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About the Role

The Cardano Foundation is seeking an agile Ecosystem Governance Coordinator to join their Governance Team. This role involves building the Foundation's governance engagement into a standing capability, combining structured execution with fluency in Cardano governance, and representing the foundation authentically within the Cardano community.

Responsibilities

• Run the Foundation's DRep communications: newsletter, community calls, and forum presence.
• Revive and grow the Foundation's presence in DRep and delegator discussions across X, Discord, and the Cardano forum.
• Represent the Foundation's published governance positions clearly and accessibly to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Build and maintain working relationships across the governance landscape: DReps, Stake Pool Operators, Constitutional Committee members, and ada holders.
• Coordinate internally with colleagues who own the SPO relationship so the Foundation speaks with one voice.
• Help build durable coalitions around Foundation-aligned positions, grounded in education, alignment, and genuine participation.
• Support the evolution of the Foundation's governance strategy and its DRep thesis.
• Help draft and shepherd governance-related CIP and CPS submissions and constitutional amendment work.
• Contribute to the Foundation's governance positions: the published priorities and principles that govern how we vote.
• Own meeting notes, action tracking, and the decision log so governance work does not depend on anyone's memory.
• Provide support to the Foundation's Governance Advisory Team.
• Track governance actions end to end, from submission through to enactment, and keep internal stakeholders informed.

Requirements

• Governance literacy: ability to explain CIP-1694 mechanics and the real dynamics between DReps, SPOs, and the Constitutional Committee.
• Execution and follow-through: ability to run things on cadence and close loops without being chased.
• Communication and community-building: ability to write well and build trust in public.
• Political judgment and discretion: ability to sense the optics dimension before it becomes a problem.
• Learning velocity: ability to adapt to the ecosystem's pace.
• AI fluency: leveraging AI capabilities and digital tools to augment workflows and unlock new operational efficiencies.
• 3-6 years of experience in governance coordination, community management, programme management, or stakeholder relations, ideally within a blockchain, open-source, or member-driven organization.
• Working fluency in the Cardano governance landscape (CIP-1694, DReps, SPOs, the Constitutional Committee, treasury), enough to act on direction with limited hand-holding.
• Proven ability to launch, manage, and sustain high-engagement initiatives, including newsletters, community call series, and collaborative working groups.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with the ability to make complex governance topics readable.
• A proven system for tracking commitments across multiple stakeholders.
• Comfort operating with a high degree of autonomy in a fully remote, internationally distributed team.
• Willingness to travel occasionally (roughly 4–6 international trips per year) for summits, community events, and team gatherings.

Skills

• Cardano governance
• DRep engagement
• Stakeholder relations
• Community management
• Programme management
• AI fluency
• Written communication
• Spoken communication
• Operational tracking

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Remote
• Full-time

Experience Level

• 3-6 years of experience

Salary/Compensations

• EUR 70,000 to EUR 100,000 (Germany and Ireland)

Benefits

• Remote work flexibility
• Collaborative remote environment
• Annual learning budget
• Opportunities for growth
• Direct contribution to Cardano development
• Annual team building event
• Departmental team-building day
• Extra day off for birthday
• Additional days off for milestone work anniversaries

About the Company

• The Cardano Foundation is an independent, Swiss-based not-for-profit organization tasked with advancing the public digital infrastructure Cardano.
• The Foundation works to anchor Cardano as a utility for financial and social systems, empowering the digital architects of the future.
• It facilitates the worldwide advancement of Cardano in enterprise applications, develops infrastructure tooling, strengthens operational resilience, and drives diversity of on-infrastructure use cases and sound governance.
• The Foundation engages with and supports the Cardano community, assisting the development of tools for leveraging Cardano.
• The Cardano Foundation has employees from over 24 nationalities, across 3 continents.
• The company culture is transparent, inclusive, passionate, and innovative, aiming to have a positive impact on global change and foster a harmonious working environment.

Equal Opportunity

• The Cardano Foundation strives to provide a diverse, inclusive and welcoming working environment.
• The Foundation is committed to being a discrimination-free organization with regards to age, religion, race, nationality/ethnic origin, disability, sex, sexual orientation or gender identity.
• Cardano Foundation does not accept any applications from recruitment agencies for this position and refuses any responsibility for unsolicited applications as well as any associated fees.