This role is a 14-month fixed-term position to cover maternity leave.
As Product Owner for Decentralised Digital Identity & Digital Trust, you will own the complete technical product lifecycle for our DID, verifiable‑credential, X.509/PKI, and identity‑middleware APIs. Partnering with the Commercial Identity owner and Technology Leadership, you will translate market opportunities into a coherent product vision, roadmap, and agile backlog that deliver enterprise‑grade capabilities at scale.
Key Responsibilities
1. Product Leadership & Backlog Management
* Define and communicate the product vision, strategy, and multi‑horizon roadmap, ensuring alignment with commercial objectives, OKRs, and technical strategy together with the commercial owner.
* Own a detailed, prioritised product backlog that maximises business value, balancing new feature delivery, technical debt, compliance, and quality.
* Act as the domain expert for decentralised identity and digital‑trust capabilities.
2. Decentralised Identity & Trust Infrastructure Ownership
* DID & VC Architecture Select and maintain suitable DID architecture and verifiable‑credential flows complying with W3C, eIDAS2.0/UKDVS, and ISO/IEC18013‑5.
* X.509 & PKI Integrations Design and govern certificate issuance, revocation, and trust‑registry integrations for machine, server, and IoT identities.
* Trust Registry & Governance Interface with global trust frameworks, policy engines, and registry services, ensuring auditability and policy compliance.
* Security & Key Management Oversee cryptographic key lifecycles (HSM, threshold custody), DID rotation/recovery, and ledger interactions to meet SOC2 & ISO/IEC27001.
* Privacy‑Preserving Techniques Integrate selective disclosure, zero‑knowledge proofs, and attribute‑based access control to minimise PII exposure.
3. API & Developer Experience
* Specify, document, and evolve REST/JSON‑LD, gRPC, and OIDC bridges for credential issuance, verification, and secure data exchange.
* Drive outstanding developer experience: publish clear reference docs, SDKs, and sandbox environments that accelerate partner integration and reduce time‑to‑first‑credential.
* Instrument APIs with usage analytics, versioning strategy, and SLA monitoring.
4. Stakeholder & Governance Collaboration
* Act as the bridge between commercial and technical teams, translating enterprise client needs into technical specifications and delivery plans.
* Collaborate with compliance/legal to ensure products meet GDPR, KYC/AML, and emerging eIDAS2.0 requirements.
5. Execution & Delivery
* Lead one or more agile teams, ensuring stories are well‑defined, development is unblocked, and releases meet customer and compliance needs.
* Champion product quality, security, and reliability; own release readiness and post‑release KPI monitoring.
6. Data‑Driven Decision Making
* Define and track KPIs such as credential issuance success rate, DID‑resolution latency, developer activation, fraud‑prevention uplift, and compliance audit pass rate.
* Leverage user analytics, customer feedback, and market research for continuous product optimisation.
7. Innovation & Scale
* Evaluate and integrate emerging trends—passkeys/FIDO2, reusable KYC, mobile driver’s licence (mDL), homomorphic encryption, and confidential computing.
* Design for horizontal scalability and multi‑region deployment to support high‑volume enterprise workloads.
Required Qualifications
* 5+years in technical product ownership or product management for API or infrastructure‑as‑a‑service products.
* Demonstrable experience shipping production solutions using W3C DIDs, Verifiable Credentials, and X.509/PKI.
* Good knowledge of identity verification, authentication (OAuth2, OIDC, SAML, SSO), and compliance frameworks (KYC/AML, GDPR, eIDAS, ISO/IEC29115).
* Proven backlog‑management and agile‑delivery skills in high‑growth or scale‑up environments.
* Excellent communicator with a track record of influencing senior, cross‑functional stakeholders.
Preferred Qualifications
* Experience integrating DID methods on public or permissioned ledgers (e.g., Bitcoin ION, Hyperledger Indy, EBSI).
* Background in PKI, CA architectures, and secure API design for regulated industries (iGaming, fintech, healthcare, gov‑tech).
* Familiarity with trust‑registry concepts, OpenID4VC(I), DIDCommv2, OAuth2/OIDC bridges, and advanced cryptography (ZKPs, homomorphic encryption).
* Active participation in standards bodies or open‑source projects (W3C, DIF, FIDO Alliance, ToIP, OpenWalletFoundation).
What We Offer
* The opportunity to lead and shape a core solution area at a pivotal moment in our growth.
* A collaborative, learning‑oriented culture that values ownership and impact.
* Flexible working arrangements and strong support for professional development.
* Competitive compensation and equity package.
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