Head of Legal & Public Affairs (DeFi)

Location: NYC (Hybrid)

Compensation: Competitive

About the Project We are a leading Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol that recently secured $70 million from world-class investors including Ribbit Capital, a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, and Pantera. We are building an open lending network designed to give anyone, anywhere, access to the best possible financial terms.

With over $10 billion in deposits, our network is experiencing explosive growth and is rapidly becoming a cornerstone of the new internet-native financial system. Our mission is to power human ambition by providing open access to capital, removing the borders and fragmentation of traditional finance.

The Role We are seeking a visionary leader to scale our adoption by building and leading a world-class Legal & Public Affairs organization. Your mission is to empower our existing teams, strengthen our credibility with top-tier institutional partners and regulators, and enable us to move faster through clear, risk-weighted decisions. This is a critical leadership role as we expand our US institutional readiness and high-value partnerships.

Key Responsibilities:

Foundation Director (AI-Backed Synthetic Stablecoin)

Location: Remote

Compensation: Competitive

We are the architects of a pioneering yield-bearing synthetic dollar backed by high-performance AI infrastructure assets. By leveraging income-generating hardware (GPUs and NeoCloud compute), we deliver stable, predictable yield to participants with the transparency of decentralized finance. Our protocol provides a differentiated solution for capital seeking sustainable, risk-adjusted returns and serves as a flexible, non-recourse financing engine for the high-growth AI infrastructure sector.

As the Foundation Director, you will be a high-agency leader responsible for supporting, promoting, and scaling this ecosystem. Your role is twofold: driving strategic business development across the Web3 and AI infrastructure landscapes, and overseeing the critical service providers that manage our protocol's reserve and market operations. You will work at the intersection of DeFi market structure and the physical AI compute layer to ensure the Foundation executes with reliability, credibility, and institutional rigor.

Business Development Lead - Payments Partnerships (Layer 1 Blockchain)

Location: New York City (Hybrid)

Compensation: $150K - $200K

Join the team behind the first parallelized Layer 1 blockchain, which has re-written the most widely adopted execution environment in Web3 to set a new standard in performance and scalability. Our platform allows applications to benefit from the speed of Web2 combined with the decentralization and sovereignty of Web3.

We are seeking an experienced Business Development Lead to drive strategic payments partnerships. This is a high-impact role requiring deep expertise in the global payments landscape. You will work directly with leadership, ecosystem teams, and strategic partners to position our blockchain as the premier chain for payments and settlement.

The Business Development Lead will be responsible for originating, negotiating, and executing strategic partnerships to expand the platform's presence in the global payments infrastructure.

VP of Business Development, Africa - Blockchain Wallet Infrastructure

Location: Nigeria or South Africa (Remote-first, Office Optional)

Compensation: $80K - $120K

Join a stellar team of leaders and experts in blockchain technology, cryptography, infrastructure, and security to build the backbone of wallet infrastructure for the next financial era. We are hiring a VP of Business Development to spearhead our regional expansion and establish our company as the trusted partner for financial institutions and fintechs across African markets.

Reporting to the Head of Americas, you will own the go-to-market strategy in Africa, driving revenue, building strategic partnerships, and guiding clients through the deployment of our cutting-edge wallet platform inside their existing systems. This role demands a powerful blend of strategic leadership and hands-on enterprise sales execution.

As the senior representative in Africa, you will blend high-level strategy with execution, focusing on accelerating market penetration and securing complex enterprise accounts.