We’re looking for a Full Time Business Development professional to join Velocity Labs as an early core contributor. In this role, you’ll play a pivotal role in making alliances that will advance accessibility towards the Polkadot blockspace ecosystem. You will be instrumental in profiling and onboarding key partners, fostering community engagement through these alliances and bringing business opportunities to the company and the ecosystem.

This position requires a dynamic individual with a deep understanding of the crypto landscape, experience with centralized exchanges and the ability of bridging technical concepts with strategic business development (BD) initiatives.

We want a self-starter, driven individual with excellent communication skills. Velocity wants to empower you to establish yourself as a thought leader for DeFi in the Polkadot ecosystem and participate in conferences and virtual gatherings to highlight what Polkadot and Velocity can offer to DeFi teams.

Your Skills

• Proven track record on business development in crypto
• Strong knowledge of the current crypto/DeFi landscape and understanding of how liquidity works in DeFi.
• Ability to understand technical concepts and translate them towards a wider non-technical audience.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and ability to identify, pursue and close complex partnerships
• Excellent content writing skills with the ability to engage a diverse audience.
• Independent worker with strong team collaboration skills.
• English language proficiency

Nice-to-haves

• Polkadot-specific experience is a plus
• Knowledge of the CEX landscape
• Experience within APAC businesses
• Language skills beyond English, especially APAC languages

If you don’t tick all boxes but you believe you can learn new skills fast - we definitely want to hear from you!