Backdrop Labs is a remote-first startup building at the edge of crypto, open source, and community. Our goal is to create economic opportunities for everyone on earth by building an internet-scale protocol for work — one that is global, permissionless, and decentralized. We believe in product-led protocol development and so the route to that place is building our own network, Backdrop, for web3 builders. You can read more about our mission and vision here.
The Head of Growth & Community will lead the efforts to build out Backdrop’s network and help opportunities flow between members. This role is equal parts design of a system that can scale to tens of thousands of members, and participation in that system yourself. You will work directly with thousands of the leading builders in crypto, and build the systems that connect them with each other, with us, and with the products we build to help them do amazing things.
What you’ll be responsible for
- Lead the growth of the Backdrop network: thoughtful growth of our network is the most important thing for us, because it is what will unlock the ability for us to create a protocol that people want to build on. You’ll lead that effort, from finding and acquiring new members, cultivating invites via existing members, and onboarding members once they join. You’ll have access to everything you need to do that work — product improvements, resources to run campaigns/partnerships, and of course support from the rest of our community/operations team.
- Cultivate community by connecting builders over opportunities: our goal is to help Backdrop members get relevant opportunities and connections they wouldn’t otherwise. You’ll be responsible for the system we build to source opportunities from outside of the network, expose opportunities via existing members, and match people with those opportunities once we have them. You’ll work with one foot in scrappy “do things that don’t scale” territory, the other on the product side to scale what’s working.
- Research and help develop insights: design and implement methods for learning from community members in a way that helps us inform our product decisions. Hone your skills by learning from other leaders about how to build transformative communities. Help inspire Backdrop members that are working to build communities of their own.
You have
- Deep personal connection with our mission and vision, because it will not be easy or fast!
- Experience with community operations, program or project management, or related roles.
- Experience with community-driven businesses (DAOs, developer communities, creator economy, co-ops, etc).
- An analytical and pragmatic mindset to manage a complex ecosystem of people and experiments
- A high tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty - we’re building in a frontier space where most questions haven’t been answered yet.
- Experience building a strong community, either for your job or as a passion.
- Strong communication skills, especially written - we have a strong culture of async communication, and we need to also communicate clearly our plans to our community.
- 4+ years of experience in a fast pace work environment in a community/customer/user facing role is preferred. Prior management experience is also preferred.
This role is remote first, with a preference for within 3 hours of Pacific Time (PT). We offer competitive comp, benefits, and the chance of building the backdrop for some of the most creative, innovative, and transformational communities that will exist in our lifetimes.
About us
- We are a small, remote-first team with employees in Europe and in North America. Between us we have decades of experience building marketplaces, networks, running restaurants, dancing like fools, traveling the world together, hiking mountains, kicking back on the beach, making bad jokes, finding good gifs, and leading successful teams.
- We are lucky to be backed by some of the leading investors in crypto - El Cap, Seed Club Ventures, Coinbase, Scalar Capital, Betaworks, Lemnis Capital, and an awesome group of angels. We have a comfortable runway that gives us enough space to build thoughtful and high quality experiments into the world.