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NEAR Foundation’s Strategic Funding Team assists NEAR ecosystem projects with external funding opportunities and visibility within NEAR’s extensive VC network. You’ll work closely with the NEAR investor community to encourage further engagement with the ecosystem, supporting projects raising capital to continue the acceleration and adoption within the NEAR ecosystem.  The IR Associate will support end to end management of NEAR’s investor network. The role will involve maintaining a deep understanding of the NEAR / Web3 ecosystem, developing relationships with NEAR backers and investor network, expanding the investor network, and amplifying open ecosystem fundraises to the investor network.  What You’ll Be Doing: Develop and execute a plan for proactive investor outreach for key groups of current investors Help manage and grow existing investor relationships to encourage further NEAR engagement Help develop the key messages for communication to existing and potential...

NEAR Foundation is searching for a Chief Marketing Officer. This is the opportunity to join a stellar team building a new frontier in the future of the internet and the Open Web. At this stage of NEAR’s exciting growth journey, we seek an experienced marketing leader to support us in becoming the most active decentralized blockchain-based ecosystem and bringing NEAR mainstream. This role as CMO is fundamental to the overall success of NEAR as it passes through a critical period of exponential growth. Working cross-functionally across the Foundation, you will define and execute the marketing strategy to boost demand from end users, developers, project founders and community members, using a wide range of channels across the broader Crypto ecosystem.  The position is based in Zug, Switzerland, and will report directly to the CEO.  Key Responsibilities Lead and manage all marketing activities for NEAR Foundation to drive a period of rapid and sustained growth....

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...

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:...

NEAR Foundation is looking for a Senior People Partner to join our globally distributed team. This role reports to the Chief People Officer and will be instrumental in building and deploying high-quality People programs that attracts, develops and retains great people, while ensuring our culture and values remain at the forefront of all activity. The successful candidate must be based in Europe. If you are someone that thrives in a fast-paced environment where being self-directed, determined, and resilient is a requirement, we would love for you to join us.  In this diverse role, you will wear many hats to ship a great people experience.   People Partnership: Coach, guide and support to leaders and managers across a range of employee relations issues, managing any complex cases to mitigate risk to the business Build effective relationships with the operational and leadership team, demonstrating the business value that can be added by the People function Encourage the...

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...

The NEAR Foundation is hiring for the Business Development 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 product, technical, and business stakeholders.  This role will support the GM, South, South East Asia and Middle East in driving the sales and partner development efforts in the region.   The right fit for this position should be comfortable operating in a dynamic, entrepreneurial and fast paced environment with little structure and supervision.  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...