Head of Ecosystem & Partnerships
Ether.fi · On-site
MeritLog read this listing from Ether.fi's Ashby job board and last checked it on September 9, 2026.
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Job details
- Work model
- On-site
- Salary
- Not listed by source
- Location
- Cayman
- Company website
- www.ether.fi
Hiring context
How this role compares at Ether.fi
Ether.fi has 14 live roles in MeritLog’s catalog across 4 job families, and 1 of them is in legal & compliance. 8 of those listings publish a pay range, a disclosure rate of 57%.
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What the role asks for
What they're asking for
- Experience with card network membership processes or issuer programsSkillPreferred
- LatAm or emerging-market payments experience (local ramps, pix and similar local networks)SkillPreferred
- Existing relationships with L2 foundations, exchanges, and vault curatorsSkillPreferred
- Commercial agreements signed and renewed on favorable terms (economics vs. benchmark, time to close)SkillPreferred
- Partner stack health: coverage, redundancy, and cost of the payments/card stackSkillPreferred
- Chain and ecosystem deals signed and value delivered (incentives, rev share, distribution)SkillPreferred
Parsed by MeritLog from the employer’s own posting. The full description follows below.
Job description
About the role ether.fi http://ether.fi spans decentralized ETH staking (weETH), the Liquid vault range, and Cash, a card and neobank product. This role owns the company's commercial and partnership agenda across the board: the payments stack behind Cash, ecosystem and chain deals, and the institutional relationships that drive distribution. You take over a portfolio of live commercial negotiations currently run by the COO and become the single owner of partner strategy, deal execution, and ongoing partner management. What you'll own Commercial agreements & partner stack (primary) - Own and manage the full partner stack behind ether.fi http://ether.fi Cash: Card network relationships and memberships, payment and ramp providers across fiat and stablecoin corridors. - Negotiate new agreements end to end: pricing, minimums, exclusivity, term, and commercial structure - Evaluate build-vs-partner tradeoffs (e.g. direct network membership vs. sponsor models) and own the business case - Manage counterparty relationships with trading, lending, and treasury partners. Ecosystem & chain partnerships - Source large-scale capital and distribution opportunities across the product suite; structuring and ongoing ownership sits with the relevant product teams - Negotiate incentive deals and rev-share agreements - Drive native deployments of http://ether.fi/ether.fi http://ether.fi assets on new chains where they unlock distribution - Structure launch partnerships for new products Expansion - Identify and negotiate partners for new markets and corridors (local ramps, regional payment networks, licensing partners) alongside the compliance and legal teams What we're looking for - 5+ years in partnerships, BD, or commercial roles spanning fintech/payments and crypto - Track record closing complex multi-party commercial agreements: pricing schedules, volume minimums, exclusivity, rev shares - Strong DeFi fluency: LSTs, vaults, lending markets, incentive design, enough to originate credible vault deals and speak to protocol teams - Commercial structuring ability, comfortable modeling deal economics and defending them - Operates independently with full ownership: builds and defends own pipeline, terms, and forecasts without needing gaps corrected from above - Comfortable inheriting in-flight negotiations and running them without a ramp-up period Nice to have - Experience with card network membership processes or issuer programs - LatAm or emerging-market payments experience (local ramps, pix and similar local networks) - Existing relationships with L2 foundations, exchanges, and vault curators HOW SUCCESS IS MEASURED - Commercial agreements signed and renewed on favorable terms (economics vs. benchmark, time to close) - Partner stack health: coverage, redundancy, and cost of the payments/card stack - Chain and ecosystem deals signed and value delivered (incentives, rev share, distribution)
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