Business Lead

Blockchain
New York, US
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Geared toward senior fintech or crypto professionals comfortable with owning commercial outcomes and cross-functional leadership in a hybrid work environment.

Best fit for

  • Experienced fintech or crypto leaders who have owned P&L and growth metrics.
    — “Experience in a GM, business lead, product, growth, strategy role in fintech or crypto
  • Candidates with a track record of launching and scaling products in competitive markets.
    — “Launch new products, features, markets, or customer propositions across key segments and regions
  • Entrepreneurial operators who thrive in ambiguous, fast-moving environments.
    — “Ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment

Things to consider

  • Hybrid work model requires periodic in-office presence in New York.
    — “Hybrid model (remote & on-site setup is mandatory)
  • Role demands close collaboration with technical and non-technical teams globally.
    — “working closely with Product, Engineering, Trading, Risk, Compliance, Marketing, Finance, and Regional teams

How to stand out

  • Quantify past impact on revenue, user growth, or market share in fintech/crypto.
    — “Proven ability to own or influence commercial outcomes such as revenue, users, volume, balances
  • Demonstrate analytical rigor with examples of business modeling and pricing strategies.
    — “Strong analytical skills and comfort with business modeling, pricing, funnels, unit economics
  • Highlight cross-functional leadership in launching products or entering new markets.
    — “Lead go-to-market plans with Marketing, CRM, Growth, and Regional teams
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · CompanyLevel · Senior

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • product-led growth
  • market share
Typical background
fintechcryptocurrency

Skills & requirements

Required

Business StrategyProduct ManagementCross-functional Collaboration

Preferred

CryptocurrencyFintech

About the role

Original posting from Blockchain via Greenhouse

Blockchain is connecting the world to the future of finance. As the most trusted and fastest-growing global crypto company, it helps millions of people worldwide safely access cryptocurrency. Since its inception in 2011, Blockchain has earned the trust of over 90 million wallet holders and more than 40 million verified users, facilitating over $1 trillion in crypto transactions.

Blockchain.com is looking for a Business Lead to own and scale strategic products, markets, or customer segments within the Consumer business.

This is a high-ownership role with responsibility for growth, revenue, product strategy, go-to-market execution, and business performance. You will act as the business owner for your area, working closely with Product, Engineering, Trading, Risk, Compliance, Marketing, Finance, and Regional teams to launch new initiatives, improve economics, and win market share.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Own the strategy, roadmap, and commercial performance of a strategic business area within Consumer.

Drive product-led growth across key business metrics, including users, activity, revenue, margin, retention, and P&L.

Launch new products, features, markets, or customer propositions across key segments and regions.

Build business cases for new opportunities, including market size, customer demand, economics, operational requirements, and risk.

Partner with Technical product leads to define, prioritize, and ship customer-facing features.

Work with Trading, Treasury, Risk, Finance, and Compliance to optimize pricing, economics, risk controls, and profitability.

Lead go-to-market plans with Marketing, CRM, Growth, and Regional teams.

Track competitors, customer behavior, and market trends to identify opportunities to differentiate and win share.

Establish a clear operating cadence around performance, experimentation, launches, and business management.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

Experience in a GM, business lead, product, growth, strategy role in fintech or crypto 

Proven ability to own or influence commercial outcomes such as revenue, users, volume, balances, retention, margin, or P&L.

Strong analytical skills and comfort with business modeling, pricing, funnels, unit economics, and profitability.

Strong product judgment and ability to work closely with Product and Engineering teams.

Ability to lead cross-functional teams in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

Clear communication skills and ability to align senior stakeholders around strategy, priorities, and trade-offs.

Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias for action, ownership, and measurable impact.

COMPENSATION & PERKS

Full-time salary based on experience and meaningful equity in an industry-leading company

Hybrid model (remote & on-site setup is mandatory) 

Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it

Apple equipment

The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field

Flexible work culture 

Blockchain is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law. This policy applies to all employment practices within our organization, including hiring, recruiting, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, leave of absence, and apprenticeship. Blockchain makes hiring decisions based solely on qualifications, merit, and business needs at the time.

You may contact our Data Protection Officer by email at dpo@blockchain.com. Your personal data will be processed for the purposes of managing Controller’s recruitment related activities, which include setting up and conducting interviews and tests for applicants, evaluating and assessing the results thereto, and as is otherwise needed in the recruitment and hiring processes. Such processing is legally permissible under Art. 6(1)(f) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (General Data Protection Regulation) as necessary for the purposes of the legitimate interests pursued by the Controller, which are the solicitation, evaluation, and selection of applicants for employment.

Your personal data will be shared with Greenhouse Software, Inc., a cloud services provider located in the United States of America and engaged by Controller to help manage its recruitment and hiring process on Controller’s behalf.  Accordingly, if you are located outside of the United States, your personal data will be transferred to the United States once you submit it through this site. Because the European Union Commission has determined that United States data privacy laws do not ensure an adequate level of protection for personal data collected from EU data subjects, the transfer will be subject to appropriate additional safeguards under the standard contractual clauses. 

Your personal data will be retained by Controller as long as Controller determines it is necessary to evaluate your application for employment.  Under the GDPR, you have the right to request access to your personal data, to request that your personal data be rectified or erased, and to request that processing of your personal data be restricted. You also have the right to data portability. In addition, you may lodge a complaint with an EU supervisory authority.

Source: Blockchain careers (Greenhouse)

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