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Technical Product Manager - Identity Verification

1Kosmos Iselin, New Jersey, United States Full-time
$90,000
per year

Job Description

At 1Kosmos, we’re revolutionizing digital identity through blockchain-powered decentralized solutions. Our platform enables secure, passwordless authentication and frictionless identity verification by combining biometrics, fraud signals, document verification using modern technologies. Trusted by financial institutions, healthcare providers, retail institutions and government agencies, we empower organizations to meet strict compliance standards while eliminating fraud and credential reuse.

Role Overview

As Technical Product Manager, you’ll lead the end-to-end development of our identity verification platform. You’ll translate complex technical requirements into actionable roadmaps while balancing business goals, compliance (e.g., AML/KYC), and user needs.

Key Responsibilities
  • Product Strategy: Define and execute the roadmap for identity verification tools, prioritizing features like document validation, fraud detection signals, and API integrations.
  • Cross-functional Leadership: Collaborate with engineering, design, and compliance teams to ship high-impact solutions in 4-week sprint cycles.
  • Technical Execution: Write detailed user stories, manage Jira backlogs, and troubleshoot integration challenges with third-party services (e.g., government ID databases).
  • Market Insights: Conduct competitive analysis of identity verification providers. Monitor customer deployments to assess program success.
  • Stakeholder Alignment: Partner with sales and customer success to gather feedback and iterate on product-market fit.
  • Implement AI-augmented development tools such as GitHub Copilot to automate tasks like code generation, user feedback analysis, and feature prioritization.
  • 3+ years in technical product management/equivalent software development background.
  • Proven experience shipping B2B SaaS products, ideally in fintech, healthcare or cybersecurity.
  • Ability to communicate technical concepts (APIs, encryption) to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Startup mindset: Adaptable, hands-on, and eager to master business metrics like CAC and churn rate.

Candidates must have valid U.S. work authorization at the time of application

Why Join Us?
  • Cutting-Edge Tech Stack: Build with decentralized identity protocols, FIDO2-certified cryptography, and NIST-compliant biometric systems.
  • Accelerated Growth: Receive annual stipends for certifications and attend key conferences like Identiverse or EIC.
  • Ownership & Impact: We move fast and will enable you to make a big impact with large customers in US & Canada.
  • Flexibility First: Unlimited PTO, and 2 days WFH

Company Information

Location: Somerset, New Jersey, United States

Type: Hybrid