DeFi Manager; remote

Overview

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Tether is seeking a DeFi Manager to scale the deployment of Tether assets—USDT, XAUT, and USAT—across the decentralized finance ecosystem. This role sits within the Blockchain Expansion function and reports directly to the Head of Blockchain Expansion. The DeFi Manager is responsible for defining and executing Tether’s global DeFi strategy with a strong emphasis on financial inclusion, monetary freedom, and real-world utility.

The role has end-to-end accountability for protocol strategy, liquidity and incentive design, risk management, team leadership, and budget ownership. Success in this role is measured against Tether’s North Star metrics for DeFi:
Active users and Total net circulation, with a specific focus on expanding asset availability and usefulness on-chain. This is a senior, high-impact role requiring deep DeFi expertise, strong leadership experience, and disciplined financial and operational execution.

Responsibilities

• Working with the Head of Blockchain Expansion and the DeFi team, define and execute Tether’s global DeFi strategy across USDT, XAUT, and USAT, prioritizing use cases that drive active users and net circulation.
• Own the strategy for expanding XAUT adoption and utility in DeFi, including its use as collateral, a store of value, and a real-world asset primitive.
• Lead senior-level relationships with DeFi protocols, foundations, and ecosystem partners; negotiate integrations, incentives, and long-term strategic partnerships.
• Design, deploy, and manage liquidity and incentive programmes with a focus on capital efficiency, sustainability, and measurable outcomes.
• Own and manage a significant DeFi budget, including:
  • Budget creation and forecasting
  • Spend approval and tracking
  • ROI and performance reporting
• Contribute towards and develop a high-performing DeFi team, setting clear objectives, accountability, and execution standards.
• Establish robust frameworks for risk assessment, monitoring, escalation, and exit across supported DeFi protocols.
• Produce regular, senior-management–ready reporting on:
  Active users, Net circulation, Budget utilisation, Protocol concentration and risk.
• Work cross-functionally with Economics, Legal, Compliance, Treasury, Business Development, and Communications to align with Tether’s broader objectives and risk posture.
• Act as Tether’s internal authority on DeFi market structure, trends, and emerging risks.

• 3+ years of experience in crypto or digital assets, with deep hands-on DeFi experience (you are a “crypto native”).
• Proven experience leading and managing teams in a DeFi, crypto,…