Business Development (Strategic) Lead - Agentic Payments

REQUIREMENTS Significant business development, partnerships, or strategic commercial experience. Proven track record of sourcing, negotiating, and closing enterprise deals within the payments, fintech, technology, and AI sectors. Strong understanding of payments and/or fintech — settlement, stablecoins, payment rails, wallets, or money movement. Familiarity with blockchain and digital assets, and the ability to speak credibly with both technical and commercial stakeholders. Genuine interest in and understanding of AI and agentic systems, and how autonomous agents will transact. Excellent negotiation, relationship-building, and executive communication skills. Strategic thinker who can operate in ambiguity, define a market, and build the plan to win it. Comfortable working in a fast-moving, global, cross-functional environment. GOOD TO HAVE Existing network across AI/agent platforms, payments, stablecoins, or digital-asset infrastructure. Experience launching products or partnerships in an emerging or pre-product-market-fit category. Familiarity with agentic payment standards and protocols, and with on-chain stablecoin settlement. Understanding of the regulatory landscape for payments and digital assets. Familiarity with Algorand and its ecosystem. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE In your first few months, you have developed a clear point of view on the agentic payments opportunity for Algorand and a prioritized target list of strategic partners and use cases. Within the first year, you have built a healthy pipeline and closed several strategic partnerships that bring meaningful agentic payment volume and credible partners onto Algorand. Algorand is increasingly recognized as a leading settlement layer for agentic and machine-to-machine payments, supported by reference partners and live use cases. Engineering and product teams have clear, well-prioritized input from the market because of your work, and partners are able to build and launch successfully. You are a trusted, senior commercial voice both internally and externally, and Algorand's positioning in the agentic payments space is sharp and differentiated.

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BENEFITS You will work with a team of talented and fun-loving rockstars across the world while we are building a n equitable and borderless economy together In addition, you will get: ■ Competitive remuneration ■ Excellent retention program ■ Diverse, open, inclusive and collaborative culture ■ Supportive and flexible work arrangement ■ Monthly wellness budget ■ Computer and tech accessories ■ To own your growth plan NOTE FOR APPLICANTS Algorand Foundation is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with applicable laws, we prohibit discrimination against any applicant or employee based on any legally-recognized basis, including, but not limited to: race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, lactation, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, genetic information (including testing and characteristics), veteran status, uniformed service member status or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws of the country in which the applicant resides. If you need assistance or to request an accommodation due to a disability, please contact j [email protected] Please note that only shortlisted candidates will be notified. All information gathered will be treated in strict confidence and solely used for recruitment purposes. _ ___ To protect the interests of all parties, Algorand Foundation does not accept unsolicited resumes from a third party agency/ search firm recruiters. Any unsolicited resumes sent to any Algorand Foundation employee, regardless of the means of transmission (email, social media, etc.) will become the sole property of Algorand Foundation. Algorand Foundation will NOT pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Apply now Marketing & Strategy CA Share on: Apply now Terms of service Privacy Cookies Powered by Rippling

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