Business Development Lead

Company Description:

Designed for the next generation of blockchain, the Oasis Network is the first privacy-enabled blockchain platform for open finance and a responsible data economy. The Oasis Protocol Foundation supports projects focused on building privacy-preserving applications on top of Oasis Network.

• Title: Business Development Lead
• Location: Global (Non-US)

Role Description:

The Oasis Foundation is looking for a Business Development Lead to join and lead our growing team. This is a high impact role and your effort will play a meaningful part in establishing and expanding the Foundation’s ecosystem.To excel at this role, you have significant experience growing successful partnerships and/or have run businesses of your own.

Responsibilities:

• Identify, engage, and expand partnerships with enterprises in the Oasis Foundation ecosystem
• Assess landscape of enterprises and dapp developers to plan priorities and focus areas
• Manage partnership pipeline from prospecting through formal or informal partnership
• When needed, drive contract and legal.
• Partner with product management to synthesize developer needs and feedback into feature planning
• Research and stay up-to-speed on ecosystem developments and feature evolution across blockchain projects.
• Understand Oasis technology and its place in the broader ecosystem.

Requirements:

• You have a strong interest in cryptocurrency, blockchain, and data privacy
• You have strong knowledge about the overall blockchain ecosystem, the dynamics and the thematic trends, which includes but not limited to DeFi, crypto exchanges, other notable Layer-1 networks
• Excellent communication skills (verbal, non-verbal, emotive) and ability to express ideas (presentation, long form documentation). We’ll ask for a writing sample.
• Capacity to own your projects end-to-end, including setting the initial vision, driving execution, and reporting on the ultimate outcomes. Must be able to problem-solve and make tough decisions using a combination of data and intuition.
• Proven ability to successfully drive and execute simultaneous projects with efficacy.
• Ability to work directly with executives and advocate for and take feedback on key initiatives.
• 5-7+ years of senior Business Development experience and/or significant relevant success in the field.
• MBA (preferred)
• Technical Degree or Experience (plus)

Expect this role to grow and adapt as the Foundation grows.