Director of Business Development, Financial Institutions
Monad Foundation supports the growth, adoption, governance, and decentralization of the Monad Layer-1 blockchain protocol.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
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About Monad Foundation
Monad Foundation is the nonprofit organization operating the Monad ecosystem and supporting its developer infrastructure, governance, ecosystem development, grants, community programs, and decentralization efforts. Monad is an active EVM-compatible Layer-1 blockchain whose public mainnet launched on November 24, 2025.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You build the financial institutions vertical by identifying opportunities, developing partnerships, managing institutional relationships, and creating momentum around blockchain-based financial usage. You own the institutional pipeline, advisor network, positioning, communications cadence, stakeholder updates, sentiment monitoring, and operational follow-through. You also track competitive dynamics, token health, and institutional feedback while developing credible narratives for financial institutions.
Requirements
- 6-10 years of experience in financial institution partnerships, institutional business development, financial services management consulting, or a crypto infrastructure company.
- Direct exposure to how large financial institutions evaluate, procure, and adopt technology infrastructure.
- Existing relationships within financial institutions, consulting firms, or the institutional crypto ecosystem.
- Exceptional written communication.
- Familiarity with token markets and institutional investor behavior.
- Ability to manage multiple workstreams with different audiences and timelines.
- Ability to analyze competitive dynamics across chains and synthesize institutional feedback.
Responsibilities
- Build and manage a structured pipeline of target financial institutions.
- Develop relationships with senior decision-makers at major financial institutions.
- Cultivate internal champions within target institutions.
- Develop and execute an advisor and influencer strategy.
- Track institutions evaluating competing chains and infrastructure.
- Develop positioning for institutional use cases.
- Build presence in forums, working groups, and industry bodies.
- Develop and maintain the institutional narrative.
- Draft ecosystem updates and prepare materials for calls and meetings.
- Monitor sentiment across institutional channels.
- Manage the logistics and follow-through of institutional relationships.
Benefits
- Challenging, technically demanding problems with autonomy and impact.
- Opportunity for significant impact on global on-chain finance.
- Work with a world-class, highly motivated team.
- Collaborative, low-ego culture focused on high-quality output.
- Strong ecosystem supported by leading investors, builders, and contributors.
