Monad Foundation

Head of DeFi

Monad Foundation

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Lead

About the role

  • Own DeFi growth strategy for the Monad network - 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 - coordinating across oracles, liquidators, DEX pool setup, curators, and bridging providers.
  • Advise DeFi builders deploying on the Monad network - with high-conviction, actionable feedback on protocol mechanics, product gaps, and market positioning.
  • Activate your network - of whales, liquid funds, curators, and blue-chip DeFi founders to kickstart early liquidity and protocol traction.
  • Bridge DeFi and TradFi/Fintech - Represent the Foundation with senior institutional executives, translating yield generation opportunities (e.g., Morpho vaults on the Monad network) into strategic terms they act on.
  • Drive incentive strategy - 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 - setting priorities, maintaining execution tempo, and building a culture of rigor and action bias.

Requirements

  • DeFi-fluent operator with 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 — and can explain what each category needs to get right to win.
  • 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 among whales, 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 leader with prior experience managing 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. You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact.
  • Huge opportunity. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are slow and bandwidth-constrained. 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. You’ll be part of an exceptional and highly-motivated team
  • Culture. We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low ego, and high-quality output. As an early member of our team, you’ll help continue to shape our culture.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
DeFi growth strategyasset onboardingprotocol onboardingyield generationliquidity managementrisk assessmentmarket positioningincentive strategyteam managementprotocol mechanics
Soft Skills
strategic thinkingorganizational skillsexecutive presenceefficient communicationleadershipnetwork activationaction biasprioritizationclarity in communicationconsensus building