NEAR Foundation Careers

The NEAR Foundation is hiring for the Blockchain Success function on the Partners team. The Partners team helps to drive awareness and adoption by connecting founders and their teams with the resources they need to be successful. We’re an international team that understands the technology and works well with the product, technical, and business stakeholders. 

This role will support the Head of BD & Blockchain Success in driving the functional strategy and delivering high performance of the partner acquisition & management efforts.  

The right fit for this position should be comfortable operating in a dynamic, entrepreneurial and fast-paced environment with little structure and supervision. The ideal duration of the internship is from 3 to 6 months. 

In this role, you will:

• Work as a full-time member of the BD and Partnership Management team
• Support business development activities to onboard new, flagship partnerships
• Support partnership management activities for key strategic partners
• Help build internal processes and tools to drive efficiency and effectiveness of the Business Development and Partnership Management operations
• Own at least 1 Business Development project/initiative and have full accountability for its success
• Have exposure to Senior Leadership of NEAR Foundation
• Have exposure to strategic Partners of NEAR Ecosystem (mostly crypto/blockchain start-ups) 
• Keep up to date on the latest technological advancements and products in blockchain including the layer 1/2 landscape
• Identity and analyze the key trends in the NEAR ecosystema and blockchain / Web 3.0 industry

You'll have: 

• Entrepreneurial mindset, drive and hunger to achieve ambitious goals
• High intellectual curiosity, strong analytical skills and communication skills
• Excellent project and time management skills
• Prior professional experience via internships or summer jobs (ideally in tech, consulting, banking or VC but also open to profiles from different backgrounds)
• Top academic credentials and achievements in extracurricular activities
• Demonstrated passion for blockchain, web 3.0, NFTs and crypto

NEAR Foundation is hiring for our Payment Operations Lead. The Finance team provides a critical function to ensure the success of the Foundation, providing operational excellence for all payments and treasury management. The Payment Operations Lead will maintain the smooth management of all NF payments, payroll, and treasury (Token and Fiat). Coordinate with external partners and lead the annual audit.

You will:

• Own a comprehensive set of finance matters of NEAR Foundation and its subsidiaries
• Oversee financial operations: token distributions, Invoice settlement, track cash flows
• Oversee successful deployment of Payroll
• Manage the fiat and token treasury of the Foundation
• Plan, coordinate and maintain Operational liquidity (fiat and token)
• Manage a team of 2 direct reports
• Complete employee and contractor compensation related tasks, including Payroll
• Establish best practice, design, review, and improve business processes and procedures
• Coordinate with external service providers, including Payroll, Tax and Accounting
• Manage Token Custody and Fiat Treasury partners 
• Oversee quarterly tax return preparation and submission
• Oversee the timely and accurate management of the annual Audit
• Contribute to strategic projects and complete ad-hoc tasks

You have:

• Exceptional intelligence and breadth of business knowledge
• Master’s degree in Finance, Accounting, or Economics
• 5+ years of demonstrated excellence in a high level operational/financial role
• Outstanding business judgement, analytical, and decision-making skills
• Excellent personal skills to manage Customer relationships
• Extensive knowledge of financial accounting and reporting
• Robust understanding and implementation of financial control processes to manage risk
• Stellar attention to detail and process orientation
• Master of spreadsheets and familiarity with spreadsheet-based coding
• You are excited by data and eager to find answers 

NEAR Foundation is looking for a Marketing & Project Manager Associate to join our Marketing department. Your role will be to manage all aspects of the project life cycle from concept to delivery and work closely with Marketing Managers, Content/Design Team, Partner Teams, and Legal among others. You will be an integral part of the marketing team, working closely with the Social Media Lead and Associate Director of Integrated Production. 

An ideal candidate will have at least 1+ years of experience working in Marketing, Project Management, Production or Marketing Operations working across integrated tactics

You will:

• Project manage integrated projects from beginning to end by collaborating with internal teams and external vendors.
• Partner with internal functions to develop and execute scopes of work: including review of briefs, creating timelines/estimates, working with Team leads to resource/staff projects appropriately.
• Create and monitor timelines. Ensure that the team is kept informed throughout the project's life cycle. Ensure all schedules are adhered to and deliverables are met.
• Create and maintain internal status and related meetings, providing key information to team members.
• Advise on the prioritization of active tasks, communicating milestones & expectations to project teams. 
• Advocate for production processes; ensures team members follow best practices while working on projects.
• Assign and track project resources in our project management platform (Asana).
• Daily coordination and workflow management to adhere to project timelines & quality expectations.
• Update and maintain an internal, global, content calendar
• Create and deliver reports on the health of NEAR’s social media presence including competitor analysis
• Support creative campaigns with the goal of engaging and growing the NEAR Community 

You'll have:

• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, Excel, experience using Project Management Software. 
• Strong communication skills: both verbal and written.
• Is attentive and shows interest in the subject; Expresses ideas clearly and accurate organization.
• Creates clear goals, identifies and finds the resources (time, people, materials) needed to achieve them, and schedules tasks so that work is completed on time.
• Maintains professionalism and is polished when interacting with partners and vendors.
• Soft video editing skills are a plus but not required

Near Foundation is looking for an Events Lead. This person will successfully plan NEARCON, manage the SGP event relationship in partnership with BD and Funding, and take the lead on event creative briefs and strategy. This person needs to be extremely professional with stellar communication and collaboration skills.

You will:

• Successfully plan NEARCON - 8k - 10k attendees at NEARCON 2023, NEARCON NPS score of 80+
• Coordinate across multiple teams ensuring SGP events are well attended
• Build effective event strategy for the second half of 2023 events
• Cross-collaborate with Marketing, other NF teams, Ecosystem projects, and external partners to ensure impeccable experiences and outcomes at our events

You'll have: 

• 10+ years of experience with functional events management, sponsorships, creative direction, and logistics
• 8+ years of experience with partnering in a capacity that collaborates with multiple stakeholders, manages cross-functional workstreams, and can solve business needs with activation ideas
• 8+ years of experience with brand and marketing in the business-to-business (B2B) and/or business to consumer (B2C) industries
• 5+ years of experience in people leadership, including coaching and mentoring teams
• Experience with leading global, enterprise-wide events at scale
• Experience in bringing large-scale, global events to life, balancing brand and business objectives
• Ability to understand the market, develop unique insights, and translate them into detailed and concrete activation strategies
• Demonstrated solid leadership and the ability to self-organize / work independently.
• Ability to Travel for events (domestic and international)

NEAR Foundation is hiring for our Head of Ecosystem Acceleration

You will:

• Co-create and refine a strategy for identifying and accelerating new teams entering into the ecosystem (build a “talent scout” strategy)
• Co-create and refine a strategy for supporting new and current ecosystem teams
• Run value added services (coordinate subject matter experts to act as mentors / advisors, create / source / review learning content for cohort-based learning experiences etc.)
• Coordinate access to VCs / investment opportunities in collaboration with the Head of Investor Relations
• Ensure all teams are well-embedded in the NEAR community 
• Establish and manage a process of connecting new start-ups wanting to build on NEAR with opportunities for early stage capital
• Manage, coach and support a team responsible for managing partnerships, technical review of applications, and prospect evaluation.

You have:

• Investment/VC experience
• Fluency with Web3 concepts, philosophy and technology.
• Experience with running highly effective support programs for entrepreneurs / founding teams
• Experience with building and leading highly effective teams.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

The International community team seeks to identify and empower local leaders to build and foster robust, vibrant, and diverse NEAR communities globally.

You will:

• Develop and implement strategies to expand NEAR’s community presence in international markets
• Develop a complete map of existing regional hubs, their focus areas, team/org, key projects, and funding (effectively have a strong sense of what is going on)
• Facilitate best practice sharing and cross-region collaboration
• Coordinate with local community leaders to run local community events, build relationships with NEAR advocates & web3 KOLs and provide them with support and resources
• Onboard new regional hubs & prioritize key region that we need to expand into
• Create a journey & roadmap for regional hubs- how to grow from a small meetup to a full-scale hub
• Set up quarterly OKRs with robust reporting functions 
• Tie regional hubs to the NEAR Foundation and broader NEAR community

You have: 

• Strong understanding of the blockchain industry and the unique challenges and opportunities
• Able to build relationships as a trusted thought partner with a diverse set of constituents
• Capable of organizing decentralized systems and coordinating a significant number of stakeholders without formal authority
• Demonstrated experience with regional expansion and community strategy
• Excellent oral and written skills to communicate complex issues and influence others internally and externally
• Bonus points for speaking multiple languages. 

NEAR Foundation is hiring for an Ecosystems Relations role.  

You will:

• Provide a world-class support experience for projects building on NEAR.
• Be the main touch point for founders and teams interested in building on NEAR through direct contact or the resources they’ve created
• Be the advocate of the ecosystem projects within the NEAR Foundation
• Grow and retain projects building on NEAR through direct support and keeping them engaged, Identifying blockers early on and coordinating a response to mitigate them, ensuring they have the resources & connections they need, ultimately accelerating the time to launch.
• Build out support resources for projects building on NEAR to be able to reference from start to launch
• Identify innovative projects with strong fundamentals, infrastructure, tooling, etc to support 1 to 1
• Build and maintain relationships with partners, service providers, and the NEAR collective, as well as manage the NEAR Founders community. 
• Facilitate key conversations around important topics to drive awareness, inspire founders & users, and ensure success in the NEAR ecosystem. Leverage ecosystem projects & tech to drive this
• Build out an efficient process to connect projects with relevant teams, infrastructure, and tools to streamline their processes & accelerate time to launch
• Contribute to the strategy for project support on NEAR from start to launch

You have:

• Aptitude for fostering positive relationships
• Deep understanding of web3, potential use cases, tokenomics, and current top projects in crypto
• Strategic thinker with an analytical mind and strong problem-solving skills
• Strong knowledge of blockchain technology, decentralized applications, and the ways in which communities and ecosystems form around them. 
• An entrepreneurial mindset and experience with startups.
• Familiarity with VC and fundraising.
• Proven ability to adapt and excel in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments