Business Development

Responsibilities

• Define and develop outbound partnership strategies for existing/new products and services.
• Serve as Gauntlet’s governance liaison, participating in forum discussions and executing on/off-chain votes where Gauntlet is a delegate. Through this, identify opportunities to establish new partnerships.
• Own the full sales cycle from lead to close for pre-launch and post-launch protocols.
• Contribute to improving Growth team systems that assist in scaling the sales process Nurture opportunities across various key stakeholders.
• Work with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Finance teams to validate and optimally position Gauntlet within targeted verticals. 
• Maintain a pulse and viewpoint on emerging trends in DeFi and adjacent industries.

Qualifications

• 1-2+ years of crypto/DeFi native business development, partnerships, or governance experience.
• Demonstrated understanding of the DeFi landscape and emerging trends.
• Demonstrated experience structuring and negotiating initial partnership agreements.
• Comfortable working cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and Finance teams to ensure successful partnerships.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to prioritize.
• Ability to operate autonomously and across multiple time zones.

Bonus Points

• You have a crypto-native network
• You’ve successfully sold products/services to DAOs through governance processes. 
• You’ve served as a governance lead for your organization in a blue-chip protocol You’ve held positions on grants councils, or similar.
• You have a technical or mathematical background and are able to disseminate technical topics to non-technical audiences

Benefits and Perks

• Remote first - work from anywhere in the US & CAN!
• Regular in-person company retreats and cross-country "office visit" perk
• 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for employees
• Laptop, monitor, keyboard and mouse setup provided
• $1,000 WFH stipend
• Monthly reimbursement for home internet, phone, and cellular data
• Unlimited vacation
• 100% paid parental leave of 12 weeks
• Fertility benefits
• Opportunity for incentive compensation