VP of Tech Expansion (100% REMOTE)
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As VP of Tech Expansion at Tether, you lead the global adoption and commercial expansion of Tether's technology ecosystem. Reporting directly to the Chief Expansion Officer, you oversee expansion across artificial intelligence, self-custodial infrastructure, peer-to-peer systems, and digital and financial infrastructure. You manage senior professionals and teams globally, ensuring a coordinated strategy and compelling propositions for major companies, institutions, and governments. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring strong technology understanding, commercial judgment, and global relationship-building capabilities.
What you'll do
- Define and execute the global expansion strategy for Tether's technology ecosystem, establishing priorities across current and future technology verticals.
- Identify high-potential markets, industries, partners, and use cases.
- Build relationships with CEOs, CTOs, CIOs, government leaders, and other senior stakeholders.
- Personally originate, structure, negotiate, and close major partnerships and deployments.
- Position Tether as a long-term technology and infrastructure partner.
- Connect Tether's different capabilities to develop tailored and integrated solutions for partners.
- Translate market and partner requirements into clear opportunities for product and engineering teams.
- Coordinate internal stakeholders and external implementation partners from initial concept through deployment and scale.
- Ensure major projects are delivered on time, within budget, and against measurable objectives.
- Monitor solution performance, identify risks, and develop mitigation plans.
- Lead senior professionals and teams responsible for expanding Tether's different technologies.
- Set clear priorities, KPIs, and accountability and monitoring frameworks.
- Build a high-performing global Tech Expansion organization.
- Ensure effective collaboration with regional Expansion, product, engineering, legal, and regulatory teams.
- Develop repeatable commercial and execution playbooks across technologies and markets.
- Identify issues requiring escalation and bring them to the Chief Expansion Officer with clear context and recommended options.
- Represent Tether in strategic engagements with major enterprises, institutions, governments, regulators, and industry leaders.
- Act as a senior ambassador for Tether's technology vision at global conferences, industry forums, and in front of global companies' senior executives.
What you bring
- Strong technology understanding and the ability to engage with CTOs and CIOs.
- Commercial judgment and the ability to translate complex technical needs into solutions.
- Executive presence and global relationship-building capabilities.
- Ability to convert opportunities into major partnerships and deployments.
- Proven ability to turn engagements into replicable, scalable products and playbooks.
- Willingness and ability to travel internationally.
- Excellent English communication skills.
About Tether
Tether is a global fintech leader whose ecosystem includes Tether Finance (home to USDT, the world's most trusted stablecoin), Tether Power (energy solutions for Bitcoin mining), Tether Data (AI and peer-to-peer infrastructure including the KEET app), Tether Education (digital learning access), and Tether Evolution (technology and innovation initiatives). The company operates a remote-first, globally distributed team.
Context for this role
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