Partnerships
Tempo enables high-throughput stablecoin payments through a purpose-built Layer 1 blockchain featuring dedicated payment lanes, stablecoin-native gas fees, and sub-second finality.
Maintainer signals as of 8/23/2026
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About Tempo
Tempo is a Layer 1 blockchain designed specifically for stablecoin payments and real-world financial transactions. Built using the Reth SDK, Tempo features dedicated payment lanes that guarantee blockspace for payment transactions regardless of network congestion, stablecoin-native gas fees allowing users to pay transaction costs in any USD-denominated stablecoin, and Byzantine fault-tolerant consensus achieving approximately 0.5-second finality. The blockchain includes a native decentralized exchange optimized for stablecoins, structured memo fields for reconciliation against enterprise systems, and protocol-level compliance features through the TIP-403 Policy Registry. Tempo was incubated by Stripe and Paradigm, with design input from global partners including Anthropic, Deutsche Bank, OpenAI, Shopify, Visa, and Standard Chartered. The blockchain launched its public testnet in December 2025, operating with an initial set of validators before transitioning to a permissionless validator model. Tempo raised $500 million in Series A funding at a $5 billion valuation in October 2025, led by Thrive Capital and Greenoaks with participation from Sequoia Capital, Ribbit Capital, and SV Angel.
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Candidate Availability
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About the Role
Build Tempo's partnerships function from the ground up by designing scalable partnership motions across infrastructure, ecosystem, and system integrator partners. Own strategic deal development, partner-sourced revenue, operational infrastructure, and alignment with product, engineering, and GTM teams.
Requirements
- 8+ years in partnerships, business development, or GTM roles with quota or pipeline ownership.
- Deep expertise in stablecoins, payments, or fintech infrastructure.
- Track record of building scaled partnership programs.
- Experience structuring and closing complex, multi-stakeholder strategic deals.
- Familiarity with crypto infrastructure, blockchain ecosystems, or enterprise crypto adoption.
- Comfort operating as a founding function owner without an existing playbook.
- Based in or willing to be in New York.
Responsibilities
- Build Tempo's partnerships strategy and playbook across infrastructure partners, ecosystem partners, and system integrators.
- Identify, negotiate, and close large strategic partnerships that generate meaningful pipeline.
- Design scalable 1:many partnership structures rather than one-off deals.
- Drive revenue through partner-sourced and partner-influenced deals.
- Work with product and engineering on partnership integrations and co-build opportunities.
- Represent Tempo with partner executives, at industry events, and in ecosystem forums.
- Establish tracking, reporting, and partner enablement infrastructure.
- Align partnerships with direct sales and enterprise GTM motions.
