Head of Data Products

Our client is a company in the Web3 sector and is looking for a Head of Data Products. Do you love researching Web3, understand traditional services, and have a passion for structured data? This is a unique opportunity to join a funded startup with revenue and play a key role in shaping how the Web3 ecosystem is mapped and understood. The role offers real ownership in defining how the industry manages mandatory disclosures and builds the discovery layer over this data.

As part of this role, you will collaborate closely with both the development and data teams. The team works in a Mac-based environment and uses Linear for project management.

Responsibilities:

Research & Data Quality Leadership

• Evolve the TGS (The Grid Schema) taxonomy, ensuring it captures new Web3 primitives as they emerge
• Support research efforts to accurately categorize projects, products, assets, and entities
• Develop and maintain data quality standards and validation rules
• Create comprehensive documentation for researchers on categorization edge cases
• Review and validate critical data entries, especially for high-profile projects

Project Engagement & Verification

• Directly engage with blockchain projects through interviews, calls, and written communication
• Review and verify information provided by projects against on-chain data
• Build relationships with project teams to ensure data accuracy and completeness
• Conduct due diligence calls with founders and teams to understand project nuances
• Cross-reference project claims with smart contract deployments, on-chain activity, and blockchain explorers

On-chain Data Analysis

• Verify smart contract addresses, deployment dates, and token standards
• Understand the difference between what projects claim and what exists on-chain
• Use blockchain explorers and on-chain analytics tools to validate information
• Identify discrepancies between marketing materials and actual on-chain implementation
• Ensure accuracy of technical details like contract standards, chain deployments, and asset relationships

Schema & Taxonomy Management

• Maintain consistency across profileTypes, productTypes, assetTypes, and other categorizations
• Identify gaps in current schema and propose new fields/relationships
• Work with engineering to implement schema changes and validation rules
• Ensure our taxonomy remains the industry standard for Web3 ecosystem mapping

Product leadership and planning

• Play a key part in product planning, creating tickets and acting as the first line of support for any issues
• You will be using the same products that you are leading, goal is to build something you would use every day
• Be able to translate a high level vision and bring clarity to the various team members over what should be built, by when, and to what requirements.

Cross-functional Collaboration

• Bridge the gap between pure research and data engineering teams
• Translate complex Web3 concepts into structured data requirements
• Work with customers to understand their data needs and improve our schema accordingly
• Collaborate with the data team on pipeline improvements that enhance data quality

Industry Expertise

• Stay current with Web3 developments, new protocols, and emerging patterns
• Understand the nuances between different blockchain architectures (L1s, L2s, L3s)
• Deep knowledge of token standards, DeFi primitives, and governance structures
• Track how traditional corporations are entering Web3 and how to categorize them

• 3-5+ years experience in traditional business environments (finance, consulting, enterprise software, or similar)
• 2-3+ years of Web3/blockchain research and analysis
• Experience with on-chain data verification using blockchain explorers and analytics tools
• Strong understanding of smart contracts, token standards, and blockchain architecture
• Experience conducting due diligence, interviews, or vendor assessments
• Excellent verbal and written communication for both technical documentation and stakeholder engagement
• Demonstrated ability to identify discrepancies between claimed and actual information
• Experience with data categorization, taxonomy development, or information architecture
• Understanding of JSON schemas and basic data structures
• Desire to get deep into existing data standards in Web3 and financial services (such as GLIEF, ISO 24165, EBSI VC framework and many many more ...)

Nice to Have:

• Basic Python knowledge for data validation scripts
• Experience with MySQL and database normalisation rules
• Understanding of ETL concepts and data pipelines
• Experience with data quality frameworks
• Background in library science, information systems, or similar fields
• Knowledge of financial markets and traditional business structures
• Exposure to traditional KYB or KYC processes, regulatory licensing, and crypto regulation.
• Experience with GitHub/Linear and collaborative development workflows
• Management and leadership experience