Operations Manager

About the job

As Operations Manager – DAO Governance Lead, you'll own end-to-end DAO operations for Venus. Run proposals, votes, treasury deploys; boost participation 10x; execute VIPs flawlessly. 

High-stakes: Your ops = protocol upgrades, incentives, partnerships. 

Key Responsibilities

• DAO Operations Mastery: Manage proposal lifecycle (temp checks → Snapshot → on-chain). Execute VIPs via multisig/timelocks; track quorum (600k XVS), execution delays.
• Treasury & Allocations: Oversee $40M+ XVS treasury – propose spends (incentives, grants, audits). Model yield strategies; report ROI to voters.
• Participation Engine: Gamify voting (bounties, leaderboards); delegate drives; host weekly AMAs/Spaces. 10x voter turnout.
• Governance Tooling: Maintain forum (community.venus.io), Snapshot, Tally. Build dashboards (Dune) for participation metrics.
• Cross-Functional: Collab w/ risk on params, product on launches, devs on upgrades. Crisis response: Oracle fails? Emergency VIP.
• Reporting: Monthly DAO reports – participation, treasury health, velocity.

Requirements

• 5+ years in DAO/ops (e.g., Aave, Compound, MakerDAO).
• DeFi Governance Native: Launched 50+ proposals; grok XVS voting, VIPs, delegation.
• Toolkit: Snapshot/Tally expert; Python/Notion for dashboards; X/Discord for engagement.
• Crypto Ops: Multisig signer exp; treasury mgmt (Safe, Gnosis).
• Degree: Ops/Business; on-chain portfolio > resume.
• Soft Skills: High-agency executor in decentralized chaos; communicates complex votes simply.

Nice-to-Haves

• Built DAO tools (e.g., custom Snapshot strategies).
• Ex-Gauntlet, RiskDAO, or Venus contributor.
• Arabic/Chinese for global delegators (BNB focus).
• Solidity for VIP scripting.