Regional Lead - MENA

Posted 19 Days Ago
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Hiring Remotely in United Arab Emirates
Remote
Senior level
Blockchain • Cryptocurrency
The Role
Lead Plume's go-to-market expansion across priority MENA markets by sourcing and closing partnerships with banks, asset managers, exchanges, and family offices; engage regulators and industry bodies; represent Plume at conferences and media; partner with Legal/Compliance on regional structures; build local networks and report regional pipeline and adoption metrics to global leadership.
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About Plume

Plume is a public, cross chain compatible blockchain built for Real World Assets (RWAs). We go beyond tokenization — enabling assets to be used like crypto: stake, swap, lend, borrow, loop, and more.


By integrating institutional‑grade assets with DeFi tools, Plume makes private credit, ETFs, commodities, and other traditionally inaccessible assets permissionless, composable, and usable at a click. Our mission: bridge traditional finance and crypto through adoption without sacrificing transparency or user experience.


  • 180+ RWA companies building dapps and tokenizing assets on Plume’s testnet, ranging from collectibles and real estate to equities and private credit
  • 50+ technology partners working with Plume and offering special services to our ecosystem partners
  • Experienced team of 20+ crypto, finance, and tech professionals from:
    • Crypto: Coinbase, dYdX, LayerZero, Binance, Galaxy Digital, Kraken
    • Finance/Tech: JP Morgan, Robinhood, Fidelity, Google, Coupa, Affirm
  • Backed by great investors and operators including:
    • YZi Labs, Brevan Howard, Haun Ventures, Galaxy Digital, F-Prime Lightspeed, Faction, Superscrypt, SV Angel, and more
Job Summary

Plume is hiring a Regional Lead to establish and grow our footprint across the Middle East and North Africa — a region with fast-growing institutional appetite for tokenized real-world assets and increasingly clear regulatory frameworks (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain). You will drive partnerships with regional financial institutions, exchanges, and family offices, while representing Plume with regulators and industry bodies across the region.

Key Responsibilities
  • Build and execute Plume's regional GTM strategy across priority MENA markets (UAE, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar), guided by regulatory maturity and institutional demand.
  • Source and close partnerships with regional banks, asset managers, exchanges, and sovereign-adjacent investment vehicles.
  • Engage with regional regulators (e.g., ADGM, DFSA, CBB, CMA) and industry associations to support compliant market entry and expansion.
  • Represent Plume at regional conferences and in media/analyst conversations as the primary regional spokesperson.
  • Partner with global Legal and Compliance to structure partnerships appropriately for regional regulatory regimes.
  • Build relationships with local family offices, VCs, and institutional allocators exploring tokenized asset exposure.
  • Report on regional pipeline, partnerships, and adoption metrics to global leadership.
Qualifications
  • 5+ years of business development or institutional partnerships experience in MENA financial services, fintech, or crypto.
  • Fluent Arabic and English; deep familiarity with the regulatory and cultural landscape across GCC markets in particular.
  • Existing network across regional banks, exchanges, family offices, or regulators.
  • Strong understanding of blockchain fundamentals and ability to translate them credibly for traditional institutional counterparties.
  • Comfortable operating independently in a nascent regional market with significant ownership.
Preferred Experience
  • Prior experience with a crypto exchange, fintech, or asset manager operating under ADGM, DFSA, or similar regional frameworks.
  • Existing relationships with sovereign wealth funds, family offices, or regional institutional allocators.
  • Experience navigating Islamic finance considerations relevant to structuring tokenized products for the region.

Skills Required

  • 5+ years of business development or institutional partnerships experience in MENA financial services, fintech, or crypto
  • Fluent Arabic and English; deep familiarity with regulatory and cultural landscape across GCC markets
  • Existing network across regional banks, exchanges, family offices, or regulators
  • Strong understanding of blockchain fundamentals and ability to translate them credibly for traditional institutional counterparties
  • Comfortable operating independently in a nascent regional market with significant ownership
  • Prior experience with a crypto exchange, fintech, or asset manager operating under ADGM, DFSA, or similar regional frameworks
  • Existing relationships with sovereign wealth funds, family offices, or regional institutional allocators
  • Experience navigating Islamic finance considerations relevant to structuring tokenized products
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33 Employees

What We Do

The first RWA chain for crypto natives, backed by Haun Ventures, Galaxy, Superscrypt and more

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