Business Development Lead, 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.

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.

• 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 stable coins, payments, and settlements to inform strategy and execution.

• Track record closing marquee deals in fintech, payments and/or traditional finance sectors.

• Deep curiosity about stable coins, 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.

• 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.

• 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.

Benefits for full-time employees may include medical, dental, and vision insurance (100% coverage for employees); generous paid time off; paid parental leave; and 10 company-observed holidays.