Head of DeFi at Monad Labs

<p style="min-height:1.5em">The <strong>Monad Foundation</strong> 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 <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://monad.xyz/">Monad</a> blockchain--the performant and parallel EVM Layer 1--will help decentralized apps eat the world.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>The Role</strong></h2><p style="min-height:1.5em">Monad Foundation, a core contributor to the Monad protocol, is looking for a <strong>Head of DeFi</strong> 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 <em>and</em> 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.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><p style="min-height:1.5em">You should be the person who can explain how any top protocol on<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://defillama.com/revenue"> <u>DefiLlama</u></a> 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.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"></p><h2><strong>What You Will Do</strong></h2><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Own DeFi growth strategy for the Monad network.</strong> 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.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Execute end-to-end asset and protocol onboarding. </strong>You will coordinate across oracles, liquidators, DEX pool setup, curators, and bridging providers.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Advise DeFi builders deploying on the Monad</strong> <strong>network</strong>. With high-conviction, you will provide actionable feedback on protocol mechanics, product gaps, and market positioning.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Activate your network</strong> of whales, liquid funds, curators, and blue-chip DeFi founders to kickstart early liquidity and protocol traction.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Bridge DeFi and TradFi/Fintech. </strong>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.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Drive incentive strategy</strong>. You will form and defend opinions on which initiatives attract durable TVL per