DRW - Head of Canton Product Strategy

• 8+ years in product/strategy/BD/ops roles spanning digital assets and traditional capital‑markets exposure • 8+ years • digital assets • traditional capital‑markets exposure • 0→1 builder: Demonstrated ability to launch or materially scale new products/business lines; comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration. • 0→1 builder: • On‑chain fluency: Working knowledge of L1/L2 ecosystems, smart‑contract basics, tokenization/RWAs, wallets/custody, DEXs/AMMs, and on‑chain data/oracles; ability to reason about security/risk trade‑offs. • On‑chain fluency: • Regulatory literacy: Practical understanding of how KYC/AML/sanctions, custody, disclosures/reporting, and market‑conduct expectations shape product and operating models; effectiveness partnering with counsel and auditors. • Regulatory literacy: • Structured thinking & speed: Can rapidly consume information, model complex businesses, and write clearly (exec memos, specs, financial models). • Structured thinking & speed: • Cross‑functional leadership: Credibility with Product, Engineering, BD/Partnerships, Ops, and Legal/Compliance; operates with high ownership and low process. • Cross‑functional leadership: • Communication: Executive‑ready writing and narrative storytelling; strong external presence with customers and partners. • Communication: • Capital‑markets familiarity we value: • You don’t need to be a career trader or banker, but you should be able to “speak the language” and map TradFi concepts to on‑chain designs. We’re looking for familiarity with: • Market structure: Order‑book vs. quote‑driven markets, AMMs vs. matching engines, liquidity/market‑making, and best‑execution concepts. • Market structure: • AMMs vs. matching engines • Trade lifecycle: Order → execution → clearing → settlement (T+1/T+0), corporate actions, and post‑trade reconciliations. • Trade lifecycle: • Participants & infra: Exchanges/ATS, broker‑dealers, custodians, prime brokers, CCP/clearing, administrators, data vendors. • Participants & infra: • Instruments & financing: Basics across equities, fixed income, FX, and derivatives (options/futures/swaps), plus collateral/margin, securities lending/repo. • Instruments & financing: • equities, fixed income, FX • derivatives • Risk & reporting: Market/operational risks, market‑abuse concepts, and the role of regulatory reporting in major jurisdictions. • Risk & reporting: • (If your strengths skew deeper to crypto with lighter TradFi, that’s fine—show us you can learn fast and already grasp the concepts above.) • How we’ll measure success: • Learning velocity & capital efficiency: Time‑to‑decision at each stage gate and cost‑to‑learn per thesis. • Learning velocity & capital efficiency: • Evidence of traction: Pilots that hit predefined adoption/compliance milestones and translate into repeatable playbooks. • Evidence of traction: • Scale‑readiness: Complete package per venture—business plan, operating model, MVP/v1 scope, GTM, and compliance roadmap—ready for hand‑off. • Scale‑readiness: • The annual base salary range for this position is $250,000 to $300,000 depending on the candidate’s experience, qualifications, and relevant skill set. The position is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. In addition, DRW offers a comprehensive suite of employee benefits including group medical, pharmacy, dental and vision insurance, 401k (with discretionary employer match), short and long-term disability, life and AD&D insurance, health savings accounts, and flexible spending accounts. • For more information about DRW's processing activities and our use of job applicants' data, please view our Privacy Notice at https://drw.com/privacy-notice. • California residents, please review the California Privacy Notice for information about certain legal rights at https://drw.com/california-privacy-notice. • [#LI-SK1]