Institutional Finance & Asset Integrations Lead

Job description

Your opportunity: Make a real difference in the blockchain industry! Build the change you want to see. The Institutional Finance & Asset Integrations Lead will be responsible for connecting Cardano to the institutional financial system — both traditional and decentralized. This means building the relationships and driving the integrations that allow banks, asset managers, custodians, DeFi protocols, and investment product creators to hold, trade, deploy, and build products around ADA and Cardano Native Tokens (CNTs). As tokenization of real-world assets accelerates and institutional DeFi matures, this role will be central to positioning Cardano as the infrastructure layer of choice for compliant, on-chain finance. The role requires someone equally fluent in traditional capital markets and in the mechanics of DeFi, RWA tokenization, and on-chain asset management. Responsibilities: Banks & Asset Managers: Build and maintain relationships with wealth managers, family offices, and investment banks to unlock ADA and CNT custody, trading access, and portfolio allocation — including structured exposure through tokenized funds and on-chain strategies. Institutional DeFi: Engage with DeFi p...