Job description
The Uniswap Foundation is hiring a DeFi Growth Manager to lead the growth and adoption of DeFi protocols on Unichain, with a focus on unlocking high-impact opportunities across the Superchain.
This role is all about turning strategy into traction. You’ll work at the intersection of product, partnerships, and growth to expand the Uniswap ecosystem by helping DeFi projects build, scale, and succeed on Unichain. You’ll be hands-on in shaping liquidity strategies, growing adoption of Uniswap v4 hooks, and advancing Unichain’s role in the broader Superchain landscape.
What You’ll Do
- Drive DeFi Growth on Unichain: Lead initiatives that help DeFi protocols launch and scale on Unichain. Identify high-potential partners and work closely with them to unlock new growth through Hooks and protocol-native opportunities.
- Develop and Execute Liquidity Strategies: Design and implement liquidity mining programs tailored to the unique needs of different user segments. Create a stacked liquidity mining strategy across Superchain ecosystems.
- Lead Superchain Interop and Liquidity Efforts: Build a roadmap and strategy for seamless interoperability and liquidity across Superchain chains, making Unichain the go-to DeFi hub.
- Own Key Relationships: Maintain and deepen warm relationships with top-tier DeFi and infrastructure partners. Help them understand and utilize Uniswap’s latest capabilities, especially Uniswap v4 and Hooks.
- Work Cross-Functionally: Collaborate with product, ecosystem, and engineering teams to prioritize integrations and push forward high-leverage opportunities that drive measurable adoption.
What You Bring
- 4+ years in DeFi, crypto partnerships, or product growth with a focus on protocol or infrastructure level strategy.
- A deep understanding of DeFi protocols, onchain liquidity, and user behavior in EVM-based ecosystems.
- Strong understanding of Uniswap v4 and Superchain interop is required
- Experience designing and executing liquidity mining or incentive programs focused on liquidity growth.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to translate between product, technical, and partner-facing contexts.
- Entrepreneurial energy and a bias toward action. You can build from scratch and scale fast.
- A strategic mindset paired with the operational skills to execute and follow through.
About Uniswap Foundation
In pursuit of a more open and fair financial system, the Uniswap Foundation supports the growth, decentralization, and sustainability of the Uniswap community. Through grants, we’re driving value in five key focus areas: Protocol and Innovation, Developers, Governance, Research, and Security. Our grant making approach is designed to maximize positive impact, bringing in new contributors to our community who focus on building new initiatives, committees, products, infrastructure, and more. To learn more about our community impact, visit uniswapfoundation.org/impact.
