\n\nThe role\n\nWe are seeking a Technical Business Development Lead with a passion for Web3 storage, and decentralization.  If you would relish the opportunity to champion Codex (https://codex.storage/) to other Web3 projects and developers, this could be the perfect opportunity!\n\nAs a diverse team of experienced researchers and engineers located in various parts of the world, we work at the intersection of P2P networks and bleeding-edge Zero Knowledge technology. \n\nOur goal is to deliver a more advanced decentralized data storage protocol that improves the primitives of decentralized file storage and delivery. \n\nThis role exists to support our project & product goals by providing core business development efforts; helping to create general awareness about the project as well as connecting with potential businesses and DApps interested in participating in the supply/demand of storage within the protocol.\n\nKey responsibilities\n\n\n* Represent the org externally, establishing early, core relationships/partnerships across third parties, institutions & companies; developing win-win value propositions, supporting evolution of the product with real life use-cases.\n\n* Own the communication with major partners on a regular basis and respond to specific queries; proactively pushing thinking around new product partnerships and other strategic initiatives.\n\n* Responsible for improving awareness about Codex; understanding client needs & feeding back insights to the product team.\n\n* Understand the decentralized storage ecosystem with ability to plan business development efforts by segment and and achieve demonstrable progress in terms of on-boarding protocols/projects to use Codex.\n\n* Assist in financial planning and analysis; explore avenues for tangible revenue growth with an understanding of the role of tokenomics to drive growth. \n\n* Manage processes related to product integrations and coordinate efficiently with client and project team.\n\n* Liaise with Web3 projects that have a strong decentralization and privacy mindset to convey the USP of Codex\n\n* Speak at conferences & run workshops (both online and real world) to introduce projects to Codex (supported by technical team members where required)\n\n* Support dApp developers in using early Codex demos (including during hackathons); able to confidently speak to examples which use Codex to demonstrate specific use cases or frameworks (e.g. React native, Svelte, Vue.js, etc)\n\n* Write guides and blog posts for an audience of Web3 developers\n\n* Over time, help with hiring, onboarding & leading a team of business development team members. \n\n\n\n\nRequirements\n\n\n* 5+ years work experience with sales or business development\n\n* Technically-minded with a background in software development, engineering, or working with technical products\n\n* Successful track record of establishing win-win partnerships in web3 and/or with emerging technology\n\n* Ability to execute many tasks in parallel across multiple threads, involving numerous stakeholders & clients\n\n* Ability to qualify leads and counterparts rigorously\n\n* Commitment to structured negotiations, partnerships and outcomes\n\n* Excellent written and verbal English & communication skills\n\n* Self-motivated and the ability to work with a high degree of autonomy\n\n* Used to - or quick to get into the habit of - being productive through the means of asynchronous communication\n\n* Have passion for blockchain and decentralized technologies and understand how they work\n\n* Already familiar with the Ethereum community, attended conferences or participated in Hackathons\n\n* Embedded in Web3; with ability to prospect partner organizations, founders or other critical contact points\n\n* Experience working with protocol-type of product instead of a wallet or Dapp\n\n* Understanding of tokenomics (of protocols) and an appreciation of how tokenomics are favorable / can cover the costs of running the underlying infrastructure\n\n* Have a strong alignment to our principles: https://status.im/about/#our-principles\n\n\n\n\nBonus points\n\n\n* Experience working in an internal Product Management role \n\n* Spoken Mandarin/Cantonese\n\n* Substantial team leadership experience\n\n* Has worked for an open source organization\n\n* Remote working experience\n\n\n\n\n[Don’t worry if you don’t meet all of these criteria, we’d still love to hear from you anyway if you think you’d be a great fit for this role. Just explain to us why in your cover letter].\n\nCompensation\n\nThe expected compensation range for this role is $130,000 - $170,000 (negotiable, dependent on how we assess your skills and experience throughout our interview process. We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto.\n\nHiring Process\n\nThe hiring process for this role will be:\n\n* Interview with Pepper (People Ops team)\n\n* Compensated Task\n\n* Interview with Kaushal (BD for Waku/Nimbus) \n\n* Interview with Jessie (Program Manager of Logos) and Dmitriy (Codex Project Lead)\n\n* Interview with Carl (Status Co-founder)\n\n\n\n \n \n\n#Salary and compensation\n No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Web3, React and Sales jobs that are similar:\n\n $65,000 — $115,000/year\n
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