Head of Defi / OPM

6–10+ years in DeFi, L1/L2, or crypto-native ecosystem leadership. Comfortable designing incentives or debating rollup architecture. Proven experience building ecosystems from 0 → 1 and 1 → 100. Ability to manage up, sideways, and externally, aligning multiple orgs and stakeholders without direct authority. Possess the trust of developers, partners, and governance participants. Judgment to speak for OP Mainnet publicly.

Define and execute the long-term vision and north-star metrics for OP Mainnet. Act as the single point of accountability for OP Mainnet performance. Lead quarterly planning across Product, BD, and Marketing. Own the OP Mainnet narrative. Drive top-tier protocol and ecosystem growth on OP Mainnet. Work with BD and Partnerships teams to identify and prioritize integrations. Oversee incentive design and capital deployment strategies. Create playbooks for high-impact use cases. Collaborate with the Product and Engineering teams to define Mainnet-specific roadmap priorities. Translate ecosystem needs into actionable technical feedback loops. Ensure Mainnet serves as the proving ground for new stack features. Partner with Marketing to shape the OP Mainnet narrative. Own launch readiness for key ecosystem milestones. Serve as public-facing spokesperson where appropriate. Define and own key performance metrics. Build clear reporting for leadership and governance stakeholders. Operate as the “bridge” between Mainnet execution and Foundation strategy.