Product Manager — Agentic Payments & Wallets

## What we’re buildingNethermind is exploring the **next generation of crypto payments and wallet infrastructure** — where AI agents, humans, and APIs transact value seamlessly:• **x402 / Agentic Payments**: Building “Stripe for x402” — the payments, billing, and analytics infrastructure for machine-to-machine and agent-to-agent commerce. Think: subscriptions, credits, refunds, and developer tooling on top of the x402 protocol.

- **Agentic Wallet**: A mobile-native, intent-based wallet combining traditional AA (ERC-4337) capabilities with agent-driven automation, adaptive security, and privacy-preserving payments. Users say *what* they want (“stake **$50** in ETH”), and the wallet figures out *how*.

These are **early-stage ventures** — some with prototypes, some still in research. The products will evolve based on what we learn from the market.## What we needA **Product Manager** who thrives in ambiguity and can take products from **0 → 1**. This is not about optimizing existing funnels or shipping incremental features. It’s about:• Discovering whether a product should exist at all

- Finding the first customers who desperately need it* Shaping the product based on real conversations, not assumptions* Moving fast with small teams to test hypotheses
- You’ll work closely with:• Potential customers: infra providers, agent developers, protocol teams, DeFi power users
- Small, scrappy engineering teams building prototypes
- BD/partnerships to source design partners and early pilots* Leadership to validate venture direction and resource allocation

## Role & Responsibilities### 1. Customer discovery & market research• **Talk to 50+ potential customers** in the first 3 months: compute providers, API sellers, wallet users, agent builders, DeFi protocols

- Identify who has the burning pain: “Who will pay for this today, not in 2 years?”
- Map the competitive landscape and understand why existing solutions fail
- Synthesize insights into clear hypotheses about what to build and for whom

### 2. Shape the product from zero• Translate messy customer feedback into a focused product vision

- Define the **wedge**: the smallest, most compelling version that unlocks the first paying customers
- Write lightweight specs and work directly with engineers to iterate fast
- Kill ideas that don’t validate — pivot without emotional attachment

### 3. Secure design partners & early pilots• Source and close **2–5 design partners** willing to co-develop and provide real feedback

- Negotiate early pilot terms (paid or strategic value exchange)
- Build relationships that turn into case studies and word-of-mouth

### 4. Plan go-to-market (GTM)• Define the initial target segment and positioning (“Who is this for? Why us? Why now?”)

- Create lightweight sales collateral and demo materials
- Work with BD to identify outreach channels and partnership opportunities
- Plan pricing hypotheses and validate willingness to pay

### 5. Own the narrative & stakeholder alignment• Communicate progress, learnings, and pivots clearly to leadership

- Build conviction internally for continued investment (or recommend sunsetting)
- Represent the product externally at conferences, calls, and in content

## Success looks like (first 6–12 months)This is **not** about MRR or DAUs yet. It’s about validation:• **Design partners secured**: 2–5 committed partners actively testing with you

- **Validated problem-solution fit**: Clear evidence that the wedge solves a real pain
- **Letters of intent or paid pilots**: Early revenue signals, even if small
- **Hypothesis log**: Documented learnings — what worked, what didn’t, what pivoted
- **GTM playbook draft**: Initial positioning, ICP, and channel strategy ready to scale
- **Team alignment**: Engineering, BD, and leadership aligned on next phase

## Requirements• **3+ years** in Product Management, with at least **1 year in a 0→1 or early-stage environment** (startup, new product line, or venture studio)

- Demonstrated ability to **find product-market fit** through customer discovery, not just feature shipping
- Strong **customer development skills**: you’ve done hundreds of customer interviews and can synthesize patterns
- Comfortable with **high ambiguity**: no roadmap handed to you, limited data, fast pivots
- Excellent written and verbal communication — you can pitch, write specs, and run customer calls
- Familiarity with **crypto/Web3**: wallets, DeFi basics, on-chain payments, developer tooling
- **Bias to action**: you ship scrappy MVPs and learn, rather than waiting for perfect specs

## Nice to have• Experience with **payments infrastructure** (Stripe, payment rails, billing systems)

- Familiarity with **AI/agent products** and how agents interact with APIs and wallets
- Understanding of **account abstraction (ERC-4337)**, intent-based architectures, or x402 protocol
- Background in **B2B developer tools** or **platform/marketplace products**
- Existing network in the crypto/Web3 ecosystem (infra providers, protocols, VCs)

## Why this role is different• You’re not inheriting an established product with existing users — you’re building from scratch

- You’ll have real ownership and influence on product direction
- You’ll work on the frontier of **AI + crypto + payments* — an emerging category with massive TAM
- Nethermind brings credibility, security expertise, and ecosystem relationships — but you bring the product instincts

## Working modelRemote-first, globally distributed team.