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Head of Platform Ops

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Thinking IT Corp.

800 - 1.6K USD
Full-time
Remote
Web3 Native
  • Company: Thinking IT Holding
  • Location: Remote, Global
  • Industry: Crypto Futures Trading (Unregulated), Digital Marketing
  • Employment Type: B2B Full-Time
  • Salary: Competitive, Paid Monthly


Thinking IT Holding is a fast-scaling digital company operating at the intersection of online entertainment, digital marketing, and blockchain innovation. Our latest venture, TradeX, is a crypto futures trading platform designed for fast-paced markets and crypto-native users. Operating in an unregulated environment, we’re building with agility, speed, and boldness.

TradeX is more than just a trading platform—it’s a business. And we’re looking for a sharp, entrepreneurial operator to lead and scale it.


As Head of Platform Operations & Growth, you will own the business side of TradeX—from platform performance to user growth, market strategy, and risk management. You're not just here to maintain systems—you’ll develop and scale the business, define strategic direction, build the right teams, and ensure everything runs smoothly in a high-opportunity but complex Web3 space.

This is a unique role for someone with a business-first mindset, a strategic approach to growth, and the leadership skills to take a product from early traction to scalable success.

  • business savvy
  • strategic mind
  • leadership and managerial qualities
  • strong developmental/scaling skills
  • web-3 / blockchain market knowledge
  • be ok with risk management on unregulated markets


Business Strategy & Scaling

  • Define and lead the platform operations and growth strategy from ground up
  • Balance platform performance, scalability, and commercial priorities
  • Identify and execute new business opportunities (markets, features, partners) to grow user base and trading volume


Leadership & Team Development

  • Build and manage a high-performing, cross-functional ops/growth team
  • Create alignment across product, tech, marketing, and compliance
  • Foster a results-driven, agile culture where speed and precision coexist


Web3 Market Development

  • Stay ahead of trends and competitor moves in the crypto/blockchain trading space
  • Drive adoption across new and existing crypto-native audiences
  • Spot and act on gaps in user experience, product-market fit, or liquidity access


Risk Management in Decentralized ecosystem

  • Navigate and operate confidently in a decentralized system environments
  • Design and implement internal frameworks for risk control, platform integrity, and responsible operations
  • Prepare for shifts in global regulatory outlook without slowing growth


Platform Performance & Ops

  • Own day-to-day platform reliability, uptime, and functionality (in collaboration with dev teams)
  • Monitor KPIs (volume, latency, retention, NPS, etc.) and act fast on performance issues
  • Manage vendor relationships (liquidity providers, infrastructure, third-party tools)

Experience You Bring

  • 7-8 years in platform/business operations, trading, or 4+ years in Web3 growth roles
  • At least 3–5 years in a leadership or GM-level role, ideally within crypto or fintech
  • Experience launching or scaling a Web3 or crypto trading platform is a major plus
  • Strong understanding of trading dynamics, user behavior, and retention models
  • Excellent English communication, negotiation, and presentation skills


What We Offer

  • A pivotal leadership role in a high-growth crypto venture
  • Competitive monthly compensation + performance-based bonuses
  • Full flexibility to work remotely from anywhere
  • Direct access to founders and decision-makers
  • Autonomy to shape strategy, structure, and team
  • The excitement and ownership of building something real in Web3


Who You Are

Business-Savvy & Strategic

  • You see the platform not just as a product, but as a growth engine. You think in numbers, customers, and markets—and know how to connect operations to business outcomes.


Strong Leader & People Manager

  • You’ve built and led agile teams before. You know how to set priorities, manage execution, and keep people focused—even remotely.


Builder with Scaling Experience

  • You’ve launched, grown, or managed tech products/business units in fast-paced environments. You’re comfortable starting from 0 and building toward 1M.


Web3 Native or Fluent

  • You understand the blockchain ecosystem, user behavior in crypto, and the nuances of futures trading, token mechanics, and decentralized culture.


Risk-Aware Operator

  • You’re not afraid of unregulated terrain—but you know how to assess risk, act responsibly, and protect the business while still moving fast.