Kadena is hiring a
Head of Ecosystem

Summary

Join Kadena as Head of Ecosystem to drive meaningful revenue and retention through strategic partnerships, leveraging your experience in driving partnerships and developing strategic engagement.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in driving partnerships
• Experience in a similar role at a blockchain company preferred
• Proven experience in developing strategic engagement and communications, building networks and collaborations to maximize impact
• Experience navigating international markets and engaging diverse communities in two-way conversations/value exchanges
• Passion for relentless improvement and delivering high quality business documents that can be used internally and externally
• Must be willing to travel for business often and on short notice
• B.S. or M.S. in Business/Finance preferred

Responsibilities

• Identify, lead, and organize events and strategic ecosystem and partnerships (e.g. systems integrations, DeFi partners, interoperability partners, development community and industry groups, complimentary projects, content generation, and focus to drive increased users) for Kadena
• Expected to represent and have a forward-facing role for Kadena
• Work with both teams to create proposals, develop KPIs, and negotiate terms
• Develop, monitor, and adjust the strategy for ideal partner profiles and practices to continuously improve results
• Manage external relationships and ensure resources and timelines for delivery are being met internally
• Develop tracking and incentive mechanisms across the organization to result in successful partnerships and ecosystem development
• Work with communications and marketing to ensure this is a big impact footprint
• Ensure community and clients are aware of partnerships and develop resources for easy onboarding
• Lead and maintain relationships with existing and new institutional partnerships
• Liaise with cryptocurrency exchanges and related service providers
• Mentor key business development team members
• Introduce projects to grant and accelerator/incubator programs
• Represent Kadena at select industry events and conferences

Benefits

• Fully paid medical, vision, and dental insurance for full-time employees
• 16 weeks of paid parental leave
• Flexible savings accounts
• Company coin options
• 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