Strategic Partnerships Manager, Mysten Labs
Dealmaker, Walrus
$170-255k
+ Tokens + Equity
Foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0
Be an early applicant
Foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0
101-200 employees
Be an early applicant
$170-255k
+ Tokens + Equity
101-200 employees
Company mission
To create foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0.
Role
Who you are
- You are passionate about the future of decentralized storage, asset tokenization and digital asset ownership
- You have a beginners mindset recognizing that there is no playbook for the transition to decentralized infrastructure
- You are a creative problem solver who embraces change and ambiguity. You know how to navigate within quickly evolving and/or ambiguous landscapes
- You possess great written and verbal communication skills and highly detail-oriented and the ability to frame ambiguity in order to rationalize decisions and move quickly
- High ethical standards
- You’ve got positive energy. You’re optimistic about the future and determined to get there
- You appreciate direct communication. You’re both an active communicator and eager listener - as they both come hand-in-hand. You’re cool with candid feedback and see every setback as an opportunity to grow
- You can pivot on the fly. Crypto is constantly evolving, so our priorities do, too. What you worked on last month may not be what you work on today, and that excites you. You’re not looking for a 9-5 job
- Ability to travel 20% or more of the time, often internationally
What the job involves
- The Partnerships Team is responsible for creating and managing relationships with strategic partners that support Mysten Labs’ ecosystem. We’re looking for a business development professional who will spearhead leading partnership initiatives for the Walrus Network
- Strategic Vision: Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy that establishes and expands partnerships with Walrus, a decentralized storage and data availability layer developed by Mysten Labs
- Partnership Identification: Identify, engage, and foster relationships with key industry players such as hyperscalers, AI builders, Layer 1 & Layer 2 ecosystems, and emerging intellectual property use cases such as movies, social networks, music and other content. Cultivate and manage a robust pipeline of compelling partnership opportunities
- Deal Excellence: Lead intricate negotiations and contract discussions with potential partners, ensuring that the terms are mutually advantageous and align with the strategic objectives of both parties. Skillfully draft and finalize partnership agreements, meticulously addressing critical terms and conditions
- Program Manage Deal Outcomes: Take an ownership approach to seeing a deal from contract signing through to integration and beyond
- Collaboration: Collaborate seamlessly with internal cross-functional teams to conceptualize and execute joint marketing initiatives, support an announcements pipeline, co-branded campaigns, and other innovative promotional activities that elevate Mysten Labs and the Walrus Network
Our take
Mysten Labs was created with the ambition to build a blockchain comparable to Ethereum or Solanan - but with even greater capabilities. That means tackling pain points currently found in blockchain technology, like scaling transactions and speed to meet growing demand.
To do this, Mysten is building foundational infrastructure for Web 3.0 which supports the accelerated development and adoption of decentralized services. The startup is determined to build a platform that finally lets Web 3.0 developers focus on UI, without compromising on security.
The company has focussed on expanding partnerships with existing networks such as Ethos and Orange Comet Partners, who have integrated Mysten technology, as well as open protocols based on Mysten-designed components. Ensuring that it assigns developer and community outreach resources in the right places will be crucial to building a sustainable business in this relatively young space.
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Sep 2022
$300m
SERIES B
Dec 2021
$36m
SERIES A
Total funding: $336m
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Evan Cheng
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously Director of R&D for Novi Financial at Meta. Also worked as Director of Engineering at Facebook and spent over a decade in senior engineering positions at Apple.
Adeniyi Abiodun
(Co-Founder & CPO)Former Product Lead at Novi for Meta. Also worked as Head of Product for VMware's Blockchain division and led the Blockchain Cloud Platform team at Oracle.
Sam Blackshear
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously Principal Engineer for Novi Financial working on the Move language and Diem platform. Also worked as a Staff Engineer for Facebook. Ex-Microsoft and University of Colorado Research Assistant.
George Danezis
(Co-Founder & Chief Scientist)Professor of Security and Privacy Engineering in the Information Security Group at University College London. Previously a Research Scientist at Facebook, and has a Cryptography PhD from the University of Cambridge.
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