# Capital Markets Lead
**Company:** [Stellar](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/stellar)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Salary:** $160K-$240K
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** Defi Protocols, Amm, Lending Protocols, Cdps, Blockchain Explorers, Dune Analytics, On-Chain Analytics, Trading Platforms, Financial Modeling, Risk Management, Smart Contract Security, Treasury Management, Volatility Management, Liquidity Strategy
**Posted:** 2026-05-26
> Strategic leader overseeing capital deployment, risk architecture, and market operations for a digital asset ecosystem, bridging DeFi mechanics with corporate governance and treasury management. Requires 6+ years finance experience with 3+ years in blockchain/DeFi.
## Job Description
## DeFi Engagements

**Architect Capital Deployment Strategy:** Manage the strategic roadmap for capital deployment to drive ecosystem utility, focusing on the evaluation and integration of high-quality protocols and liquidity solutions that enhance network health and asset accessibility.

**Partnership Negotiation:** Drive end-to-end commercial negotiations with institutional co-parties, liquidity providers, market makers, and DeFi protocols.

**Ecosystem Stewardship:** Serve as the functional point of contact within the DeFi landscape, cultivating high-level relationships to support the growth, security, and maturity of the ecosystem.

## Token Execution

**Strategic Execution:** Facilitate the execution of cryptocurrency sales and treasury management programs, ensuring they align with broader corporate objectives and market conditions.

**Program Economics:** Develop and maintain internal options and volatility programs; define the quantitative parameters for execution to optimize program economics.

**Performance Oversight:** Monitor the efficacy of sales and liquidity programs against benchmarks, adjusting execution playbooks to reflect real-time market shifts.

## Asset and Protocol Research

**Due Diligence Leadership:** Conduct deep research into emerging DeFi protocols and assets prior to deployment. Evaluate tokenomics, governance models, technical viability, and strategic fit.

**Economic Modeling:** Gain a comprehensive understanding of the yield dynamics or net carry costs of a strategy, alongside the associated risks. Translate these complex technical outputs into clear, actionable assessments for leadership.

**Engineering Liaison:** Partner with Deployment Agencies to conduct security diligence on smart contracts, ensuring proposed integrations meet internal and external security standards.

## Portfolio Health & Risk Management

**Framework Development:** Operationalize the company’s risk appetite frameworks. Define and help implement continuous monitoring controls for smart contract risk, concentration risk, collateralization, and credit risk.

**Proactive Mitigation:** Identify emerging systemic risks within the portfolio; design and implement hedging or diversification strategies to protect assets.

**Governance & Controls:** Ensure that risk limits are not only monitored but actively enforced through automated alerting and reporting.

## Market Operations

**Liquidity Strategy:** Monitor market depth, volatility, and liquidity dynamics across key currency pairs. Propose and execute strategies to optimize liquidity.

**Volatility Management:** Analyze and manage positions related to volatility. Leverage data-driven insights to propose adjustments to lending and borrowing strategies.

**Operational Excellence:** Continuously improve the operations of our digital asset positions, including the architecture of wallet configurations, position documentation, and fund flow routing.

## Reporting & Compliance

**Accounting Collaboration:** Act as the primary bridge between Digital Capital Markets and Finance/Accounting. Ensure all complex DeFi activity (lending, AMMs, CDPs) is accurately tracked, audited, and reconciled.

**Executive Reporting:** Generate high-level performance and risk reports for leadership, translating complex blockchain data into actionable insights and strategic recommendations.

**Documentation:** Oversee the internal documentation for risk management practices, ensuring audit-ready logs for all trading activities and counterparty engagements.

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, or a related field. MBA or advanced degree strongly preferred.
- 6–10+ years of professional experience in finance, investment banking, or capital markets; 3+ years of dedicated, hands-on experience within the blockchain/DeFi space.
- Advanced knowledge of on-chain data, DeFi protocols (AMM/Lending/CDPs), and market-making dynamics. Proficiency in using blockchain explorers, on-chain analytics tools (e.g., Dune), and trading platforms.
- Proven track record of presenting complex investment and risk strategies to executive-level stakeholders.
- Strong experience navigating the intersection of traditional accounting requirements and decentralized finance workflows.
- Expert-level quantitative skills. Ability to build, maintain, and interpret complex financial models in the context of high-volatility digital assets.
- Passion for decentralized finance and a proactive approach to staying updated with industry trends.
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