Partnerships Lead, Defi

OP Labs builds Optimism, an open-source blockchain network that powers the next generation of financial infrastructure. Hundreds of companies, from the world's largest enterprises like Sony, Coinbase, Kraken, Uniswap, OKX, and Bitpanda to the most ambitious early-stage builders, use the OP stack to launch their own blockchains and bring their users onchain. Today, over 65% of Layer 2 activity on Ethereum runs through the OP stack.

We are a small team building at the speed of the ecosystem we support. We’re remote-friendly but the NYC office is our center of gravity. We've raised $178M from a16z, Paradigm, and others. We have our work cut out for us and are looking for exceptional people to join us.

Role and Responsibilities

This role is focused on accelerating Total Value Locked (TVL) growth across OP Stack chains. You will achieve this by setting the overall DeFi strategy for the OP Stack and managing key relationships with top-tier protocols, including asset issuers, decentralized exchanges, and liquidity providers. A core component of the role is structuring and executing high-ROI, multi-party initiatives, as well as sharing knowledge and best practices with our chain partners.

What are the role responsibilities?

• Own relationships with top-tier DeFi protocol teams, serving as the primary point of contact, running quarterly business reviews, proactively removing blockers, and ensuring those DiFi partnerships can deliver on joint OP and partner objectives.

• Contribute to OP Mainnet and the OP Stack DeFi strategy and execution, by owning the asset pipeline, and working with partners to create new markets, vaults, and sustainable DeFi yield strategies.