Business Development Strategist, Lightning Labs
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Lightning Network infraastructure firm
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Lightning Network infraastructure firm
21-100 employees
Open for applications
More information about location
21-100 employees
Company mission
To bridge the world of open source software and the next-generation of bitcoin financial software.
Role
Who you are
- Passion for bitcoin, Lightning, and the mission of bringing financial freedom to the world
- At least 3-5 years of experience in a business development, strategy, financial, or other relevant role
- Attention to detail and strong writing and editing skills
- Creative thinker who can effortlessly communicate technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Eagerness to try new things and to be energized by creative challenges
- Ability to work autonomously and collaborate across time zones
- Fast learner with a strong ability to reach out to new audiences
Desirable
- Track record of public writings regarding the global financial or payments markets, ideally with an emphasis on bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins
- Ability to build relationships particularly with entrepreneurs and developers in emerging markets (LATAM, Asia, Sub-Saharan Africa)
- Familiarity with the Lightning community and a technical understanding of bitcoin and Lightning
What the job involves
- Lightning Labs is looking for a Business Development Strategist who is passionate about bringing bitcoin to the next billion people by onboarding new businesses to Lightning
- This role will be focused on identifying businesses that will help grow the Lightning Network, building relationships with leaders in those businesses, and communicating the business value of a Lightning integration to them
- Strategy:
- Collaborate with leadership on business development strategy, from aligning on promising regions and verticals to identifying target companies to tailoring specific value propositions for those companies
- Understand and clearly communicate how higher level shifts in the global financial market will impact Lightning Network and stablecoin adoption
- Business Development:
- Source new potential customers, from new Lightning-first entrepreneurs to existing bitcoin companies and non-bitcoin companies that want to add Lightning support to their apps
- Support existing customers by being a point of contact for technical questions or feature requests, and by being able to explain new features and the business-related impacts of upgrading
- Understand customers’ business goals, and connect them with ecosystem participants that may help them achieve them
- Communications:
- Write compelling, high-quality thought pieces to drive awareness and education around the Lightning Network, Lightning Labs, and its products
- Support funnel growth activities, such as blog posts, press releases, engagement across social outlets, and community events
- Build organic awareness and grow engagement across community platforms such as Slack, Telegram, Twitter, etc
Our take
San Francisco-based Lightning Labs is building infrastructure that enables users to send money across the world instantaneously and at a low cost through the Bitcoin network.
The company recently raised substantial funding which is being invested into a new infrastructure it's building called the ‘Taro Stablecoin Protocol’, which will ensure that transfers and transactions for Bitcoin will remain easy and efficient for everyone to access whilst creating cheaper charges.
Off the back of an impressive $70 million in funding awarded in April 2022, this new product is in a good position to succeed. The company has been soliciting feedback from the developer community on its proposal for Taro and can therefore use this feedback whilst further developing the product.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Apr 2022
$70m
SERIES B
Feb 2020
$10m
SERIES A
Total funding: $82.5m
Company HQ
Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco, CA
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Leadership
Olaoluwa Osuntokun
(CTO)Previously served as a Software Engineering Intern for Google and currently works as a Teaching Assistant UC Santa Barbara.
Elizabeth Stark
(CEO)Previously taught at Stanford and Yale University and has advised startups ranging from decentralized technology to AI and was an entrepreneur-in-residence at Stanford StartX.
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