NEAR is hiring a
Web3 Grant Analyst

Compensation: $36k - $60k *

Location: ZG Zug, Switzerland

About The Role:

Grants Program helps those building on NEAR to deliver amazing applications, tools, and features that scale the broader NEAR ecosystem. You’ll work with our developer relations, community, and ecosystem teams to source and fund high-quality projects that deliver the best Web 3.0 has to offer.

The Grants Analyst will complete end to end management of the grants process. Starting with initial project review of NEAR grants program applications and finishing with onboarding of accepted projects into the NEAR ecosystem. The role will involve maintaining an understanding of the NEAR / Web3 ecosystem, developing relationships with grant applicants, and making sure projects have a seamless experience onboarding to the NEAR ecosystem.

What You'll Be Doing:

  • Effectively conduct technical reviews and interviews of grant applications to ensure the quality of projects in the Grants Program pipeline
  • Analyse project applications for thoroughness and benefits to the broader NEAR ecosystem
  • Maintain a thorough understanding of the NEAR ecosystem and broader Web3 industry trends
  • Review grants applications and share feedback with applications around gaps or issues with their applications
  • Engage with NEAR collective product managers or developers to better understand the value of certain projects as needed
  • Effectively research various elements of project applications to support reviews as required
  • Present findings in a clear and concise manner to inform all relevant stakeholders involved
  • Support projects to complete clear and detailed project milestones & timelines
  • Manage and improve the grant process from review > acceptance > grant agreements > project payments > ecosystem success onboarding
  • Develop and maintain relationships with key members of the NEAR collective to ensure full understanding of the needs of the broader ecosystem
  • Respond timely to communications with grant applicants throughout the grant process

What We're Looking For:

  • Bachelor's degree or related work experience
  • 3+ years of demonstrated work experience in either developer relations, technical product management, technical project management and/or developer advocacy/evangelism.
  • Ability to work in a cross-functional role while also thinking strategically
  • Strong understanding of technical concepts and project analysis
  • Experience driving business development and new partnerships
  • Experience working at a startup

We'd Love If You Have:

  • Previous or continued involvement in open source communities
  • Familiarity with other crypto or blockchain technologies

Location: Anywhere in Europe

About the NEAR Foundation

The NEAR Foundation is a nonprofit, non-beneficiary foundation based in Switzerland which supports community-driven innovation and the Open Web with a specific focus on the NEAR platform. The Foundation distributes grant funding into the NEAR ecosystem, coordinates governance among participants, educates people about the protocol and ensures that relationships among the community members are as strong and sustainable as the apps they build. It seeks to combine the inclusive care of a community-driven NGO with the at-scale effectiveness of a Silicon Valley startup.

About NEAR and the NEAR Collective

NEAR's purpose is to enable community-driven innovation to benefit people around the world and its mission is to drive the adoption of Open Technologies. The NEAR platform provides a decentralized application platform that is secure enough to manage high value assets like money or identity and performant enough to make them useful for everyday people, putting the power of Open Finance and the Open Web in their hands.

The NEAR platform, NEAR Protocol, and associated tooling are being built by the NEAR Collective, a collection of the best engineers in the world who work across teams, companies and countries similar to other large scale open-source projects. Core contributors include a couple of 2-time ICPC world champions, 4 gold medalists, a Latin American champion and multiple other competitive programming finalists.

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Compensation: $36k - $60k *

Location: ZG Zug, Switzerland

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