About Protocol Labs
Protocol Labs is a network of over 450 open-source teams, projects, and organizations. These teams are focused on researching, developing, and deploying network protocols with a common goal to drive breakthroughs in computing to push humanity forward.
The network has three main focus areas:
- Securing Digital Human Rights: Building a foundation of freedom and safety in the digital age (e.g., verifiable content, distributed compute and storage, DID).
- Upgrading Economies and Governance Systems: Creating more efficient and equitable structures for global progress (e.g., PGF, DeSci, sustainability).
- Developing Advanced Technologies: Ensuring responsible advancement in AI, AR, VR, BCI, and other emerging fields.
For more information on the Protocol Labs network and our focus areas, please watch Juan Benet's talk from PL Summit .
Head of Web3
As Head of Web3 you'll play a central role in amplifying Protocol Lab's impact in the Digital Human Rights focus area. You'll do this by:
- Understanding the field: Assess the state, identify needs and opportunities, map the ecosystem, and build relationships.
- Drive the field forward: Develop and run programs, facilitate and coordinate efforts by others in the ecosystem.
- Track and measure progress: Monitor field progress and program impact, iterate and improve.
The programs you run will span a wide range, and may include:
- Developer onboarding and engagement programs (hackathons, grants, hacker houses, etc.)
- Events to facilitate cross-network coordination
- Fundraising initiatives and programs (e.g., demo day, accelerator partnerships)
- Marketing efforts to promote projects and teams in the network
In doing so, you'll impact key projects like IPFS, Filecoin, and libp2p. Your role will advance initiatives securing digital freedoms, protecting privacy, and ensuring equitable digital access. By fostering innovation and collaboration, you'll help create resilient systems that uphold human rights in the digital age, shaping secure, open, and decentralized networks.
Job requirements
The ideal candidate will:
- Develop a deep understanding of the web3 and Digital Human Rights field, identifying needs and opportunities.
- Map the ecosystem and build relationships with projects, teams, and partners.
- Develop and run programs to advance the field, collaborating with others in the ecosystem.
- Track field progress and program impact, iterating and improving as needed.
We expect that the ideal candidate has:
- Deep understanding of web3 and Protocol Labs network projects and technologies (IPFS, Filecoin, libp2p, etc.).
- Experience working with open source and web3 developer teams.
- A strong generalist background with 10+ years of experience, applying first principles thinking to various situations.
- Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous environments.
- Experience collaborating with leaders at major companies or fast-paced startups.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to quickly align a broad group of stakeholders.