Institutional Relations Lead
Chainlink Labs develops and supports Chainlink.
Maintainer signals as of 9/25/2026
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About Chainlink Labs
Chainlink Labs is a technology company focused on building Chainlink as infrastructure for onchain finance. Its current platform includes decentralized data feeds and streams, cross-chain messaging, automation, verifiable randomness, serverless functions, compliance, privacy, data publishing, and runtime-orchestration services for financial institutions, developers, and DeFi protocols.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
A senior individual contributor role responsible for building Chainlink's institutional relations function, managing sell-side analyst relationships, creating institutional-grade research, translating protocol and market data into narratives, and supporting institutional marketing.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in investor relations, institutional research, investment banking, equity sales, or capital-markets roles
- Direct experience engaging institutional investors
- Experience engaging sell-side equity research analysts
- Exceptional written communication skills
- Experience producing institutional-grade research content
- Deep understanding of institutional investment decisions and sell-side research
- Fluency in digital assets, blockchain technology, and token economics
- Existing relationships with sell-side analysts covering crypto, fintech, or digital assets
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and building a function from scratch
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain a coverage program for sell-side research analysts
- Serve as the primary contact for the sell-side analyst community
- Brief analysts on announcements, protocol upgrades, and partnership milestones
- Facilitate analyst access to executive and technical leadership
- Track analyst sentiment, coverage gaps, and digital asset research coverage
- Author white papers, deep-dives, tokenomics explainers, newsletters, and blogs
- Translate protocol mechanics, on-chain data, and revenue models into institutional narratives
- Develop public-facing data packets, briefings, and market updates
- Partner with product, economics, and legal teams
- Engage accredited institutional audiences
- Build and maintain a CRM of institutional and accredited contacts
- Collaborate with PR to secure media and speaking opportunities
Benefits
- Long-term incentives
- Comprehensive benefits
Hiring Process
Applications are carefully reviewed, with a response aimed for every candidate within two weeks after the job posting closes. The closing date is listed on the job advert.
