Head of DeFi
Monad Foundation supports the growth, adoption, governance, and decentralization of the Monad Layer-1 blockchain protocol.
Maintainer signals as of 9/2/2026
Funding history
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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.
Skills
About the Role
You will set the DeFi roadmap and act as a player-coach, advising builders on protocol mechanics, orchestrating asset and protocol onboarding, deploying incentive programs, and ensuring the DeFi stack is capital-efficient. You will activate your network to kickstart liquidity, represent the organization with institutional executives, and manage a small team of DeFi specialists to deliver measurable growth in TVL, volume, and fees.
Requirements
- Proven track record driving growth in TVL, liquidity, or protocol adoption
- Deep understanding of value flows across lending, CDPs, DEXs, and stablecoins
- Ability to assess asset quality and risk including bridging mechanics and reserve transparency
- Pre-existing network among whales, liquid crypto-native funds, curators, and protocol founders
- Executive presence with TradFi/Fintech leadership
- Strategic, organized operator with prioritization skills
- Experience managing a small, high-output team
- Efficient written and verbal communication
Responsibilities
- Own DeFi growth strategy for the network
- Execute end-to-end asset and protocol onboarding
- Advise DeFi builders with actionable feedback on protocol mechanics and product gaps
- Activate network of whales, funds, curators, and founders to seed liquidity
- Represent the organization with institutional executives to translate yield opportunities
- Drive incentive strategy to attract durable TVL
- Manage a small team of DeFi specialists
