Responsibilities

• Lead operational orchestration of DeFi and EVM sidechain initiatives, including governance frameworks, fund deployment mechanisms, and collaboration models with internal teams and third-party partners
• Develop and maintain a multi-year ecosystem growth framework in tandem with product and partnerships teams, anchored to the "Utility, Liquidity and Trust" North Star
• Define shared, measurable metrics for all external hubs and ecosystem programs - including RWA grants, startup programs, hackathons, and developer relations - with clear success criteria and decision checkpoints
• Coordinate cross-functional projects to activate key use cases such as stablecoin payments, credit and capital markets, and RWA tokenization, driving regulated asset and institutional activity on-chain
• Support the VP of Partnerships in developing quarterly and annual planning cycles, including pipeline review and management for prospects and existing partners
• Collaborate with product and partnership teams to identify and expand on-chain yield use cases across the XRP Ledger ecosystem, measuring success by counterparty deployment and engagement
• Partner with PMM and product teams to deliver actionable go-to-market plans for key product launches
• Design decision-making frameworks that accelerate choices, increase transparency, and drive go/no-go alignment across leadership
• Establish operating rhythm, run key leadership meetings, and structure strategic questions for decision-making
• Build and maintain structured workflows for core processes including partner onboarding, risk response, and delivery management — tracking and reporting progress on key cross-functional initiatives to senior leadership

Requirements

• 6 to 10 years of experience in strategy and operations within Web3, fintech, technology, or consulting
• Proven track record of operational support for Sales, BD, and/or Delivery teams
• Strong understanding of crypto ecosystems, with a bonus for experience with L1 protocols, tokenization, stablecoins, or DeFi
• Strong problem-solving, collaboration, and project execution skills
• Outstanding communication skills, with experience presenting to senior stakeholders
• Proficiency with dashboards and data tools, and comfort operating in rapidly changing environments

Preferred

• bonus for experience with L1 protocols, tokenization, stablecoins, or DeFi

Benefits

• The opportunity to build in a fast-paced start-up environment with experienced industry leaders
• A learning environment where you can dive deep into the latest technologies and make an impact. A professional development budget to support other modes of learning.
• Thrive in an environment where no matter what race, ethnicity, gender, origin, or culture they identify with, every employee is a respected, valued, and empowered part of the team.
• In-office collaboration for moments that matter is important to our culture, and we give managers and teams the flexibility to decide which 10+ days a month they come in.
• Bi-weekly all-company meeting - business updates and ask me anything style discussion with our Leadership Team
• We come together for moments that matter which include team offsites, team bonding activities, happy hours and more!
• Competitive salary, bonuses, and equity
• Competitive benefits that cover physical and mental healthcare, retirement, family forming, and family support
• Employee giving match
• Mobile phone stipend
• R&R days so you can rest and recharge