DeFi Lead

Summary

Join Kadena as their DeFi Lead and manage communication, build strategic relationships, and identify growth opportunities within the DeFi space. Leveraging your understanding of team strategy, industry trends, and competition, you will identify opportunities for the organization. You will learn Kadena's processes and company culture, integrating these values into the ecosystem. This role requires quickly capitalizing on emerging opportunities and adapting to responsibilities that maximize ecosystem growth. The ideal candidate possesses a strong entrepreneurial spirit and welcomes new challenges in a fast-paced environment. This position reports to the VP of Business Development, offering growth potential within the company.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, or related field
• 2 years of experience in crypto and/or DeFi
• Active participation in the crypto community and passionate about what is new in the DeFi market
• Successful track record of closing and expanding partnership deals in DeFi
• Strong networking skills and the ability to engage credibly in the crypto community as well as the ability to distill complex concepts to non-technical audiences and stakeholders
• Understanding of underlying technology and design quality standards

Responsibilities

• Identify and execute on opportunities for revenue generation and material partnerships across the DeFi space
• Build strategic relationships and partnerships in the DeFi ecosystem to increase cross-collaboration, learning opportunities, and overall ecosystem development
• Help define the DeFi product business cases and revenue strategy
• Possess a strong understanding of the DeFi market, including project and entity contacts, and related market strategies; research prospective accounts in the DeFi market, pursue leads, and supports follow-through to a successful agreement
• Provide strategic advice to DeFi projects/protocols on product development, GTM strategies, tokenomics, technical requirements, roadmapping, user engagement, etc

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA or MA
• Previous trading experience

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, vision, and dental insurance for full-time employees
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible savings accounts
• Company coin options
• 4% 401k match
• Unlimited PTO (and a culture of taking time off) + 13 holidays
• Company wide closure between Christmas and New Years
• Remote company with annual in-person offsite
• Home office setup stipend
• Health & wellness benefit through Wellhub