Business Development Lead Fintech

2025-10-23
Socket
About SOCKET
SOCKET is the first chain abstraction protocol. SOCKET was founded in 2022 with the mission to solve increasing fragmentation between assets, rollups & chains.
Over the last 3 years, SOCKET has facilitated over $23bn in volume. SOCKET is leveraged by the top protocols & applications in the space like Coinbase, MetaMask, Kraken, OKX, Rabby, CowSwap, Zeal, Matcha Coinbase, Rainbow, Aevo, Matcha & more.
Role & Responsibilities
In this role you will work directly with our cofounder & COO to actively drive growth and shape our product roadmap. We’re looking for an entrepreneurial, highly strategic Business Developement Lead, Fintech to drive adoption of SOCKET & Bungee across global fintech companies. You’ll be responsible for identifying, closing, and scaling high-impact partnerships with the largest fintechs in the world.
This is a high-impact role that requires a mix of strategic thinking, sales execution, and operational excellence. You will represent SOCKET in one of the most dynamic markets, acting as both a relationship builder and a business operator. 
The working environment is fast paced with plenty of ambiguity, change, and odd hours. You have to be okay with that as we continue to grow as a team.
What you’ll do
- Develop and execute strategy    - Define and execute SOCKET’s strategy for fintech    - Identify high-leverage market entry points (e.g., stablecoin corridors, payment use cases, B2B/B2C rails)    - Build compelling narratives around protocol features tailored to fintech decision-makers- Own deals end-to-end    - Identify, pitch, and close high-impact integrations with top crypto & fintech companies.    - Own the full sales cycle - from discovery and demos to deal closure.- Build product alignment    - Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and integration teams to ensure successfuPlease mention the word **ACHIEVEMENTS** and tag RNC4xODIuNjQuNjU= when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RNC4xODIuNjQuNjU=). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.