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Chainlink Labs is one of the primary contributing developers of Chainlink, the industry-standard oracle platform bringing the capital markets onchain and powering the majority of decentralized finance. The Chainlink stack provides the essential data, interoperability, compliance, and privacy standards needed to power advanced blockchain use cases for institutional tokenized assets, Decentralized Finance (DeFi), payments, stablecoins, and more. Many of the world’s largest financial services institutions have also adopted Chainlink’s standards and infrastructure, including Swift, Euroclear, Mastercard, Fidelity International, UBS, ANZ, Aave, GMX, Lido, and many others.
Chainlink Labs is a world-class team of over 600 developers, researchers, and capital markets experts, and has ranked among Fortune's Best Workplaces in Technology, Fortune's Best Medium Workplace, and the Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces. Learn more at chain.link or chainlinklabs.com.
About the Role
We are seeking a regional senior commercial individual to drive and cultivate deep relationships with TradFi customers. You will take ownership of major T1 customers & prospects, foster strong relationships internally with key decision makers and become an evangelist for the Chainlink Platform.
Your Impact:
Own and manage day-to-day relationships with high-value TradFi accounts, ensuring consistent delivery of value and strategic alignment.
Develop and execute stakeholder mapping strategies to identify, engage, and deepen relationships with key decision-makers and influencers across client organizations.
Act as a trusted evangelist for Chainlink products and the broader platform, educating stakeholders on the strategic value of decentralized technologies.
Drive early-stage pipeline generation through proactive discovery, qualification, and identification of high-impact opportunities based on deep understanding of client needs.
Serve as the central liaison between clients and internal teams—including Deal Leads, Product, Legal, Marketing, and Technical Solutions—ensuring seamless communication and collaboration.
Skills & Qualifications:
10+ years total experience, with a minimum of 5+ years of experience in institutional finance, business development, or related fields, with a strong understanding of TradFi markets and infrastructure
Experience working in a startup or fast-paced environment with evidence of converting high work ethic into stand out personal results
Strong relationship management ability to build and maintain strong relationships with institutional clients and partners
Demonstrated knowledge of DeFi protocols, tokenization, digital assets, blockchain technology, and the broader Web3 ecosystem
Preferred Qualifications:
2+ years experience working in web3 environments or with decentralized applications (DApps), smart contracts, and blockchain technology.
Tokenization industry expertise - have a strong understanding of the Institutional RWA landscape and/or digital asset management, including an understanding of potential barriers to scale
Solid experience selling solutions to Financial Market Infrastructures
All roles with Chainlink Labs are global and remote-based. Unless otherwise stated, we ask that you try to overlap some working hours with Eastern Standard Time (EST).
We carefully review all applications and aim to provide a response to every candidate within two weeks after the job posting closes. The closing date is listed on the job advert, so we encourage you to take the time to thoughtfully prepare your application. We want to fully consider your experience and skills, and you will hear from us regarding the status of your application shortly after the closing date.
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