Aave Labs

Business Development Rep

• Support the development and execution of strategic growth initiatives across Aave Labs’ ecosystem and products
• Work closely with leadership to help identify and evaluate new market opportunities and expansion strategies
• Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across product, engineering, legal, marketing, and ecosystem teams to drive execution and alignment
• Assist in developing and managing strategic partnerships across DeFi, fintech, infrastructure, and institutional ecosystems
• Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and ecosystem mapping to support business and strategic decision-making
• Help prepare strategic materials including partnership proposals, market overviews, presentations, and ecosystem analyses
• Support business development efforts including outreach coordination, pipeline management, partner tracking, and stakeholder communication
• Monitor trends across DeFi, stablecoins, tokenization, institutional adoption, and digital asset infrastructure to identify emerging opportunities
• Contribute to internal strategic planning and operational initiatives as Aave Labs continues to scale

Strategy & Business Development Associate

Risk

• Lead and build the Risk team, setting direction, priorities, and standards for the function
• Own and evolve Aave’s risk management frameworks and policies
• Coordinate with external risk service provider teams to ensure alignment on risk parameters
• Set, monitor, and adjust protocol risk parameters across deployments and markets
• Approve and sign off on collateral onboarding decisions and risk assessments
• Review liquidation performance and recommend improvements to liquidation mechanisms
• Lead risk governance processes and present risk analyses to the DAO
• Monitor market structure changes and their implications for protocol risk
• Take full accountability for risk outcomes and drive a culture of ownership within the team

Head of Risk

Financial Planning and Analysis

• Lead the Finance team’s operations for Push, including management of financial risks, FX exposure, fiat & crypto-asset liquidity management, counterparty risks and managing daily cash flows
• Lead oversight of treasury policies, processes, and controls to enhance asset utilisation and mitigate financial risk
• Establish and maintain strong relationships internally and externally, and act as a key interface with regulators on finance-related matters
• Collaborate closely with Group Treasury and the broader Finance function to align with strategies across the organisation
• Act as a key point of contact for the Central Bank of Ireland on finance-related matters
• Ensure timely and accurate regulatory reporting to the Central Bank of Ireland
• Oversee capital and liquidity management in line with MiCAR prudential requirements, including monitoring of own funds
• Lead oversight of robust governance frameworks, policies, internal controls and procedures in alignment with regulatory requirements and best practices
• Direct funding requirements and capital allocation strategies to optimise financial performance and capital structure
• Direct financial planning, budgeting, modelling, product executive business partnering and forecasting processes, ensuring alignment with the product’s strategic goals
• Oversee local and product-specific accounting, tax, and financial reporting activities, ensuring compliance with regulatory and internal policies
• Support Push’s transition to a pan-European CASP model by building scalable financial systems and processes to support increased transaction volumes
• Evaluate financial implications of new regulatory requirements and strategic partnerships and counterparties
• Collaborate closely with the board and executive team, providing accurate and timely financial and risk management reporting

Strategy & Business Development Associate

Head of Risk

Finance Director