# Head of DeFi - Company: [Monad Foundation]() - Location: Remote - Remote: Yes - Team: Business Development - Employment type: Full Time - Posted: February 27, 2026 ## Job description The **Monad Foundation** is a team of dedicated ecosystem and community builders who are on a mission to massively grow the impact of decentralized tech. We believe that the [Monad](https://monad.xyz/) blockchain--the performant and parallel EVM Layer 1--will help decentralized apps eat the world. ## **The Role** Monad Foundation, a core contributor to the Monad protocol, is looking for a **Head of DeFi** to lead the strategy, relationships, and hands-on execution that grows DeFi across the Monad network. This is a player-coach role: you'll set the roadmap *and* get into the weeds, advising builders on protocol design, orchestrating asset onboarding, deploying incentives with discipline, and ensuring the DeFi stack on Monad is robust and capital-efficient. You should be the person who can explain how any top protocol on [DefiLlama](https://defillama.com/revenue) makes money, open a Monad-native protocol's frontend and produce a sharp assessment of what's working and what isn't, and then get on a call with a TradFi executive and explain why on-chain yield infrastructure matters. You hold the full DeFi picture in your head, and you turn that knowledge into TVL, volume, and fees. ## **What You Will Do** * **Own DeFi growth strategy for the Monad network.** You will prioritize bets across lending, DEXs, stablecoins, RWAs, and yield infrastructure, measured by TVL, volume, stablecoin market cap, RWA market cap, and fees generated. * **Execute end-to-end asset and protocol onboarding.** You will coordinate across oracles, liquidators, DEX pool setup, curators, and bridging providers. * **Advise DeFi builders deploying on the Monad** **network**. With high-conviction, you will provide actionable feedback on protocol mechanics, product gaps, and market positioning. * **Activate your network** of liquid funds, curators, and blue-chip DeFi founders to kickstart early liquidity and protocol traction. * **Bridge DeFi and TradFi/Fintech.** You will represent the Foundation with senior institutional executives, translating yield generation opportunities (e.g., Morpho vaults on the Monad network) into strategic terms they act on. * **Drive incentive strategy**. You will form and defend opinions on which initiatives attract durable TVL per unit of spend versus which produce mercenary capital. * **Manage a team of 2–3 DeFi specialists.** You will set priorities, maintain execution tempo, and build a culture of rigor and bias for action. ## Who You Are * **DeFi-fluent operator.** You have a track record of driving measurable growth in TVL, liquidity, or protocol adoption. You understand value flows across lending (Aave, Morpho, Euler), CDPs, DEXs, and yield-bearing stablecoins — and can explain what each category needs to get right to win. * **Opinionated on asset quality and risk.** You can research a new interest-bearing asset and quickly assess bridging mechanics, liquidity depth, redemption windows, reserve transparency, and issuer controls. * **Deep, pre-existing network.** With a network among liquid crypto-native funds, DeFi curators, and blue-chip protocol founders, you bring the rolodex on day one. * **Executive presence.** Credible with TradFi/Fintech C-suite; able to make DeFi concepts legible to institutional decision-makers without dumbing them down. * **Strategic and organized.** You see the full DeFi chessboard, prioritize ruthlessly, and know when to move fast versus when to build consensus. * **Proven leadership and management experience.** You have run a small, high-output team with clear direction and high trust. * **Efficient communicator, written and verbal.** You distill complexity into clarity without losing nuance. ### Nice to Haves * Strong knowledge of trading/markets; able to think in expected value (EV) terms. * Experience deploying or managing liquidity across multiple chains. * Comfort reading Solidity and understanding smart contract risk at a conceptual level. * Experience working within a foundation, DAO, or decentralized contributor structure. ## **Why Work with Us** * **Challenging problems.** You’ll tackle deeply complex and technically demanding problems, with autonomy and impact. * **Endless Opportunity for Impact.** The Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) standard is ubiquitous, but existing EVM-compatible chains are slow and bandwidth-constrained. Monad’s core innovations offer developers and founders the best of both worlds (portability and performance) and are a game-changer to power global on-chain finance. * **The right team.** You’ll be part of a world class team, who are exceptional and highly-motivated. * **Culture**. We’re a lean team working together to achieve very ambitious goals. We are united in our culture of collaboration, low ego, and high-quality output. * **Strong Ecosystem**. The broader Monad ecosystem has attracted support from leading investors, builders and long-term contributors. ## Apply [Apply on Monad Foundation]() Canonical job page: