Business Development - Monad

Monad Labs is the team building Monad, the performant and parallel EVM Layer-1 blockchain. We are a team of systems engineers and community builders who are on a mission to help crypto eat the world. After recently raising $225M in series A funding, led by Paradigm, we are growing our team.

The Role

We are looking for a talented Business Development professional to focus on strategic market development at Monad. You will own the early and middle stages of the business development process, and will be actively involved in the optimization and execution of inbound/outbound lead strategies. Your work will be instrumental to identifying potential opportunities across the industry, and in building and maintaining strong relationships with projects looking to build on the Monad blockchain.

This role is critical to Monad's success as it will be core in building and shaping the landscape of Monad's future ecosystem across apps and infrastructure. 

What You Will Do

• Managing, evaluating, and triaging relationships with inbound leads as the first point-of-contact
• Optimizing processes and strategy for lead focus, management, and generation 
• Conducting strategic outbound activities, initiating touchpoints with important prospects
• Sourcing, identifying and proactively pursuing promising opportunities
• Cultivating and developing expertise on certain segments, such that you can grow into owning strategy and direction for respective category
• Working cross-functionally regularly to support internal teams on BD functions
• Supporting and driving on complex deal contracts and negotiations

Who You Are

• You have at least two years of experience in business development or similar GTM role in the web3 industry (preferably at an early stage startup) with a demonstrable track record 
• You are an excellent communicator, both written and verbally, and you are familiar with web3 communication styles (e.g. using TG, crypto vernacular, etc.)
• You are a hero for our partners; you are able to quickly assess, identify and effectively speak to potential partner's pain points / value drivers and how we can help
• You are action oriented: you are biased toward action while respecting team-oriented priorities
• You are crypto native, with meaningful understanding of crypto concepts, technical overviews, culture, and industry segments
• You have superb time management skills, and aim to optimize usage of time, both for yourself and for teammates
• You are a strong networker; you build and maintain relationships with key players in the industry
• You are autonomous and self-motivated, and are proactive in pursuing opportunities
• You are a strategic thinker; you efficiently assess the importance of opportunities and accelerate accordingly

Nice to Have

• You have strong existing relationships in the industry
• You have strong knowledge of different sectors of a blockchain ecosystem (i.e. defi, infrastructure, etc)
• You have experience managing multifaceted, complex projects across internal and external stakeholders

Why Work with Us

• Huge opportunity. EVM is ubiquitous but existing EVM-compatible chains are very slow. 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. We are assembling a world-class team. Check out our team here.
• Culture. We're a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low egos, and high-quality outputs. As an early member of our team, you'll help continue to shape our culture.
• Impactful work. Your work will be deeply impactful, making decentralized computation orders of magnitude cheaper and more plentiful, ultimately paving the way for new dapps that improve many people's lives.
• Compensation. You'll receive a competitive salary and equity package.
• Resources and growth. We're well-capitalized, with backing from leading venture funds like Paradigm, Electric Capital, Greenoaks, Dragonfly, and Coinbase Ventures, and from leaders in the space like Cobie. We keep a lean team relative to the size of the opportunity, and this is a rare opportunity to join. You'll learn a lot and grow as our company scales.

Salary and Benefits

Minimum full-time salary of $160,000 (**This is not a guarantee of compensation or salary; a final offer amount may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, experience, domain expertise, and geographic location).

Monad Labs' benefits for US-based full-time employees include medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% coverage for employees); unlimited and encouraged paid time off; monthly mental health and fitness stipend; paid parental leave; and 10 company-observed holidays.