O1labs is hiring a

Web3 Business Operations Manager

Business Operations Manager At o1Labs, our mission is to catalyze a new generation of applications powered by zero-knowledge cryptography. We are looking for a talented and motivated Biz Ops Manager to lead business operations, finance, and ecosystem growth initiatives. This is a chance to join a small, collaborative team and have a lot of independence. The Role You'll be a core contributor to o1Labs Operations. You will manage and improve key operations processes and programs, including managing our token grant payments and our delegation program. You will also manage key relationships with exchanges and custodians, and seek new opportunities to expand the reach of Mina. The ideal candidate will combine analytical rigor, financial acumen, and deep Web3 fluency to help scale our organization sustainably and transparently. You will primarily:

Manage and expand exchange relationships. Serve as the primary contact for existing and new cryptocurrency exchanges (including both centralized and decentralized exchanges), driving strategic partnerships and ensuring successful listings, integrations, and ongoing collaborations. Develop wallet and custody partnerships. Work with leading wallet providers and custodians to enhance support for MINA and related assets, improving the user experience across both retail and institutional segments. Oversee the delegation program. Maintain our delegation program and recommend improvements to reduce operational overhead, ensure fairness and transparency, and make the program more attractive to node operators. This includes defining eligibility criteria, onboarding program participants, monitoring performance, and publishing updates and analytics on delegation outcomes to ensure community involvement and accountability. Drive token and treasury strategy. Analyze token flows, liquidity, emissions, and maintain the payment and tracking of token payments. 

Additionally, you will: 

Coordinate cross-functional execution. Collaborate with teams to ensure technical readiness, compliance, and the successful rollout of exchange and wallet integrations. Drive operational efficiency. Keep initiatives on track through hands-on project management and by building lightweight systems that reduce friction and help teams deliver. Working with the Head of Program Strategy to Identify, negotiate, and manage relationships with key projects, protocols, and infrastructure partners across DeFi, L2s, and tooling. Support financial planning and processes. Support our Finance operations as needed (such as by updating financial models, managing budgets, and managing  treasury operations across both fiat and crypto assets).

About You

You are a strategic operator who thrives at the intersection of business, finance, and community. You think in systems, act with ownership, and care deeply about aligning incentives across teams, token holders, and builders. You are equally comfortable modeling treasury runways, negotiating partnerships, or designing frameworks for stake delegation and grants.  You work well in ambiguity, moving fast, and turning ideas into structure. You are curious, crypto-native, and driven by the belief that transparency, incentives, and community can scale more effectively than traditional hierarchies.

Skills & Qualifications:

5+ years of experience in business operations, strategy, finance, or partnerships, ideally within crypto. Proven ability to design and manage programs such as delegation, grants, or incentive frameworks that drive community and ecosystem growth. Advanced financial modeling and data analysis abilities (Excel or sheets). Skilled at building scalable systems for reporting, budgeting, and decision-making in fast-moving environments. Strong cross-functional collaboration abilities. Excellent project management and execution discipline with attention to detail and transparency. Crypto-native curiosity. You experiment with protocols, participate in governance, and stay ahead of market narratives.

About us o1Labs is the team that incubated, launched and contributes to Mina Protocol, a Layer 1 blockchain that compresses the blockchain from hundreds of gigabytes down to the size of a few tweets and can scale to millions of users while remaining decentralized enough for cell phones to be fully verifying nodes. Using the power of Mina and zk technology we are at the forefront of building a privacy centered Web 3.0. With this work we are driving the potential to reimagine social structures. We believe in and are dedicated to incorporating diverse perspectives from conception through realization.

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