Head of DeFi Strategy

The Head of DeFi Strategy will be a senior leader in the Tezos community, responsible for one of our key strategic industry verticals. The DeFi ecosystem on Tezos is small but growing quickly, and we believe that with our pipeline of partnerships and fantastic technology we are well positioned to accelerate this growth even further.

Key responsibilities:

• Create a strategy for growth and adoption in Tezos’ DeFi industry vertical
• Lead on business development across the DeFi ecosystem; secure the key partnerships and integrations that will allow DeFi to thrive on Tezos
• Work collaboratively with other ecosystem members to support them on local DeFi partnerships / projects
• Participate in our investment assessment and grant assessment committees as a DeFi subject matter expert
• Work closely with business development and technical leadership to advise on integrations and product roadmap considerations to better facilitate potential partners and help them innovate within the DeFi space.

Essential Requirements

• Financial structuring expertise, combined with a deep understanding of financial markets
• An analytical thinker who deeply understands financial economics
• Passionate about Tezos and the DeFi world
• A quantitative/mathematical background
• Strong business acumen and interpersonal skills
• Ability to develop and maintain relationships on all levels
• Fluent English language skills with strong communication, presentation and business writing skills

Preferred Requirements

• Experience in structuring alternative assets for institutional investors
• Experience working for a DeFi start-up project
• Experience across multiple financial products

Benefits

• Tez (Tezos tokens) LTIP scheme
• Double matching of pension contribution up to 10% of gross salary
• Top PMI for you and your family
• Up to £2,700 pa gross contribution towards office travel
• Life assurance policy
• 25 days holiday (plus an additional day for your birthday)
• Workplace perks, such as free lunch, snacks and drinks, and an onsite gym

Company

Trilitech is a Tezos ecosystem company based in London. We cooperate with other companies, partners, and projects on a variety of Tezos blockchain matters. These include core protocol development, application development, and business development in three key verticals: Art, Gaming, and DeFi. We recently supported the launch of Manchester United's digital collectibles, which is based on white label NFT store technology supplied by us.

Our corporate partners are McLaren Racing, Ubisoft, Societe Generale and many others. Some of the exciting projects built on the Tezos blockchain include Hic Et Nunc, Objkt.com, OneOf and Kukai. The ambition of Trilitech is to be a centre of excellence in everything we do; we are hence looking to scale the team with the best of the best in their respective fields.

Culture:

We care deeply about our culture and have developed it across five key pillars:

• Autonomy: we believe in hiring great people, then giving them the space and flexibility to work in the way that’s best for them. We will agree on goals, and then expect you to decide how you want to pursue those goals.
• Collaboration: as a fast growing small business we all work together across multiple workstreams. We have a flat structure and encourage frank discussion, honesty and openness.
• Learning and development: the blockchain space is developing at an incredibly fast rate. Having a growth mentality and being open to continuous learning is an important part of our culture. It’s always OK to not know the answer to something and have to do some research! We cement this by offering more formal perks to help fund employees’ continued education.
• Diversity and Inclusion: inclusiveness is one of our blockchain’s core strengths, and in the same way we are committed to inclusiveness across all diversity dimensions. We are also actively looking for talent outside of the immediate blockchain space. What we primarily look for is general markers of excellence and ambition.
• Mission driven: we believe that the Tezos blockchain is going to change the world and our goal is to promote its adoption. Blockchain technology will power new positive change, increase the democratisation of previously restricted systems and create transparency and trust.

Our Values:

• A desire to win: Our highly competitive industry is driven by strong winner-take-all effects. We need to be the best.
• A sense of urgency: Our industry is fast paced, so we need to move quickly to stay ahead of the competition.
• An ownership mindset: We take pride in what we do. We take the initiative — without waiting for others to act to bring about positive outcomes — and we’re accountable for the results.
• Pragmatism: We prioritise and evaluate based on impact and concrete results.
• Communication: We broadcast to our colleagues our progress and our struggles often and eagerly. Because someone might need to know, someone might be able to help, we avoid information silos.