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The ideal candidate has a strong track record in enterprise sales and strategy at a fintech, payments, AI, or infrastructure company, deep familiarity with bitcoin and the Lightning Network (including stablecoin use cases), and exceptional executive communication skills.\nResponsibilities:\nStrategy & OKRs\nSet and own high-level BD OKRs across target regions, verticals, and segments; work with the BD team to translate company strategy into a quarterly plan with measurable outcomes.\n\nIdentify the most promising use cases and companies for Lightning, agentic payments, and stablecoins; prioritize accounts and partners with the highest network growth potential.\n\nCollaborate with product and engineering on roadmap priorities and feature timelines given feedback from external customers and developers.\n\nMonetization and Sales\nDesign pricing, packaging, and deal structures aligned to product value (e.g., volume-based, tiered, usage-based, partner revenue shares).\n\nPersonally lead and close strategic, multi-stakeholder deals with exchanges, AI companies, PSPs, wallets, fintechs, miners, and enterprise adopters.\n\nStand up a lightweight forecast and pipeline cadence (coverage, stage definitions, velocity, win/loss) in partnership with Finance-without turning the team into a quota-only sales org.\n\nDeveloper Community and Market Development\nSource and prioritize net-new partners and channels; develop joint GTM with key ecosystem players (processors, liquidity providers, compliance vendors, custody, and infra).\n\nArchitect distribution flywheels (developer adoption → merchant enablement → payment volume) and unlock high-value corridors.\n\nConnect customers’ business goals with the right technical integrations, integration partners, and liquidity resources.\n\nExecutive Communications\nCraft crisp, executive-ready materials (narratives, pitch decks, requests for proposals (RFPs), board/partner updates) that tie Lightning’s capabilities to business impact.\n\nRepresent Lightning Labs at senior-level meetings, conferences, and media/analyst engagements; contribute thought leadership that advances the category.\n\nLocation: Global and remote. 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