Head of Foundation
The Arbitrum Foundation supports the development and governance of Arbitrum technology and fosters growth across the Arbitrum ecosystem. It provides grants, funding, mentorship, resources, community channels, and governance participation for builders and contributors.
About The Arbitrum Foundation
The Arbitrum Foundation is a Cayman Islands foundation company that operates the arbitrum.foundation site and related services. It empowers development and governance of Arbitrum technology, a suite of Ethereum Layer 2 scaling solutions, and helps grow the ecosystem through grants, audit subsidies, gas-fee sponsorship, builder programs, community resources, and governance support. Its programs primarily serve developers, early-stage projects, decentralized applications, infrastructure and tooling teams building in the Arbitrum ecosystem.
Skills
About the Role
You will lead business development efforts to uncover growth opportunities and set the Foundation’s long-term strategic direction. You will represent the Foundation as a public figure at conferences and events, engage top-tier audiences, and advocate for the ecosystem. You will define and execute strategy in collaboration with the Board and internal stakeholders, forge and maintain partnerships across Web3 and Web2, and work cross-functionally to prioritize and act on high-impact opportunities. You will identify and spotlight partner and community contributions to raise awareness across the ecosystem.
Requirements
- 10+ years experience in business development and fostering strategic partnerships in Web3 blockchain or technology sectors
- Proven public presence in the Web3 blockchain space representing a brand at major conferences panels and events
- Experience defining and executing long-term strategic plans in collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Track record establishing nurturing and maintaining relationships with developers stakeholders and influencers
- Experience collaborating across departments such as marketing product and operations
- Deep understanding of Web3 and crypto native with connections to ecosystem VC funds and leading projects
Responsibilities
- Drive the Foundation’s business development and uncover growth opportunities
- Represent the Foundation as a public figure at conferences panels and events
- Define and execute the Foundation and ecosystem strategic vision with the Board and stakeholders
- Establish and maintain partnerships with Web3 stakeholders and Web2 enterprises
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify prioritize and seize new opportunities
- Raise awareness of partner and community contributions within the ecosystem
Benefits
- Remote first global workforce
- Industry-leading healthcare insurance
- Home office set-up allowance
- Wellbeing allowance
- Growth / continuing education allowance
- Flexible time off
- Company-issued laptop
