Head of Product

About the role

Dune is a leading provider of onchain data and intelligence, catering to institutions and analysts to help them navigate the evolving financial landscape. The company prides itself on delivering reliable datasets from over 130 blockchains, serving a diverse clientele that includes major financial institutions and media outlets.

As the Head of Product, you will define the product strategy, ensuring that the needs of institutional customers are met through high-quality data products. You will work closely with engineering and data teams to deliver actionable insights and drive product development, while also shaping the operational practices of the product team.

Skills that matter here

• product strategy: This role requires defining and executing product strategy for market data tailored to institutional clients.
• data product development: Experience in delivering complex data products is crucial for understanding customer needs and integrating technical requirements.
• communication: Strong communication skills are essential for collaborating with cross-functional teams and conveying product priorities.
• market data knowledge: A good understanding of market data and how financial institutions utilize it is necessary for this role.

Who this role suits

• Candidates with a background in product management or startup environments will thrive.
• Individuals who are comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and adapting as new evidence emerges will succeed.
• Strong communicators who can effectively collaborate with diverse teams are ideal.
• Those with experience in delivering data products to institutional clients will find this role a good match.

From the employer

Responsibilities

• Define the product strategy for market data and institutional customers.
• Decide which customers, problems, and products deserve our attention.
• Own the product experience from data creation to delivery.
• Set clear requirements for coverage, accuracy, consistency, and timeliness.
• Understand how financial institutions consume data.
• Turn their research, investment, trading, and operational needs into clear product priorities.
• Work with engineering and data teams to deliver reliable datasets, data feeds, and integrations that fit customer systems.
• Make explicit decisions about scope, quality, and delivery dates.
• Resolve dependencies and keep important work moving.
• Partner with Product Marketing, Sales and other teams on customer evaluations, pricing, and adoption.
• Convert repeated customer needs into products we can serve at scale.
• Define how we measure success of our products.
• Use the results to decide what to improve or stop.
• Define and improve on our operational practices.
• Leverage AI to improve our customer research, operations and feedback loops.
• Lead and develop a product team that takes responsibility for customer results.
• Say no and prioritize.

Requirements

• You have delivered technically complex data products that customers (ideally institutional) depend on.
• You understand market data and how financial institutions evaluate, purchase, integrate, and use it.
• You have good knowledge of onchain markets, tokenized equities and RWAs.
• You can connect customer needs with technical requirements and a sound business case.
• You have strong product judgment.
• You can make decisions with incomplete information and change them when the evidence changes.
• You stay close to the work. You investigate problems, challenge assumptions, and help teams resolve difficult details.
• You are known to be an excellent communicator.
• You have startup experience, ideally a former founder or operator.

Conditions

• A competitive salary and equity package 🚀.
• Both salary and equity is top 25% of companies in the space.
• Our employee equity scheme has world-class employee-friendly terms with a heavily discounted strike price (~90%) and a 10-year exercise window.
• 5 weeks PTO + local public holidays (that can be swapped to suit you) 🏖.
• A fully remote-first approach 🧑‍💻 within a distributed team with flexible working hours; you structure your own day.
• Say goodbye to meeting overload! We believe in a healthy mix of async and sync work, so you can focus on what truly matters—no more wasted time on endless meetings!
• Good health is important, so we offer private medical insurance, dental & vision as standard 🩺.
• We believe in paid parental leave 👶 to help you celebrate this important milestone, transition to your new life, and bond with your new baby. We offer 16 weeks to primary and 6 weeks to secondary caregivers, fully paid. Plus a 2-week part-time phased return at full pay to help you get used to your new (and slightly more complex!) schedule.
• Quarterly offsites in various exciting locations as a company or team to connect, work together and have fun (so far in Tuscany 🇮🇹 Berlin 🇩🇪 Austria 🇦🇹 and Athens 🇬🇷).
• On top of this 👆each person gets a yearly travel allowance to connect and co-work with someone or a team of people for a few days.
• An allowance for your at-home setup, to ensure you are happy, comfortable and productive. If you prefer a local co-working space, we’ll pay for your desk.
• Work with some of the best people you’ll ever get to meet! And of course, you get some awesome Dune swag ! ✌️😎