Lead Plume's global partnerships strategy and team to scale RWA issuance and institutional adoption. Build and coach BD Managers, negotiate and structure major issuer/custodian deals, align BD with executive strategy, ensure legal/compliance feasibility, represent Plume externally, and create repeatable partner sourcing and launch playbooks.
About Plume
Plume is a public, cross chain compatible blockchain built for Real World Assets (RWAs). We go beyond tokenization — enabling assets to be used like crypto: stake, swap, lend, borrow, loop, and more.
By integrating institutional‑grade assets with DeFi tools, Plume makes private credit, ETFs, commodities, and other traditionally inaccessible assets permissionless, composable, and usable at a click. Our mission: bridge traditional finance and crypto through adoption without sacrificing transparency or user experience.
- 180+ RWA companies building dapps and tokenizing assets on Plume’s testnet, ranging from collectibles and real estate to equities and private credit
- 50+ technology partners working with Plume and offering special services to our ecosystem partners
- Experienced team of 20+ crypto, finance, and tech professionals from:
- Crypto: Coinbase, dYdX, LayerZero, Binance, Galaxy Digital, Kraken
- Finance/Tech: JP Morgan, Robinhood, Fidelity, Google, Coupa, Affirm
- Backed by great investors and operators including:
- YZi Labs, Brevan Howard, Haun Ventures, Galaxy Digital, F-Prime Lightspeed, Faction, Superscrypt, SV Angel, and more
Plume is hiring a Business Development Director to lead our partnerships strategy and team as we scale RWA issuance and institutional adoption globally. This is a senior, strategic role: you will set BD priorities, build and manage a team of BD Managers, own our largest and most complex partnerships, and act as a key external face of Plume with top-tier issuers, custodians, and institutional investors.
Key Responsibilities- Define and own Plume's overall business development strategy, including target segments, geographic priorities, and partnership models.
- Build, manage, and coach a team of Business Development Managers; set pipeline targets and hold the team accountable to them.
- Personally lead negotiation and structuring of Plume's largest and most strategically important partnerships (major issuers, custodians, institutional allocators).
- Work directly with the CEO and executive team to align BD strategy with fundraising, product roadmap, and regulatory strategy.
- Partner closely with Legal, Compliance, and Product leadership to ensure deal structures are executable and compliant across jurisdictions.
- Own external representation of Plume's partnership strategy at major industry conferences and in press/analyst conversations.
- Build repeatable playbooks and processes for partner sourcing, diligence, structuring, and post-launch success.
- 8+ years of business development, partnerships, or strategic sales experience, including 3+ years managing a team.
- Demonstrated success closing large, complex, multi-party deals in crypto, fintech, or institutional finance.
- Strong executive presence; comfortable representing the company to C-suite counterparties, investors, and press.
- Deep understanding of blockchain infrastructure and the tokenized asset landscape.
- Excellent strategic and analytical thinking, with the ability to translate market opportunity into a prioritized BD roadmap.
- Senior relationships across asset management, custody, broker-dealer, or institutional crypto infrastructure.
- Prior experience at a high-growth crypto protocol, exchange, or fintech scaling a partnerships function from the ground up.
- Experience navigating cross-border regulatory considerations (US, EU, Bermuda, APAC) in structuring partnerships.
- MBA or equivalent experience in strategy, corporate development, or investment banking.
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