open to work · Montréal · remote across Canada

Juan
Valcárcel

Product manager shipping regulated crypto and fintech products, from first problem statement to app store.

Master in Finance. Certified Scrum Product Owner. I decide with data and build with the people who’ll use it.

What I bring

Zero-to-one product work

MVP scoping, story mapping, sprint planning and launch. I’ve taken mobile products from idea to release more than once.

Regulated-market judgment

Jurisdiction research, partner selection and scope trade-offs for a Canadian money service business.

Finance fluency

Years of budgets and KPI dashboards, so I can talk unit economics with a CFO and APIs with engineers.

Apps I’ve shipped

2Mmonthly users on SecureNet, Vodafone Spain
2kmonthly active users on the Musicoin app
10people on the Musicoin product team I led
iOS + Androidfirst MVP launched at ChainMyne

iOS · Android · 2023–2026

ChainMyne mobile app

Digital Product Manager

A crypto OTC trading app for a Canadian money service business. I wrote the PRD, set priorities, integrated vendor APIs and used compliance limits to shape the MVP scope.

First iOS and Android MVP launched.

Mobile · Wallets · 2017–2018

Musicoin app and wallets

Product Manager

The mobile app for the first music-dedicated cryptocurrency. I led a team of ten through sprints and demos and ran the cold wallet implementations.

MVP to three major updates, 2,000 monthly active users.

Mobile · Security · 2014–2015

SecureNet

Junior Product Manager, Vodafone Spain

Owned the roadmap and lifecycle of a consumer security app, aligning Compliance, Support and Engineering as product owner.

2 million monthly users.

Mobile · VoIP · 2014–2015

M&Call+

Junior Product Manager, Vodafone Spain

Owned the roadmap of Vodafone Spain’s VoIP calling app, running Scrum ceremonies, backlog grooming and prioritization.

Consumer app at national telecom scale.

The chain so far

BLOCK 05 · 2023–2026

ChainMyne

Project Manager, then Digital Product Manager · Montréal

Took a crypto OTC startup operating as a Canadian money service business from business case to its first iOS and Android MVP. Wrote the PRD, built the roadmap with partners, integrated vendor APIs in Python and researched compliance limits. Ran our presence at Bitcoin Miami and Consensus 2023.

BLOCK 04 · 2021–2022

Gofioin

Founder · Canary Islands, Spain

Founded and ran a crypto consultancy. Handled strategy, sales and delivery myself, and learned what non-technical users need from a crypto product.

BLOCK 03 · 2017–2018

Musicoin Foundation

Product Manager · Remote

Led product for the first music-dedicated cryptocurrency. Took the mobile app from MVP to three major releases with a team of ten. Ran sprints, demos and cold wallet projects, and conceived the Volareo smart speaker roadmap.

BLOCK 02 · 2015–2018

Gameloft

Project Cost Manager, promoted to World Unit · Madrid and Barcelona

Managed budgets, forecasts and KPI dashboards across game projects and studios, flagging overruns early and advising on profitability.

BLOCK 01 · 2014–2015 · GENESIS

Vodafone

Junior Product Manager · Madrid

Owned the roadmap and lifecycle of Vodafone Spain’s VoIP and security apps, running Scrum ceremonies as product owner.

Before that: brand and consumer promotion work at Cofarca and JTI, and customer experience at Santander Consumer Bank.

PM skills

Discovery and strategy

problem statementsbusiness casesroadmappingcustomer interviewspricing analysisgo-to-market

Delivery

PRDsMVP definitionstory mappingsprint planningprioritizationScrumKanbanCSPO

Data and finance

KPI dashboardsPower BIproduct analyticsbudgets and forecastsunit economics

Crypto and regulated products

MSB compliance researchjurisdiction selectioncold walletsDeFivendor integrations

Leadership

stakeholder managementleading a team of tencommunity support

Technical fluency

APIs and testnetsPythoniOS and Android launchesonline since 2003

Background

education
Master in Finance, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid
BA (Hons) Business Administration with Finance, Manchester Metropolitan University
certifications
Certified Scrum Product Owner · Product School PM Certification · Product Analytics Micro-Certification · DeFi: The Future of Finance
languages
English and Spanish (native), French (elementary, improving)

Let’s build something

Hiring for crypto or fintech product? The best way to reach me is by email or on LinkedIn.