Vice President of Strategy

Role Overview

The Vice President of Strategy shapes DALQEN’s long-term direction, evaluates growth opportunities, assesses markets and competitive positioning, develops strategic partnerships, and supports executive decision-making.

Working with founders, senior leadership, and functional heads, this role connects market developments, competitive intelligence, product strategy, partnerships, and commercial opportunities. Assessments across crypto assets, tokenized U.S. equities, and tokenized precious metals must reflect validated capabilities rather than assume coverage is live.

Strategy, Operations, and Marketing are distinct executive functions. Strategy defines where and why DALQEN should compete and grow. Operations leads the operating systems, processes, accountability, and execution of those priorities. Marketing leads brand, positioning, messaging, and marketing execution. This is an executive strategy role, not a day-to-day operations position.

The Opportunity

Direction → Markets → Partnerships → Executive Decisions → Responsible Expansion

Help shape DALQEN’s long-term direction and translate business ambitions into focused priorities. Work with founders and senior leadership on where DALQEN competes and how strategic growth is prioritized, using clear thinking, sound judgment, and collaborative decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Set Strategic Direction & Priorities

  Partner with founders and senior leadership to define the company strategic roadmap, clarify growth priorities, assess trade-offs, and develop measurable goals tied to the business model.

• Evaluate Markets & Competitive Position

  Assess trends across crypto assets, tokenized U.S. equities, and tokenized precious metals. Develop market sizing, competitor analysis, customer segmentation, and evidence-based recommendations without assuming capabilities that are not yet live.

• Lead Strategic Partnerships & Opportunities

  Identify and evaluate potential ecosystem, technology, data, distribution, and institutional partners. Build business cases, support executive negotiations, and coordinate due diligence with legal, compliance, and relevant teams.

• Connect Product Strategy With Commercial Growth

  Collaborate with product, research, engineering, marketing, and sales leadership to align positioning, differentiated value, go-to-market priorities, and potential monetization with validated product readiness and customer needs.

• Build Decision-Ready Strategic Intelligence

  Create clear strategic reviews, scenario analyses, opportunity assessments, and executive recommendations. Track the assumptions, performance indicators, and risks behind major strategic decisions.

• Guide Responsible Expansion & Execution

  Help leadership sequence expansion initiatives, allocate attention and investment, and identify dependencies. Coordinate with operational and control owners while preserving their accountability for execution and compliance.

What You Bring

• Strategic Leadership

  Significant experience in corporate strategy, business development, strategic partnerships, management consulting, or an executive growth function.

• Analytical & Commercial Judgment

  Strong capabilities in market research, financial and business-case analysis, competitive positioning, prioritization, and executive decision support.

• Cross-Functional Influence

  Ability to work across product, technology, commercial, finance, legal, and operational teams, communicate trade-offs clearly, and build alignment without relying on formal authority.

• Domain Versatility

  Experience in fintech, AI, financial services, market data, digital assets, or technology is valuable. Deep crypto specialization is not required; the ability to learn quickly is essential.

Initial Focus

The initial focus is organized around two phases:

• Phase 1 — Listen, Learn & Assess: Understand DALQEN’s current capabilities, market positioning, stakeholders, roadmap, and strategic assumptions. Identify the highest-value unanswered questions and near-term opportunities.
• Phase 2 — Align the Strategic Roadmap: Work with founders and senior leadership to prioritize strategic initiatives, define success measures, and establish a practical review cadence for opportunities, partnerships, and expansion.