Director of Operations

This is a career-defining opportunity to lead a fast-growing tech company that is successfully implementing a key piece of the world’s blockchain infrastructure that will power the digital agreements of the future.

Chainlink has already experienced huge success in its core verticals and is poised for a rapid expansion into new use cases. Our ambitions are limitless, and we believe this open source technology can and will change the world.

In this leadership position as the Director of Operations, you will be working directly with an experienced and accomplished senior management team to scale up operational capabilities across the organization, assess various risks, form strategic decisions about the company’s direction, and help execute to drive forward the company’s objectives.

Your Impact

• Help manage the growth of a fast growing global technology/blockchain company
• Scale global operations and proper internal processes
• Work directly with the company’s founders and senior executives to inform long-term strategy
• Collaborate with the COO to implement business strategies, plans and procedures
• Coordinate between cross-functional teams to drive business outcomes and increase efficiency
• Design strategies to reduce risk related to commercial relationships
• Support expansion activities (investments, acquisitions, corporate alliances, etc.)
• Engage, manage, and ensure quality of work performed by outside vendors for various matters

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience growing a successful technology company in a regulated industry
• Excellent business judgment and ability to work in a cross-functional role while also thinking strategically and providing practical advice
• Strong work ethic and ability to multitask, prioritize and follow through on numerous projects simultaneously
• Ability and desire to work both autonomously but also collaboratively
• Strong understanding of technical concepts, analytical skills and attention to detail

Desired/Optional Qualifications

• Familiarity with blockchains, smart contracts and other decentralized systems
• Prior startup operations experience
• Prior remote work experience

Chainlink is the industry standard oracle network for connecting smart contracts to the real world. With Chainlink, developers can build hybrid smart contracts that combine on-chain code with an extensive collection of secure off-chain services powered by Decentralized Oracle Networks. Managed by a global, decentralized community of hundreds of thousands of people, Chainlink is introducing a fairer model for contracts. Its network currently secures billions of dollars in value for smart contracts across the decentralized finance (DeFi), insurance, and gaming ecosystems, among others. The full vision of the Chainlink Network can be found in the Chainlink 2.0 whitepaper. Chainlink is trusted by hundreds of organizations-from global enterprises to projects at the forefront of the blockchain economy-to deliver definitive truth via secure, reliable data.