Product Manager

Bastion

3d • $160,000 - $220,000 • Remote

About The Position

Bastion provides the regulated infrastructure businesses need to hold, move, and issue stablecoins. Our platform combines custodial wallets, global payment orchestration, and stablecoin issuance. Customers can use each product independently or connect them into a single end-to-end flow.
We operate through our own regulated entities, with compliance and risk controls built directly into the platform. We can also support customers operating under their own licenses with the compliance and financial operations required to run their programs.
We are looking for a Product Manager to own our Shared Services vertical, the set of foundational capabilities that every other product area at Bastion depends on. You'll turn ambiguous, compliance-heavy problems into clear, sequenced, shippable work. You'll own the roadmap, requirements, compliance checkpoints, quality bar, and stakeholder communication for a vertical that gates customer commitments across the platform.
Shared Services sits where product, engineering, and compliance meet. Much of the work centers on the controls and obligations that make stablecoin infrastructure trustworthy: identity and due-diligence flows, third-party risk controls, regulatory reporting, and the policies that govern how money moves.
This is a high-leverage IC role with real ownership from week one. It may be up-leveled to Senior PM depending on the candidate and interview performance.
We are open to candidates anywhere in the United States, with an advantage for those in (or willing to relocate or travel often to) New York City.
No prior experience working with stablecoins is required. We have a preference for prior experience with fintech, compliance, or risk.
Work to Be Done
Instead of a list of requirements, we want to give you a directional look into the first 30, 90, and 180 days on the job.
We are a startup, so the pace is fast and the specific work will change. People who thrive here are finding ways to contribute in their first week, and fully productive in their third month.
If you think this is something you can handle, we will be excited to speak with you.
First 30 days: Learn the vertical AND take work off the table
Map the Shared Services surface area: the foundational capabilities other verticals depend on, their current state, and where delivery risk is concentrated
Meet your partners in Engineering, Compliance, and GTM; learn the escalation paths and how Shared Services work gates commitments elsewhere
Take ownership of requirements for at least one active compliance-critical workstream and turn it into clear, sequenced, engineer-ready specs
Stand up a lightweight triage cadence so incoming requirements and issues stop piling up
Ship or unblock visible progress on at least one customer-gating milestone
Outcomes
A clear picture of the Shared Services roadmap and how its items gate customer commitments
Partners know what you own and how to route work to you
At least one workstream materially advanced through sharper requirements and sequencing
By 90 days: Own the roadmap and run the cadence
Own the Shared Services roadmap end to end: themes, sequencing, milestones, and compliance checkpoints aligned to company priorities
Run a predictable operating rhythm (planning, triage, risk tracking, and stakeholder updates) that Engineering and Compliance can rely on
Drive requirements and delivery across several concurrent regulated workstreams, holding the quality bar on each
Partner with Compliance to define and track checkpoints that keep flows defensible without stalling delivery
Keep stakeholders across verticals current on status, risks, and tradeoffs for the items that gate their commitments
Outcomes
Shared Services has a clear, sequenced roadmap with defined compliance checkpoints
Delivery runs on a predictable cadence with proactive risk management
Measurable progress on the workstreams that gate customer commitments
By 180 days: Scale the vertical's reliability
Sustain delivery across several regulated workstreams with the quality bar consistently met
Build the instrumentation and feedback loops that make prioritization and compliance tracking repeatable rather than ad hoc
Institutionalize the requirements, triage, and checkpoint practices so the vertical runs consistently as load grows
Anticipate upcoming regulatory and customer obligations and get ahead of them in the roadmap
Find ways to reduce recurring load on Engineering through better sequencing and reusable capability
Outcomes
Shared Services operates with repeatable processes and clear decision-making
Compliance checkpoints and quality bars are documented and consistently applied
Clear, measurable reduction in delivery ambiguity for the teams that depend on the vertical
Some challenges you might tackle
Turning open-ended compliance obligations (identity and due-diligence flows, third-party risk controls, regulatory reporting, travel-rule requirements) into clear, shippable product work
Sequencing a heavily loaded vertical so the highest-gating items land first
Reasoning clearly about stablecoin infrastructure (issuance, custody, settlement, and on-chain movement) to make sound product tradeoffs
Keeping a reliable triage and requirements cadence under a heavy, shifting workload
Creating clarity from ambiguity when obligations are incomplete or customer needs conflict
Bastion provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, and placement. Bastion participates in E-Verify to authorize eligibility of employment in the United States.

Requirements

• Ability to turn ambiguous, compliance-heavy problems into clear, sequenced, shippable work.
• Ability to own the roadmap, requirements, compliance checkpoints, quality bar, and stakeholder communication.
• Ability to map the Shared Services surface area, including foundational capabilities, their current state, and delivery risk concentration.
• Ability to meet with partners in Engineering, Compliance, and GTM to understand escalation paths and how Shared Services work gates commitments.
• Ability to take ownership of requirements for at least one active compliance-critical workstream and translate them into engineer-ready specs.
• Ability to establish a lightweight triage cadence for incoming requirements and issues.
• Ability to ship or unblock visible progress on at least one customer-gating milestone within the first 30 days.
• Ability to own the Shared Services roadmap end-to-end, including themes, sequencing, milestones, and compliance checkpoints aligned with company priorities.
• Ability to run a predictable operating rhythm (planning, triage, risk tracking, stakeholder updates) for Engineering and Compliance.
• Ability to drive requirements and delivery across several concurrent regulated workstreams, maintaining a high quality bar.
• Ability to partner with Compliance to define and track checkpoints that ensure defensible flows without stalling delivery.
• Ability to keep stakeholders across verticals informed about status, risks, and tradeoffs for items that gate their commitments.
• Ability to sustain delivery across several regulated workstreams with a consistently met quality bar.
• Ability to build instrumentation and feedback loops for repeatable prioritization and compliance tracking.
• Ability to institutionalize requirements, triage, and checkpoint practices for consistent vertical operation as load grows.
• Ability to anticipate upcoming regulatory and customer obligations and incorporate them into the roadmap.
• Ability to identify opportunities to reduce recurring load on Engineering through better sequencing and reusable capabilities.
• Ability to turn open-ended compliance obligations into clear, shippable product work.
• Ability to sequence a heavily loaded vertical to prioritize the highest-gating items.
• Ability to reason about stablecoin infrastructure (issuance, custody, settlement, on-chain movement) to make sound product tradeoffs.
• Ability to maintain a reliable triage and requirements cadence under a heavy, shifting workload.
• Ability to create clarity from ambiguity when obligations are incomplete or customer needs conflict.
• Candidates located anywhere in the United States are welcome.
• Advantage for those in (or willing to relocate or travel often to) New York City.

Nice To Haves

• Prior experience with stablecoins.
• Prior experience with fintech.
• Prior experience with compliance.
• Prior experience with risk management.

Responsibilities

• Own the roadmap, requirements, compliance checkpoints, quality bar, and stakeholder communication for the Shared Services vertical.
• Turn ambiguous, compliance-heavy problems into clear, sequenced, shippable work.
• Map the Shared Services surface area, including foundational capabilities, their current state, and delivery risk concentration.
• Meet with partners in Engineering, Compliance, and GTM to understand escalation paths and how Shared Services work gates commitments.
• Take ownership of requirements for at least one active compliance-critical workstream and translate them into engineer-ready specs.
• Establish a lightweight triage cadence for incoming requirements and issues.
• Ship or unblock visible progress on at least one customer-gating milestone within the first 30 days.
• Own the Shared Services roadmap end-to-end, including themes, sequencing, milestones, and compliance checkpoints aligned with company priorities.
• Run a predictable operating rhythm (planning, triage, risk tracking, stakeholder updates) for Engineering and Compliance.
• Drive requirements and delivery across several concurrent regulated workstreams, maintaining a high quality bar.
• Partner with Compliance to define and track checkpoints that ensure defensible flows without stalling delivery.
• Keep stakeholders across verticals informed about status, risks, and tradeoffs for items that gate their commitments.
• Sustain delivery across several regulated workstreams with a consistently met quality bar.
• Build instrumentation and feedback loops for repeatable prioritization and compliance tracking.
• Institutionalize requirements, triage, and checkpoint practices for consistent vertical operation as load grows.
• Anticipate upcoming regulatory and customer obligations and incorporate them into the roadmap.
• Identify opportunities to reduce recurring load on Engineering through better sequencing and reusable capabilities.
• Turn open-ended compliance obligations into clear, shippable product work.
• Sequence a heavily loaded vertical to prioritize the highest-gating items.
• Reason about stablecoin infrastructure (issuance, custody, settlement, on-chain movement) to make sound product tradeoffs.
• Maintain a reliable triage and requirements cadence under a heavy, shifting workload.
• Create clarity from ambiguity when obligations are incomplete or customer needs conflict.

Benefits

• Equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment.
• Prohibition of discrimination and harassment of any type.
• Policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, and placement.
• Participation in E-Verify to authorize eligibility of employment in the United States.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed