Head of Capital Markets

Summary

Join Wormhole Foundation as their Head of Capital Markets to lead their capital formation, liquidity strategy, and fundraising efforts. This crucial role involves designing and executing the overall capitalization roadmap, overseeing protocol liquidity, and building strong investor relationships. You will also develop ecosystem incentive programs and ensure compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of experience in capital markets or related fields, a deep understanding of DeFi, and a proven track record of raising capital. This is a remote-first position with core working hours between 10:00 am and 6:00 pm ET.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in capital markets, venture capital, crypto finance, investment banking, or a related field
• Deep understanding of DeFi protocols, tokenomics, and on-chain liquidity mechanics
• Proven track record of raising capital (crypto-native or traditional) and negotiating with institutional investors
• Highly motivated, creative, and results-driven self-starter
• Excited to work in a results-driven, meritocratic work environment
• Enjoy working with a remote-first team, but are available for your core working hours to be between 10:00am to 6:00pm ET

Responsibilities

• Design and execute the overall capitalization roadmap, aligning it with product growth, treasury needs, and market cycles
• Oversee protocol liquidity provisioning strategies (e.g. staking, LP incentives, liquidity mining, ve-tokenomics) to ensure deep and efficient markets
• Build and maintain strong relationships with existing and prospective investors
• Own capital partner communications, updates, and reporting
• Partner with strategy and research to build incentive programs that align long-term ecosystem health with capital efficiency
• Partner with legal and compliance teams to ensure regulatory-aligned fundraising activities and capital operations
• Other special projects as assigned