VP Fund Management

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Design, initiate, and expand an institutional-grade investment fund denominated in BTC.

• Establish the fund's investment strategy, allocation policies, and limits, and facilitate their approval by the board.

• Identify, assess, and execute investment positions in BTC lending, basis trading, and on-chain yield strategies.

• Perform due diligence on counterparties and protocols, including risks related to smart contracts, bridges, custody, and liquidation.

• Report on performance in terms of BTC, with clear attribution by investment strategy.

• Develop a risk framework that encompasses exposure limits, concentration, liquidity buckets, collateral haircuts, and drawdown triggers.

• Oversee daily position monitoring and conduct stress tests against BTC price fluctuations, venue failures, and depeg scenarios.

• Maintain a liquidity profile that aligns with investor redemption terms.

• Raise capital from layer 1 foundations, ecosystem funds, and institutional allocators while adhering to marketing and solicitation regulations.

• Structure share classes, side letters, and terms tailored to foundation treasuries.

• Generate monthly investor reports and quarterly letters; lead investor calls and annual meetings.

• Collaborate with the board, independent directors, AML officers, administrators, auditors, and legal advisors.

• Manage offering documents, valuation policies, and the NAV process in conjunction with the administrator.

• Ensure continuous regulatory compliance, including CIMA filings, AML/KYC on investors, and annual audits.

• Select and supervise service providers such as custodians, prime brokers, OTC desks, and on-chain infrastructure.

• Recruit and guide a small team as the fund grows.

• Serve as the fund's senior representative within layer 1 ecosystems and integrate investor demand into Rootstock's product roadmap.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in asset management, credit, or trading, with a minimum of 5 years in a portfolio manager or CIO role with P&L responsibilities.

• Proven experience managing a regulated fund or institutional mandate, preferably with assets under management exceeding $100M.

• Extensive, hands-on understanding of Bitcoin markets, BTC-collateralized lending, derivatives, and basis trades.

• Familiarity with DeFi mechanics, including lending protocols, liquidity pools, bridges, and their potential failure modes.

• Strong expertise in fund governance, including offering documents, NAV and valuation processes, audits, and collaboration with independent boards.

• Established connections with crypto foundations, treasuries, or institutional allocators, along with a successful capital raising track record.

• Ability to meet fitness and propriety standards for directors and key personnel in the fund's jurisdiction, maintaining a clean regulatory history.

• Experience with Cayman fund structures and BVI Investment Management is a plus.

• Background in structured credit (tranching, waterfalls) or treasury management is an advantage.

• Relevant qualifications such as CFA, CAIA, FRM, PRM, or an equivalent regulatory license are desirable.

• Familiarity with Rootstock, Bitcoin L2s, or merged-mining ecosystems is a plus.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation package and distinctive benefits designed to foster your growth and well-being.

• 100% remote work from Europe and Latin America, with access to global coworking spaces.

• Paid vacation and sick leave days.

• Access to training programs, language courses, and annual learning sponsorship.

• Work with state-of-the-art blockchain technology in a global, diverse team.