industry experience
• 0 to 1 experience in building a L1 or L2 blockchain and protocol
• Understanding and experience with AI is a plus
• Familiarity with distributed infrastructure and architectures, blockchain technologies, and decentralized services
• Experience working in a technical environment with a broad, cross functional team to drive product vision, define product requirements, coordinate resources from other groups (design, legal, etc.), and guide the team through key milestones

What We Offer

🤖 | Shape the future of AI and Blockchain with a global and diverse team of industry experts on a mission to drive the AI industry forward.

⚙️ | Work closely with pioneering AI companies and startups.

💰 | Highly competitive compensation package.

🏥 | Comprehensive health benefits package and vacation time.

💻 | Support for career and professional development.