Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Injective is trailblazing a new era of Web3-enabled finance as a Layer‑1 blockchain built exclusively for financial applications. The Institutional Business Development Manager will focus on expanding Injective’s institutional network by building strategic relationships and driving new institutional partnerships to grow liquidity across the Injective ecosystem.
Responsibilities
- Develop and manage relationships with centralized exchanges (CEXs), market makers, trading firms, liquidity providers, and institutional partners to expand the Injective ecosystem
- Identify, negotiate, and execute strategic partnerships that drive liquidity, trading activity, and ecosystem growth
- Lead business development efforts for new exchange listings, trading integrations, liquidity initiatives, and institutional partnerships
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and ecosystem teams to support exchange integrations, new market launches, and liquidity initiatives
- Work closely with market makers and ecosystem partners to coordinate liquidity programs, incentive campaigns, and go-to-market strategies
- Monitor market structure, trading activity, and competitive exchange landscapes to identify new business opportunities and optimize partnership strategies
- Maintain strong relationships with existing partners while identifying opportunities to expand collaboration
Skills
- 3+ years of business development, partnerships, or sales at a crypto exchange or market making business
- Strong understanding of cryptocurrency exchanges, market structure, market making, liquidity provisioning, and institutional trading
- Familiarity with spot markets, perpetual futures, derivatives, token listings, and exchange infrastructure
- Experience launching liquidity programs, institutional partnerships, or exchange integrations
- Excellent negotiation, relationship management, and communication skills
- Analytical mindset with the ability to identify strategic opportunities and execute independently
- Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment
- Based and eligible to work in the US without sponsorship
- An existing network of relationships across exchanges, market makers, trading firms, or other institutional participants is highly desirable
Benefits
- INJ token award
- Remote-friendly work environment with flexible hours
- Health Insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- Equipment
- Home Office Stipend
- Opportunity to work on cutting-edge blockchain technology in the finance industry.
- Collaborative team culture with opportunities for professional growth and development.
- Global team meet ups.
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