Senior Protocol Strategist

Blockworks is a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Our content, newsletters, podcasts, and events provide investors with the critical analysis and information they need to make smarter decisions about digital assets.

You’re a strategic thinker, operator, and connector with a deep passion for crypto. You’ve worked directly with protocols, understand their challenges firsthand, and know what it takes to bring a network from launch to adoption. You thrive in strategy roles where you can blend structured problem-solving with crypto-native insight to drive meaningful outcomes.

You’ve led complex, high-impact projects with autonomy, built strong client relationships, and developed custom solutions rooted in ecosystem design, token economics, and go-to-market strategy. You’re equally comfortable mentoring teammates, collaborating with cross-functional partners, and sharing your perspective with the broader crypto community through writing, podcasts, or public speaking.

As our Senior Protocol Strategist, you’ll lead major client engagements, design strategic solutions, and execute deliverables across a range of protocol initiatives. You’ll serve as a senior member of the advisory team, shaping client relationships, mentoring others, and helping grow the overall practice.

Every day will look a little different, but in general, you will do things like:

• Own and Lead Client Engagements: Manage high-priority protocol relationships, acting as the primary point of contact. Ensure clients receive high-touch service, strong strategic guidance, and measurable results.

• Design Tailored Solutions: Conduct competitive assessments, analysis, and market research to identify growth opportunities. Collaborate with clients to define objectives, scope deliverables, and align on key milestones.

• Deliver Exceptional Work: Lead the full execution lifecycle of strategic engagements with minimal oversight. Create detailed reports, executive-level pitch decks, and other client-ready materials. Manage feedback and iterate quickly.

• Drive Business Development: Partner with the sales team to scope engagements, write compelling proposals, and close new deals. Use your network to identify and unlock new business opportunities.

• Build Strategic Frameworks: Develop models for ecosystem design, developer adoption, benchmarking, and institutional engagement. Help codify Blockworks Advisory’s approach to protocol strategy.

• Be a Public Voice: Publish research and insights on protocol growth, governance, and GTM strategy. Represent Blockworks Advisory at conferences, on podcasts, and across public channels.

• Mentor and Collaborate Internally: Support junior team members, partner with data analysts, and contribute to a collaborative, high-performance team environment.

• Stay Ahead of the Curve: Keep up with evolving trends in crypto and share knowledge across Blockworks Research and Advisory.

Experimentation is frequent at Blockworks. Comfortability with being uncomfortable is a must.

You bring both strategic depth and hands-on experience with over 3+ years working in the crypto space in a product, growth, or strategy role. You’ve worked at or with leading L1s, L2s, or major DeFi protocols and have delivered measurable impact through product, growth, or ecosystem initiatives. You have deep knowledge of blockchain ecosystems, token economics, and growth strategies.

You have a proven ability to manage complex client engagements from pitch to delivery. You have deep experience analyzing onchain and offchain data to surface strategic insights. You are a clear and compelling communicator, comfortable presenting complex topics to both highly technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Held roles in venture, growth advisory, or institutional crypto strategy. Worked with Python or similar tools for data analysis. Created dashboards, models, or data visualizations to support strategy. Built a public presence through writing, podcasting, or speaking.

This is a full time exempt position with an expected salary of $135,000/year.

Remote-First:

We're a remote-first organization with an office in NYC for you to utilize as you please.

100% Medical Coverage for You:

Close to fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for you, and a significant portion covered for your dependents.

Flexible PTO:

We have a flexible paid time off policy that doesn't limit the number of vacation days you can take.

Parental Leave:

At Blockworks, all team members are eligible for 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave.

Hardware Stipend:

Every team member has a stipend to use to purchase the tools and technology that help them be their most productive.

Learning & Growth Stipend:

Every team member has a stipend to spend on their skill growth and professional development.

Career Growth:

We prioritize skill growth and career development, and we have a clear, documented structure to take the guesswork out of individual development and career progression

Global & Diverse Team:

We're a global team, and we're committed to creating an open, inclusive, and diverse work culture

We know that diversity makes for the best problem-solving and creative thinking. We are dedicated to adding new perspectives to the team and encourage everyone to apply if your experience is close to what we are looking for.

Blockworks is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.