Own and drive institutional sales across funds, proprietary trading firms, market makers, and family offices.
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Develop and maintain strong relationships with institutional clients actively trading crypto derivatives (options and perpetuals).
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Lead market maker coverage and relationship management, ensuring healthy liquidity provision, spread competitiveness, and trading performance on the platform.
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Negotiate commercial terms, trading incentives, and volume agreements with institutional clients and liquidity providers.
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Act as a senior external representative of GRVT, clearly articulating product value, trading infrastructure strength, and market positioning.
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Drive institutional onboarding from first engagement through activation, ensuring efficient coordination with internal teams.
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Work closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations to communicate institutional client feedback and improve trading infrastructure, liquidity programs, and execution quality.
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Monitor trading activity, market structure trends, and competitor dynamics to proactively refine institutional sales strategy.
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Represent GRVT at industry events and trading-focused forums to expand institutional pipeline and strengthen brand credibility.
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Design and scale repeatable institutional sales processes, pipeline tracking, and revenue forecasting.
Core Requirements
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7+ years of experience in institutional sales within crypto, traditional finance, derivatives trading, or trading infrastructure.
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Strong understanding of crypto derivatives markets (options, perpetuals) and institutional trading workflows.
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Proven experience managing relationships with market makers and liquidity providers.
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Demonstrated track record of originating and closing institutional trading accounts.
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Strong commercial acumen with experience negotiating trading terms, rebates, and incentive structures.
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Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
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Self-driven and comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-growth trading environment.
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Established network within global crypto trading, market making, or derivatives ecosystem.
Preferred Qualifications
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Prior experience at crypto exchanges (CEX or DEX), prime brokerage firms, trading venues, or derivatives platforms.
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Direct experience managing liquidity programs or market maker coverage.
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Existing book of institutional trading relationships.
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Multilingual capabilities (e.g., English plus Mandarin or other major regional languages).