Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Aave Labs is a leading organization in decentralized finance, focused on making financial services more accessible globally. They are seeking a Strategy & Business Development Associate to support high-impact strategic initiatives across ecosystem growth, product expansion, and institutional adoption, while working closely with the leadership team and cross-functional partners.
Responsibilities
- Support the development and execution of strategic growth initiatives across Aave Labs’ ecosystem and products
- Work closely with leadership to help identify and evaluate new market opportunities and expansion strategies
- Coordinate cross-functional initiatives across product, engineering, legal, marketing, and ecosystem teams to drive execution and alignment
- Assist in developing and managing strategic partnerships across DeFi, fintech, infrastructure, and institutional ecosystems
- Conduct market research, competitive analysis, and ecosystem mapping to support business and strategic decision-making
- Help prepare strategic materials including partnership proposals, market overviews, presentations, and ecosystem analyses
- Support business development efforts including outreach coordination, pipeline management, partner tracking, and stakeholder communication
- Monitor trends across DeFi, stablecoins, tokenization, institutional adoption, and digital asset infrastructure to identify emerging opportunities
- Contribute to internal strategic planning and operational initiatives as Aave Labs continues to scale globally
Skills
- 3–5 years of experience in strategy, business development or partnerships, and digital assets
- Strong understanding of crypto, DeFi, and the evolving digital asset ecosystem
- Intellectual curiosity and a genuine passion for decentralized finance and emerging financial infrastructure
- Exceptional communication, organizational, and project management skills
- Ability to operate autonomously and manage multiple workstreams in fast-moving environments
- Strong analytical and strategic thinking capabilities with high attention to detail
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- High-agency mindset with a willingness to take ownership and drive initiatives forward
- Strong team player who thrives in collaborative and globally distributed environments
Company Overview
Aave Labs is the original author and key contributor of the Aave Protocol and a software technology company founded by Stani Kulechov. It was founded in 2017, and is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://aave.com/.