Head of Business and Corporate Development

Phantom is a financial app that's reached number one on Google Play's finance category by giving users access to global markets like perpetuals, prediction markets, and tokenized assets through self-custody wallets. The platform partners with major names including Hyperliquid, Stripe, Kalshi and Visa. With roughly 180 fully remote employees and backed by $150M in Series C funding from a16z, Sequoia Capital and Paradigm, Phantom is building infrastructure for the next generation of open financial markets.

Phantom was founded to connect people worldwide to decentralized finance and open markets. The company has grown into one of the most-used finance apps globally, trusted by tens of millions. Beyond the app itself, Phantom is becoming a platform for discovering market opportunities and cultural moments in crypto and fintech, with real-time data and transparent trader performance at its core.

You'll join the Operations & Strategy team as Head of Business and Corporate Development, serving as Phantom's primary business leader for partnerships, strategic direction, and M&A. This is a full-time remote role (US-based) where you'll report to leadership and become the go-to expert for market intelligence, deal execution, and strategic recommendations.

Your responsibilities span several areas

Business development and partnerships. You'll work closely with Product to launch major business lines through strategic partnerships. You'll own the business development strategy across user growth, monetization and platform expansion, including revenue targets and product integration depth.

Corporate development and strategic intelligence. You'll map the competitive landscape and build a real point of view on where crypto and fintech are heading. You'll source, evaluate and maintain a pipeline of inorganic opportunities that close capability gaps. Deal work is end-to-end: sourcing, diligence, negotiation, closing and integration. Leadership expects execution-ready recommendations from you, not research reports.

What you bring to the role

A minimum of 10 years spanning business development, partnerships, corporate development, M&A or strategy (or combining investing and operating experience). Deep knowledge of the crypto and fintech ecosystem, especially Solana, with a real network among founders and investors and genuine conviction about the space's direction. A track record of business decisions that actually moved the needle on executive strategy or product. Specific deal experience you can articulate in detail, whether partnerships or M&A. Cross-functional comfort across Product, Engineering, Ops, Marketing and Finance. Skill negotiating with decentralized protocols, regulated financial institutions and acquisition targets. Strong judgment, speed, and the ability to distinguish signal from noise. Clear communication in writing and conversation. Experience managing a small team, or proven high-performer ready to take on management responsibilities.