Project Manager, Academic Engagements

As a Project Manager for Academic Engagements at the Ethereum Foundation, you will build, scale, and operationalize the Foundation's engagements with universities, research institutions, and academic communities worldwide. You serve as a coordinator between academic stakeholders and the broader Ethereum ecosystem, translating ecosystem needs into structured research and education initiatives.

What you'll do

• Translate Ethereum research priorities into questions, framings, and research opportunities that resonate with scholars in adjacent fields
• Identify academic communities and researchers whose existing work intersects with problems relevant to Ethereum, and build pathways for them to engage with the ecosystem
• Build and manage strategic partnerships with universities, research labs, and academic consortia globally
• Design and scale academic programs including workshops, curriculum collaborations, hackathons, and lecture series
• Work with EF teams and ecosystem researchers to understand where academic expertise could help advance important open questions, and connect those needs with the right scholars and institutions
• Drive distribution of research through events, publications, and multi-format content to reach the right audiences
• Develop and support funding pathways for academic research in partnership with Funding Coordination and ecosystem stakeholders
• Track program impact and provide clear reporting on outcomes and ecosystem value

What you bring

• 3+ years of experience managing academic programs, research partnerships, or university-industry collaborations
• Demonstrated success coordinating multi-stakeholder projects and programs with measurable outcomes
• Experience working with diverse, distributed teams across time zones
• Ability to understand research problems across disciplines and communicate them in ways that make sense to different academic audiences
• Ability to spot connections between Ethereum-specific questions and broader scholarly debates
• Strong understanding of academic research practices, incentive structures, publication cycles, and university administrative dynamics
• Exceptional cross-cultural communication and relationship-building capabilities
• Strong project planning and execution skills, with comfort managing ambiguity and evolving priorities
• Proficiency with modern collaboration and project management tools such as Notion and Google Suite (Docs, Slides)

Nice to have

• A PhD and experience doing academic research
• Familiarity with blockchain research, Ethereum fundamentals, or related technologies
• Prior experience in grants coordination or academic funding mechanisms
• Background in research organization or scholarly publishing
• Experience organizing academic conferences, workshops, and seminars

About Ethereum Foundation

The Ethereum Foundation is a global non-profit organization dedicated to assisting the Ethereum ecosystem in realizing the potential of Ethereum as open, neutral infrastructure for the world. The Foundation dynamically allocates resources to critical projects when needed and steps back when others can take the lead.