B u s i n e s s O p s L e a d

About this role

Compound Foundation is seeking a Business Ops Lead to own operational delivery and priority initiatives. As an individual contributor reporting to the COO, you will turn leadership priorities into results, strengthen operational processes and coordinate work across the Foundation and its ecosystem, working closely with the Foundation’s Executive Leadership.

What you’ll do

• Own operational projects end to end: define the scope and plan, coordinate contributors, track budgets and timelines, resolve dependencies and drive delivery to completion.

• Coordinate delivery across the Foundation and wider Compound ecosystem, aligning protocol contributors, governance participants, advisers and partners on priorities, dependencies and commitments.

• Prepare draft board materials, leadership briefings and stakeholder updates for review and approval, bringing together analysis, recommendations and specialist input.

• Oversee supplier administration, operational onboarding and records in partnership with finance and legal specialists.

• Improve processes, documentation and handovers, using AI tools and automation to support reliable delivery and continuity.

Requirements

• 5+ years’ relevant experience, including end-to-end execution of complex strategic initiatives involving internal teams, external partners and specialist advisers.

• Demonstrated ability to understand unfamiliar commercial, legal and technical issues, identify dependencies and trade-offs, and translate strategic objectives into practical plans that you carry through to implementation.

• Experience managing multiple stakeholder relationships across organisations and ecosystems, balancing competing priorities and coordinating delivery.

• Excellent written and verbal communication, strong organisational discipline and attention to detail.

• Sound commercial and operational judgement, discretion with confidential information, and the confidence to seek specialist advice or escalate material issues.

Qualifications

• Experience in business operations, finance, management consulting or a comparable role.

• Practical fluency with AI tools and workflow automation, including integrating them into recurring work and checking the quality of outputs.

• Experience working within a crypto foundation is particularly desirable, alongside familiarity with decentralised ecosystems and protocol governance.

About Compound

Compound Foundation supports the development, adoption, and responsible growth of Compound - one of DeFi's original lending protocols with ~$480B in loans processed - and related decentralized finance tools. We’re now focused on Compound’s next chapter, building Compound V4 and becoming the Institutional Credit Network.