About the Team:
The Arcological Association oversees the regenerative growth of PLN projects building out the public good and network goods teams
The Association works as a decentralized funding vehicle for common/public good funders with the immediate step of building out efficient legal and operational infrastructure via a Swiss Association
Operational overhead support will remove a barrier to allow for high impact/highly optimized allocation of funding to move quickly to projects who are working on public goods
Funders can act independently within their thesis, with a long term/end state goal of developing mini-funds to decentralize grant allocations to public goods
About the Role:
We are looking for a COO of Arcological to partner with the CEO to build out and oversee the operations side of the house (legal, finance, IT, etc
) and ultimately scale the reach of Protocol Labs Infrastructure and ultimately, the growth of web 3
0
As COO of Arcological, you will…
- Build and oversee the build out and supporting teams of the group, including legal, finance, IT, company structure, etc
- Partner with the CEO to drive goal setting, OKRs, and develop systems to track and analyze metrics for each of the different teams and efforts
- Work with multi-stakeholders to expand the reach of core Protocol Labs infrastructure ( IPFS, libp2p, Filecoin) – collaborating closely with Network Goods, Research and Funding teams
- Oversee the team’s day-to-day operation and ensure consistent, rapid, and effective execution according to the defined vision and strategy
- Drive alignment from key internal stakeholders to support strategic decisions
- Manage projects operational structures from conception through successful execution, collaborating with cross-functional internal team members
You may be a fit for this role if you have…
- Can lead operational processes, build teams, and work with ambiguity remotely
- Have 5+ years experience leading capital allocation, investment operations or held a COO position at a growing startup, working with a cohesive cross-functional leadership team
- Comfortable and fluent with remote work environments and communication tools like slack, discord and notion
- Strong passion for and understanding of blockchain ecosystems
- Experience with decentralized high-growth technology company
- Can channel perspectives together for a common outcome in a positive way
- Able to comfortably dive into or learn any area of the business, understand business needs, and facilitate decisions
- Experience in building blockchain/open-source developer ecosystems
Bonus Points:
- Thrive in ambiguity
- Seeks out creative problem solving
- Understands failure is not the end point
- Grew up with or on the internet
- Enjoys figuring out things that lack conclusions
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