Partnerships Manager, Scroll
Defi
The most secure and performant network for the Open Economy
Job no longer available
The most secure and performant network for the Open Economy
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
21-100 employees
Company mission
To deliver fast and cost-effective transactions, all while maintaining the top-notch security offered by Ethereum.
Role
Who you are
- Deep understanding of and integration within the Ethereum DeFi community
- Ability to analyze and interpret trading data and market performance while staying informed about the latest market trends, particularly in the DeFi and blockchain space
- Willingness to travel for community events
- Strong communication and ability to explain complex issues in clear, persuasive language
- Several years of experience in finance, investment banking, asset management, or a related field
- Experience with financial modeling, analysis, and investment strategies
- Proactive self-starter with strong ownership skills, well-organized, disciplined, and efficient in autonomous task and project management
- Conscientious and self-driven, adept at setting clear goals and effectively prioritizing tasks
- Responsive and collaborative, committed to high work standards and ethics
- Skilled communicator, proficient in articulating ideas clearly in remote, globally distributed teams
- Thrives in a dynamic, agile start-up environment
- Attentive listener, excelling in engaging and collaborating with team members
- Resilient and driven, continuously evolving and adapting to achieve success
Desirable
- 3+ years of relevant work experience in a DeFi project or (crypto) fund
- Familiarity with handling and managing large financial portfolios
- Understanding of financial regulations and compliance requirements relevant to the role
- Knowledge of anti-money laundering (AML) and know your customer (KYC) regulations, especially in the context of DeFi and cryptocurrencies
What the job involves
- The Partnership Manager will be responsible for onboarding new dApps and and systematically grow and strengthen Scroll’s DeFi ecosystem
- You will identify opportunities for fruitful partnerships, meet with potential partners (remote or at conferences), and ensure the ongoing success
- This role will require strategic thinking to align external partners with the interests of the Scroll community
- The role is ideal for an individual who thrives in a start-up environment, a self-starter that is dynamic and comfortable to take on responsibilities and can work effectively within a remote setup
- Cultivate and enhance partnerships with decentralized applications (dApps) and liquidity providers, leveraging expertise in key DeFi account management to foster collaborations within Scroll and its partners' ecosystems
- Play an instrumental role in shaping and executing the strategy for resource distribution within the Scroll DeFi network
- Analyze the evolving landscape of DeFi dApps to identify emerging trends and opportunities that can augment the Scroll ecosystem
- Proactively identify and assess potential new business ventures, aligning them with Scroll’s strategic objectives
- Efficiently manage and prioritize a diverse portfolio of projects and partnerships, ensuring optimal resource allocation and alignment with Scroll's vision
Our take
One of the biggest challenges in crypto today is getting blockchains to be fast, affordable, and secure (all at the same time). Most networks end up having to sacrifice one for the other and that's a trade-off that's making it hard for developers to build real, usable products that people can actually rely on.
Scroll is trying to fix that. It's a secure, high-performance network that's fully compatible with Ethereum but offers faster speeds and super low fees (we're talking less than half a center per transaction). And it already supports over 100 decentralized apps and has handled more than 110M transaction.
But what really sets the company apart is its focus on builders. From easy-to-follow developer docs to learning tools and community programs, it's giving developers everything they need to ship fast and scale big. With a growing ecosystem and along-term mindset, Scroll is certainly shaping up to be a serious force in the future of the onchain world.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2023
$50m
EARLY VC
Apr 2022
$30m
SERIES A
Total funding: $80m
Leadership
Sandy Peng
(Co-Founder)A Cambridge graduate who went on to work as a Management Associate at the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission, and then a Partner at Fission Capital before co-founding Scroll in 2021.
Haichen Shen
(Co-Founder)Previously worked in Software at Microsoft and Google, alongside serving as a Research Assistant at the University of Washington (where he completed his PhD in Computer Science). Subsequently worked as a Senior Applied Scientist for Amazon.
Ye Zhang
(Co-Founder)Previously worked as a Research Assistant at Peking University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, before taking up an R&D role at Conflux.
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