Project Manager

Description

Casper Labs is ushering in the next era of blockchain technology. In just over three years, we’ve already built an entirely new blockchain and attracted some of the world’s largest organizations to start building with us. On March 31, 2022 we celebrated the one year anniversary of the Casper blockchain mainnet launch, marking several milestones. Now, it’s time to scale — and we’re looking to add world-class engineers, marketers, and operators to our team.

Overview

Blockchain technology is estimated by Gartner to be a $1.5 trillion (not billion) market by 2025 and $3 trillion by 2030. Business applications of blockchain solutions across multiple industries will make up the bulk of new adoption, giving Casper blockchain and CasperLabs a first mover advantage. Why Casper? The co-founders and team of engineers built the most technologically advanced blockchain for business and underpinning this enterprise-grade technology is CasperLabs, a professional services and support team made up of experienced technology leaders. It is their mission to help steward business adoption of blockchain solutions built on Casper while maintaining and evolving the technology. We are looking for a talented Project Manager to join the CasperLabs team. In this position, you will assist in the growth of the adoption of Casper's leading blockchain technology across Enterprise Partnerships, DeFi, Capital Markets, and Exchanges by project managing the development of unique solutions. You will work directly with global enterprises, partners, and exchanges on projects looking to adopt, partner with, or build on the Casper Network; integrating it with different technologies and other enterprise applications.

Responsibilities:

• Coordinate internal resources and third parties, contractors, and vendors for the flawless execution of projects
• Ensure that all projects are delivered on-time, within scope and budget
• Developing project scopes and objectives, involving all relevant stakeholders and ensuring technical feasibility
• Ensure resource availability and allocation
• Develop a detailed project plan to track progress
• Use appropriate verification techniques to manage changes in project scope, schedule, and costs
• Measure project performance using appropriate systems, tools, and techniques
• Report and escalate to management as needed
• Manage the relationship with the client and all stakeholders
• Perform risk management to minimize project risks
• Establish and maintain relationships with third parties/vendors
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation
• Work with Product teams to understand features roadmap and also share knowledge, feedback from these engagements to the product and marketing teams. Create feature requests for new functionalities based on this feedback.

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferably in the fields of computer science or engineering for technical project managers
• 5 years in software development with experience in modern application development methodologies. Experience with JavaScript, RUST, and blockchain technology.
• Solid technical background, with understanding or hands-on experience in software development and web technologies
• Excellent client-facing and internal communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Solid organizational skills including attention to detail and multi-tasking skills
• Technical acumen, ability to share customer feedback to product and marketing.
• Experience of managing high visibility cross-functional projects and working with diverse teams like engineering and marketing.
• Experience in the blockchain domain is a plus.
• PMP / PRINCE II certification is a plus

Benefits

Benefits:

• Fully remote, work from home environment.
• Periodic in-person offsites globally (travel permitting).
• Employee Stock Option & Token Incentive programs.