Head of DeFi

🕒 February 28

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Monad Foundation

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11 - 50 employees

💳 Fintech

₿ Crypto

Blockchain • Fintech • Crypto

Monad Foundation is a cutting-edge blockchain company focused on developing the Monad protocol, which offers full Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) compatibility with enhanced performance and scalability. It aims to redefine Layer 1 blockchains by enabling high transaction speeds, low fees, and significantly reduced hardware requirements, making it easier for developers to deploy decentralized applications. With initiatives like Monad Madness and Mach Accelerator, the foundation supports innovators in building the future of blockchain technology.

📋 Description

• Own DeFi growth strategy for the Monad network - Prioritize bets across lending, DEXs, stablecoins, RWAs, and yield infrastructure, measured by TVL, volume, stablecoin market cap, RWA market cap, and fees generated. • Execute end-to-end asset and protocol onboarding - coordinating across oracles, liquidators, DEX pool setup, curators, and bridging providers. • Advise DeFi builders deploying on the Monad network - with high-conviction, actionable feedback on protocol mechanics, product gaps, and market positioning. • Activate your network - of whales, liquid funds, curators, and blue-chip DeFi founders to kickstart early liquidity and protocol traction. • Bridge DeFi and TradFi/Fintech - Represent the Foundation with senior institutional executives, translating yield generation opportunities (e.g., Morpho vaults on the Monad network) into strategic terms they act on. • Drive incentive strategy - Form and defend opinions on which initiatives attract durable TVL per unit of spend versus which produce mercenary capital. • Manage a team of 2–3 DeFi specialists - setting priorities, maintaining execution tempo, and building a culture of rigor and action bias.

🎯 Requirements

• DeFi-fluent operator with a track record of driving measurable growth in TVL, liquidity, or protocol adoption. You understand value flows across lending (Aave, Morpho, Euler), CDPs, DEXs, and yield-bearing stablecoins — and can explain what each category needs to get right to win. • Opinionated on asset quality and risk. You can research a new interest-bearing asset and quickly assess bridging mechanics, liquidity depth, redemption windows, reserve transparency, and issuer controls. • Deep, pre-existing network among whales, liquid crypto-native funds, DeFi curators, and blue-chip protocol founders. You bring the rolodex on day one. • Executive presence. Credible with TradFi/Fintech C-suite; able to make DeFi concepts legible to institutional decision-makers without dumbing them down. • Strategic and organized. You see the full DeFi chessboard, prioritize ruthlessly, and know when to move fast versus when to build consensus. • Proven leader with prior experience managing a small, high-output team with clear direction and high trust. • Efficient communicator, written and verbal. You distill complexity into clarity without losing nuance.

🏖️ Benefits

• Challenging problems. You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact. • Huge opportunity. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are slow and bandwidth-constrained. Monad’s core innovations offer developers the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer for mass user adoption in crypto. • The right team. You’ll be part of an exceptional and highly-motivated team • Culture. We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low ego, and high-quality output. As an early member of our team, you’ll help continue to shape our culture.