Head of Product- Crypto Exchange

Our client is fast-growing, mid-sized digital asset exchange in the US, dedicated to building a user-centric, compliant, and innovative crypto trading platform. Currently they are seeking an experienced, business-driven **Head of Product** to own the core product strategy, roadmap, and end-to-end cross-functional execution. This leadership role is pivotal for scaling our business and shaping the next chapter of our growth. **About the role** You will define clear product vision while deeply understanding market dynamics, user pain points, and competitive landscapes. Your mission is to identify sustainable differentiation for a mid-tier exchange, driving platform expansion, elevating user experience, and delivering tangible business results. We’re looking for a strategic thinker who’s equally hands-on with critical product decisions—strong expertise in trading products, payment systems, fund flows, or financial product ecosystems is essential to building a platform users actively choose. **Job Responsibilities** - Define and execute the overall product strategy, planning, and prioritization, ensuring alignment with business objectives, market opportunities, and user needs. - Lead the development and iteration of core product modules: trading, payments, deposits/withdrawals, account experience, user growth, conversion, and retention. - Conduct in-depth market, user, and competitor analysis to uncover differentiation opportunities and drive actionable product strategies. - Partner closely with executive leadership to translate business goals into clear product roadmaps and milestones, amplifying product’s impact on revenue and growth. - Build and optimize end-to-end product management processes (requirements, prioritization, cross-functional collaboration, reviews, post-launch analysis) to boost execution quality and delivery speed. - Collaborate seamlessly with engineering, design, data, marketing, operations, compliance, and risk teams to deliver complex products from concept to launch, balancing UX, compliance, and business targets. - Define and track key product metrics, continuously optimizing user growth, conversion, retention, trading activity, volume, and revenue contribution. - Build, mentor, and lead a high-performing product team, strengthening capabilities in user insights, product judgment, execution, and outcome focus. - Explore new product directions, business opportunities, and emerging market needs in a fast-evolving industry to drive innovation and long-term competitiveness. **Requirements** - Bachelor’s degree or above; **10+ years of product management experience** , including proven leadership/head-of-product level experience. - Deep expertise in **trading or payment products** , with strong grasp of user scenarios, product logic, and business models; fintech, brokerage, exchange, payment platform, or digital asset experience highly preferred. - Solid understanding of financial products (funds, trading, payments, accounts, security, trust). - Strong business acumen and market judgment, with a track record of high-quality product decisions aligned with user needs, competition, and business goals. - Demonstrated success driving product growth (0→1 or scaling stages) with measurable impact on user growth, revenue, or key business metrics. - Traditional finance background or deep knowledge of securities, brokerage, capital markets, payment systems, or banking is a plus. - Exceptional cross-functional collaboration and communication skills; ability to influence stakeholders and lead complex initiatives. - Data-driven mindset, combining quantitative analysis, user insights, and business judgment for prioritization and outcome evaluation. - Thrives in fast-paced, high-complexity, high-performance environments. - Experience building global products, serving multi-region users, or working in international markets is a plus. - **Crypto, exchange, Web3, or fintech industry experience is a strong plus.**