Position: Chief Business Development Officer (CBDO)
Company: Velas
Category: Other
Experience required: 5y
English level: fluent

Our Business Development Team is a cross-functional group that bridges the gap and creates synergies between investors and internal operational teams in Velas EcoFund & Velas Growth. 

The business development officer’s main goal is securing new business opportunities by generating and responding to leads, maintaining client relationships, and assisting with the coordination of all business development activities.

**Responsibilities:**
- Drive growth, investor and investors relations success
- Lead strategic planning and guiding all marketing and public relations activities
- Partner with the business by assessing expansion and other growth initiatives, and identify/initiate business opportunities yourself
- Generate and implement business development initiatives in collaboration with multiple cross-functional teams, including Operational, Investments Management, Marketing, Legal, and Research & Analytics departments
- Take ownership of executing strategic and value-added relationships and partnerships

**Required Skills & Experience:**
- Fluent English
- 5+ years of experience in a similar business development or partnerships role at a technology or financial services company
- Passion for cryptocurrency ecosystem and market development
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to interact effectively with all levels throughout the organization
- Exposure to senior leadership and experience in stakeholder management
- Ability to establish strong working relationships both internally and externally, across all levels of management
- Capable of managing and prioritizing multiple requests and strong analytical and problem-solving skills to provide creative solutions to real-time challenges
- Ability to seamlessly work cross-functionally, beyond the immediate job description