Operations Manager, Ecosystems

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About us:

Avara builds innovative products leveraging blockchain technologies. Avara's suite includes the Aave Protocol, along with the native stablecoin GHO, Lens, an open social network, and Family, a design-first mobile crypto wallet. Avara's vision is to build a people-powered internet that benefits all.

Our culture:

Having cultivated a thriving, collaborative culture, our team is kind, welcoming and passionate about what we are building. We celebrate differences and seek to develop and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool from all over the world.

About the Role:

Ecosystems & Growth Ops Manager (EOM) is responsible for assisting Avara's ecosystem operations, promoting our brands in online and offline activations. This role is a bridge between all departments within Ecosystems, Comms, and Growth. The EOM will be responsible for helping the team operationally in creating campaigns across each function. They will also identify and research new market analysis, industry analysis, and relevant events. We are looking for an enthusiastic EOM to help organise and execute a variety of activations across the business within the web3 ecosystem & beyond.

The ideal candidate has some familiarity with the Web3 space and demonstrated excellent organisational skills, is a clear and concise communicator, and has an interest in ecosystems with a keen eye for detail. They will need to be self-motivated and hardworking, proactive and able to adapt to and work with tight deadlines across multiple functions and projects.

Responsibilities:

• Managing and supporting operations within the pipeline and timelines and cross-functional projects, managing key internal and external stakeholder KPIs.
• Conducting ecosystem research and analysis to support the department's strategy, priorities, and decision making.
• Creator relations: manage relationships, payments, and creator "How-to" guides.
• Responsible for identifying, researching,planning, analysing and implementing events (internal and external), including liaising and negotiating with key vendors, exhibitors, and stakeholders pre- and post-events.
• Owning merch operations from research to execution, managing relationships and timelines with design and external vendors and operations.
• Managing operational budgets of each of our sub-departments as well as approvals, payments and liaising with Finance.
• Identify key events for the company to participate in - build and maintain the events calendar.
• Coordinate events with ecosystem partners for co-marketing, avoiding overlaps, and anticipate possible challenges and maximize opportunities
• Assist with management of P1 creators and creator community-lead events.
• Identifying, securing and managing speaker opportunities, as well as managing logistics, scheduling, and deadlines with the Chief Communications Officer.

Requirements:

• Deep knowledge and understanding of Avara projects and brands, existing and upcoming
• Professional experience running cross functional operations, including budgets, stakeholder, and logistic management
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Web3 knowledge and experience, and a hunger to learn more
• Excellent attention to detail and communication skills
• Demonstrated research skills and ability to communicate these succinctly to propose solutions.
• Excellent time management skills and ability to manage workload to meet project deadlines.
• Proven skills and experience in negotiation and project management.

Good to consider:

• This role may require occasional travel to attend industry events, meet with partners, and engage with the community in person.
• Flexible working hours to accommodate different time zones and deadlines.

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Equal opportunity statement:

Avara celebrates diversity and view each and every team member as a separate individual with their own unique identity. No matter your race, religion, gender, ethnicity, age, (dis)ability, sexual orientation or even the wallet you use, we welcome you at Avara.

As an equal opportunities employer, we take accountability and believe in everyone's potential to build, create and inspire changes. With a mission to build a diverse workforce, we are proud to foster a working environment in which everyone can feel safe and valued for who they are.