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Head of DeFi

Monad Foundation· Business Development
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RemoteFull-timePosted 7mo ago

About the role

Senior leadership role responsible for strategy, relationships, and hands-on execution to grow DeFi across the Monad network. Player-coach position overseeing asset onboarding, incentive design, and DeFi stack robustness to drive TVL, volume, and fees.

Responsibilities

  • Own DeFi growth strategy for the Monad network. You will 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. You will coordinate across oracles, liquidators, DEX pool setup, curators, and bridging providers.
  • Advise DeFi builders deploying on the Monad network. With high-conviction, you will provide actionable feedback on protocol mechanics, product gaps, and market positioning.
  • Activate your network of liquid funds, curators, and blue-chip DeFi founders to kickstart early liquidity and protocol traction.
  • Bridge DeFi and TradFi/Fintech. You will represent the Foundation with senior institutional executives, translating yield generation opportunities into strategic terms they act on.
  • Drive incentive strategy. You will 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. You will set priorities, maintain execution tempo, and build a culture of rigor and bias for action.

Qualifications

  • DeFi-fluent operator. You have 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.
  • 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. With a network among 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 leadership and management experience. You have run 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 with autonomy and impact
  • Endless opportunity for impact in on-chain finance and EVM-compatible chains
  • World-class team
  • Culture of collaboration, low ego, high-quality output
  • Strong ecosystem support from leading investors, builders, and contributors
Last updated Jul 29, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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