
Ecosystem Growth at XION (New York, NY)
XION· New York, NY·
Role details
Job description
We’re a fast-growing tech scale-up with $36M in funding, revolutionizing the modern internet with cutting-edge solutions that drive mass-adoption. We already work with major brands such as Uber, Amazon, North Face, Temu, Lego, BMW, North Face and 100’s more. Our secret? Removing all blockchain and crypto complexities that are barriers to creating user-friendly applications solving real-world use-cases. Our investors include Multicoin, Circle Ventures, Animoca, Valor, Alliance DAO, and more. With a community of over 1M followers across all socials and a CEO who has been featured on the NYSE and NASDAQ, we believe we are only at the beginning of making XION a global brand.
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Problem: The number of Web3 developers is decreasing, and to this day there are no mainstream products in the industry
Solution: Onboard Web2 developers to build on XION, through a hyper-localized growth strategy
TLDR: We're looking for a unicorn that gets excited at tackling the biggest problem facing the industry today - attracting Web2 builders. XION now makes it possible, and it's your job to massively scale the pipeline.
Role Overview
We are seeking an Ecosystem Growth unicorn to spearhead our hyper-localized strategy—building, educating, and engaging communities of developers who are new to Web3. You will develop and execute growth initiatives, cultivate relationships with local communities, and champion XION’s mission to transform the developer landscape in crypto. You will be in the inbound funnel for projects entering the XION ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Strategic Growth Planning
- Design and implement hyperlocalized growth campaigns to convert traditional developers into the XION Web3 ecosystem.
- Identify target regions, devise community engagement strategies, and prioritize markets based on strategic impact.
- Community Building & Engagement
- Organize hackathons, workshops, and meetups in collaboration with local developer communities.
- Manage XION’s developer community channels (Discord, GitHub, forums) to foster collaboration and support.
- Cultivate local partnerships with tech hubs, universities, and influencers to bolster adoption.
- Cross-functional Collaboration
- Work closely with product, marketing, and developer relations teams to align growth initiatives with platform updates and launches.
- Collaborate with external partners—exchanges, ecosystem projects, and community leaders—to expand XION’s reach and influence.
- Data-Driven Analysis
- Track, analyze, and report on KPIs (e.g., developer conversions, retention rates, community engagement).
- Use insights to refine growth strategies and optimize future campaigns.
- Advocacy & Thought Leadership
- Represent XION at conferences, speaking engagements, and panels, championing the benefits of Web3 development.
Requirements
- Multiple years of growth experience
- Proven success leading content-driven product teams in high-growth environments.
- Understanding of crypto or the ability to quickly adapt to the industry.
- Visionary approach to growth, thinking beyond traditional crypto audiences.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and strategic thinking skills.
Competencies
- Extremely ambitious — is looking to take high leverage in their career.
- Data driven — a history of consistently leveraging data to achieve outlier growth
- Action oriented — consistent execution and a bias for action is essential.
- Long term oriented — all decisions should stay rooted in line with our multi-year goals.
- Resourceful — consistently manifests outsized returns for the resources available.
Benefits
Our benefits include competitive compensation, token packages for all employees, and unlimited PTO. In addition, you'll join a team of high-caliber people innovating at the frontier of crypto that work collaboratively to help one another accelerate their personal growth.
Why work at XION
- Culture: Fast-growing tech scale-up with a mission-driven focus on solving the internet's trust crisis. Described as a "startup" environment that values innovation and impact.
- Remote/hybrid policy: Remote-first with offices in New York (HQ) and Berlin; some roles are fully remote, others are NYC/Europe-based with remote or hybrid options.
- Notable perks/engineering culture: Work on cutting-edge blockchain infrastructure (Cosmos SDK, CosmWasm, zero-knowledge proofs); opportunities to shape a protocol that is already used by major brands; CEO has been featured on NYSE and NASDAQ; 28 total employees with 64.3% YoY headcount growth signals strong scaling momentum.
- Team composition: 26% technical staff, with roles for Senior Protocol Engineer, Front End ("High-Functioning Psychopath"), Developer Relations Engineer, Head of Design, Ecosystem Growth, and Marketing Project Manager.