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# Head of Business Development - Logos at IFT 

- **Company:** IFT 
- **Location:** Global
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-08
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/iftother/jobs/8152733

## Job description

About Logos:

Logos is building the technology and community required for a more sovereign, decentralised world.

Our technology stack spans decentralised infrastructure, communications and storage, with a focus on privacy, censorship resistance and permissionless systems. We work at the intersection of protocol development, Web3 infrastructure and ecosystem building.

We’re looking for a Head of Business Development to own and drive business development across Logos, while leading a team of two.

This isn't a traditional sales role. We're looking for someone who is deeply embedded in the Web3 infrastructure ecosystem, with a strong understanding of how decentralised networks operate and experience working with/launching privacy-focused protocols. Crucially, you'll have been through a mainnet launch and understand what it takes to build the partnerships, ecosystem and infrastructure relationships required both in the lead-up to launch and as the network scales post-mainnet.

The role:

As Head of Business Development, you will lead the development and execution of strategies to grow the Logos ecosystem. You will be responsible for establishing strategic partnerships, designing and executing growth strategies and building any relevant commercial relationships.

You'll identify where Logos technology can solve real problems, build relationships with protocols and infrastructure providers, and work closely with our technical teams to turn opportunities into integrations and long-term partnerships.

You'll also manage and develop a team of two, providing direction and prioritisation while remaining highly hands-on yourself.

A core part of the role is being able to operate credibly with technical stakeholders. You don't need to be an engineer, but you should understand the technology stack well enough to have substantive conversations with protocol teams, founders and engineering leaders without relying on someone else to translate the technology for you.

Responsibilities:

- Develop and execute Logos’ BD and partnership strategy, building strategic relationships ahead of mainnet and driving ecosystem growth and adoption through expanded distribution channels post-launch.
- Identify the ecosystems, protocols, infrastructure providers and applications where Logos technology can deliver the greatest value and bring users and volume to Logos network
- Build a focused pipeline of high-value opportunities rather than pursuing partnerships for their own sake.
- Establish clear priorities and success metrics for BD activity, owning the performance of BD goals against budget.
- Own opportunities from initial identification through technical evaluation, negotiation, integration and ongoing relationship management.

Build technically meaningful partnerships:

- Develop relationships across the Web3 infrastructure ecosystem, including wallets, centralised exchanges, on/off-ramps, oracles, indexers, DeFi protocols and aggregators, multisigs and other infrastructure providers, with a particular focus on those actively engaged in the privacy ecosystem.
- Identify opportunities for integrations, deployments, ecosystem partnerships and adoption of Logos technology.
- Understand prospective partners’ technical architecture and identify how Logos can complement their technology stack through its privacy capabilities, while attracting privacy-focused applications and protocols to build on the Logos ecosystem.
- Work with technical teams on both sides to move opportunities from conversation to implementation.
- Represent Logos credibly with founders, protocol leads, ecosystem teams and technical decision-makers.

Understand the technology:

You should be comfortable discussing concepts such as:

- L1s, L2s and modular blockchain architectures
- P2P and decentralised networking
- Nodes, validators and network operators
- Consensus and distributed systems
- Decentralised storage and messaging
- RPC and blockchain infrastructure
- Wallet and application infrastructure
- Token and network incentive models
- Testnets, mainnets and network launches
- Privacy-preserving and censorship-resistant technologies

You don't need to write production code, but you need genuine technical curiosity and enough depth to understand what we're building, why it matters, and how it can be used by others.

Lead the team:

- Manage, mentor and develop an existing team of two BD contributors.
- Set priorities and ensure the team is focused on the opportunities most likely to create meaningful adoption.
- Establish a disciplined approach to pipeline management, ownership and follow-through.
- Support the team on complex partnerships and negotiations.
- Create accountability without introducing unnecessary processes or bureaucracy.
- Remain hands-on with strategically important relationships and opportunities.

Work across Logos:

- Partner closely with protocol, engineering, product, ecosystem and communications teams.
- Bring market and partner feedback back into the organisation to help inform product and ecosystem priorities.
- Translate technical capabilities into clear propositions for different partners and use cases.
- Help technical teams understand the commercial and strategic context behind potential integrations.
- Ensure partnerships result in tangible outcomes rather than announcements alone.

Required skills:

- Significant experience in Web3, blockchain or decentralised infrastructure.
- Strong understanding of the technical architecture of blockchain networks and Web3 infrastructure.
- Experience in business development, ecosystem development, strategic partnerships or a closely related role.
- Evidence of building partnerships that resulted in real integrations, adoption, users, network activity or revenue.
- Existing relationships across the Web3 infrastructure ecosystem.
- Ability to communicate effectively with highly technical stakeholders.
- Strong commercial judgement and the ability to distinguish strategically valuable opportunities from noise.
- Experience managing or mentoring a small team.
- Comfortable operating autonomously in a remote, highly technical organisation.
- A builder mentality; you enjoy taking opportunities from an initial idea through to something that actually exists.

We'd be especially interested in people who have worked within privacy focused ecosystems in areas such as:

- Privacy focused L1 or L2 ecosystems
- Decentralised networking projects relating to messaging, storage and or Privacy tools and applications
- Wallets
- Experience in Open-source protocols is a must

Hiring process:

Interview with our People Ops team Interview with Artem (IR Lead) & Rahul (BD) Task Interview with Kaushal (EcoDev Team Lead) Interview with Co-founders, Jarrad & Carl

We occasionally use cognitive tests and/or personality tests to gain insight into candidates' suitability with our org. The results provide an additional data point for us when making our hiring decisions.

The steps may change along the way if we see it makes sense to adapt the interview stages, so please consider the above as a guideline.

Compensation:

The expected compensation range for this role is negotiable, dependent on how we assess your skills and experience throughout our interview process. We are happy to pay in any mix of fiat/crypto

## About IFT 

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: The Institute of Free Technology (IFT) is a mission-driven Web3 tech startup studio and venture builder that develops, funds, and scales open-source public goods—including the Logos ecosystem of decentralized infrastructure protocols—to safeguard civil liberties in the digital age.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Non-profit / Venture Studio; funded by substantial historical capital deployment)
- **Headquarters**: Distributed / Remote-first (no central physical HQ; team is globally distributed)
- **Founded**: 2017 (as Status) / IFT as current entity structure
- **Founders**: Carl, Jarrad Hope, and others (Status co-founders)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Web3 Infrastructure, Decentralized Communication Protocols, Blockchain Technology, Open-Source Software Development
- **Target customers**: Developers, dApp builders, Web3 projects, network states, and privacy-conscious end-users (B2B primarily, B2C via consumer apps like Status)
- **Mission**: To build public goods to safeguard civil liberties in the digital age, guided by principles of liberty, censorship resistance, security, privacy, and inclusivity.

## Products & Services
- **Logos (logos.co)**: A movement supporting the development of the decentralized web. Logos technologies lay the foundations for a freer internet upon which communities can evolve into network states. Each protocol in the Logos stack empowers users while upholding civil liberties. Includes:
  - **Status (status.app)**: An open-source, privacy-focused messaging app and mobile browser for the Ethereum network.
  - **Status Network (status.network)**: The underlying decentralized communication network.
  - **Nimbus (nimbus.team)**: A lightweight, efficient Ethereum execution and consensus client.
  - **Keycard (keycard.tech)**: A hardware wallet for secure key management.
  - **Waku**: A decentralized, privacy-preserving peer-to-peer messaging protocol (under Logos).
  - **Vac**: A research and development team building secure, private messaging protocols (including MLS-based group messaging).
- **IFT Venture Studio**: Provides financial, technical, legal, people operations, and brand-building support to incubate new startups from idea to market.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private non-profit entity)
- **Key Metric**: Team of 200+ core contributors (as of 2026), plus a growing community of contributors
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Backed by substantial historical capital deployment from Web3-native angels, VCs, family offices, and institutional allocators. The organization is actively fundraising for Logos, targeting crypto VCs, HNWIs, and family offices with a thesis in privacy infrastructure.
- **Growth Signals**: Active hiring across engineering, research, and fundraising roles; expanding the Logos ecosystem; developing frontier decentralized messaging protocols (MLS, Waku); growing headcount from a smaller base to 200+ core contributors.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Mission-driven focus**: Unlike for-profit Web3 projects, IFT is a non-profit dedicated to public goods, which attracts top talent aligned with its principles.
- **Full-stack venture studio model**: Provides comprehensive support (tech, legal, ops, brand) to incubate projects from concept to market, creating a strong ecosystem of interoperable protocols.
- **Deep technical moat**: Building frontier technologies (decentralized group messaging over MLS, peer-to-peer protocols, zero-knowledge proofs, post-quantum cryptography) with no established playbooks, giving them a first-mover advantage.
- **Strong brand and community**: Status and Logos have established credibility in the Web3 space, with a loyal community and a clear manifesto.

## Strategic Focus
- **Logos ecosystem growth**: The primary current priority is building and scaling the Logos stack of decentralized infrastructure protocols.
- **Fundraising for Logos**: Actively raising capital from institutional investors, family offices, and crypto VCs to fund the next phase of development.
- **Decentralized messaging**: Advancing the state of the art in private, decentralized group messaging (MLS, Waku) as a core pillar of the freer internet vision.
- **Open-source development**: Continuing to build all technology as public goods, with minimal hierarchy and a globally distributed, asynchronous team.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture**: Highly mission-driven, with a strong emphasis on liberty, privacy, and decentralization. The team is described as flat, with minimal hierarchy, no fixed work hours, and a high degree of autonomy.
- **Remote-first**: Fully distributed team (200+ contributors) across the globe. Work is async and remote-friendly.
- **Engineering culture**: Engineers have real ownership over frontier tech work. The environment is described as "small team, many hats" where contributors solve hard problems without established playbooks.
- **Compensation**: Competitive, negotiable base compensation, paid in any mix of fiat/crypto. Performance bonuses for certain roles. Compensation ranges visible for some roles (e.g., $81k–$150k for engineering roles).
- **Notable perks**: Work on truly cutting-edge Web3 infrastructure; contribute to open-source public goods; be part of a movement, not just a company; high autonomy and flexibility.

## Sources
1. [Greenhouse Jobs Board - IFT](http://job-boards.greenhouse.io/iftother)
2. [IFT Website](https://free.technology/)
3. [Logos Website](https://logos.co/)
4. [Decentralised Messaging Engineer - Rust Job Posting](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/iftother/jobs/7896004)
5. [Senior Investor Relations & Fundraising Manager Job Posting (via EU Remote Jobs)](https://euremotejobs.com/job/senior-investor-relations-fundraising-manager/)
6. [IFT Jobs on RemoteOtter](https://remoteotter.com/company/ift/jobs/remote-community-fundraising-lead_9824e51d-2554-48ff-a2a0-50f04f1497a1)
7. [IFT Jobs on Web3 Career](https://web3.career/web3-companies/iftother)
8. [Status Website](https://status.app/)
9. [Nimbus Website](https://nimbus.team/)
10. [Keycard Website](https://keycard.tech/en)

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