Job description
Protofire is looking for a candidate for a hands-on leadership role ideal for a founder-type with a background in DeFi or Web3 startups, particularly someone motivated by long-term equity outcomes and the challenge of building from 0 to 1 in a rapidly evolving market.
Responsibilities
- Oversee architecture, delivery, sales, and account management within the business unit
- Guide technical solution design, helping teams focus on core components and high-impact areas
- Own the business unit’s P&L, including budgeting, forecasting, and procurement
- Build strong client relationships with a focus on retention, upsell, and value creation
- Resolve escalations and continuously improve service delivery and internal processes
- Proactively identify risks and take preventive or corrective action
- Ensure full operational transparency through documentation and tooling (ClickUp, Runn.io, etc.)
- Align the business unit with DAO-wide standards and reporting expectations
- Incubate new offers and explore market opportunities for long-term growth
Required Skills & Experience
- Experience as a co-founder or early leader in a Web3 or DeFi protocol
- Proven track record in startups that have exited via acquisition or IPO
- Deep understanding of smart contracts, dApps, tokenomics, consensus mechanisms, and blockchain infrastructure (e.g. Ethereum, Solana)
- Familiarity with automated market makers and different investor profiles (whales, institutional, retail)
- Strong grasp of solution architecture and software development lifecycles
- Ability to analyse business models, product-market fit, and underlying value propositions
- Experience with business tools such as Figma, Lean Canvas, or similar
- Comfortable navigating market cycles and responding strategically
- Demonstrated ability to operate transparently in fully remote, async environments
