Business Development Lead, Payment Network

The Monad Foundation is a team of dedicated ecosystem and community builders who are on a mission to massively grow the impact of decentralized tech. We believe that the Monad blockchain--the performant and parallel EVM Layer 1--will help decentralized apps eat the world.

The Role

We’re looking for a Business Development Lead to position Monad Foundation’s efforts to build out the payments ecosystem. This is an entrepreneurial, high-autonomy role for someone who thrives on building from zero, identifying opportunities, forming partnerships, and creating momentum around a new standard in crypto payments.

What You’ll Do

• Ecosystem Building: Identify, engage, and onboard key ecosystem partners including fintechs, PSPs, banks, and stablecoin issuers.
• Partnerships and Deals: Structure and negotiate agreements that drive adoption of Monad as a global settlement payments layer.
• GTM Execution: Collaborate on launch strategy, including the marketing narrative, landing page, and early customer integrations.
• Market Development: Evangelize Monad to the broader crypto and fintech communities through events, partnerships, and strategic outreach.
• Research and Insight: Rapidly get up the curve on stablecoins, payments, and settlements to inform strategy and execution.

Who You Are

• Track record closing marquee deals in fintech, payments and/or traditional finance sectors
• Deep curiosity about stablecoins, payments, and the intersection of crypto and fintech.
• Hustler mindset; you make things happen even with limited structure.
• Strong network or demonstrated ability to build one quickly in crypto and fintech circles.
• Excellent communicator and storyteller who can move between technical and business contexts.
• Comfortable taking ownership and operating autonomously.
• Based in or willing to relocate to New York City or San Francisco.

Why Join

• Strategic focus. Shape one of the most ambitious projects at Monad Foundation, the Internet Payment Network.
• Seat at the table. Work directly with Monad Foundation leadership on go-to-market strategy and ecosystem growth.
• Where the action is. Build relationships at the forefront of fintech and crypto adoption.

Why Work with Us

• Challenging problems. You’ll work on extremely challenging problems with massive impact.
• Huge opportunity. The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are slow and bandwidth-constrained. Monad’s core innovations offer developers the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer for mass user adoption in crypto.
• The right team. You’ll be part of an exceptional and highly-motivated team.
• Culture. We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low ego, and high-quality output. As an early member of our team, you’ll help continue to shape our culture.