Events Lead

Events Lead ABOUT MORPHO Morpho is a leading Decentralized Finance (DeFi) lending protocol that raised million from Ribbit Capital, a16z crypto, Coinbase Ventures, Variant, Brevan Howard, Pantera, Blocktower, and 50 others to build an open lending network giving anyone, anywhere, access to the best possible terms. Morpho is experiencing explosive growth, with over billion in deposits on the network, solidifying itself as the new standard for DeFi lending. Now, Morpho is scaling its team of contributors to establish itself as a cornerstone, not just of DeFi, but of a new internet-native financial system. OUR MISSION Morpho's mission is to power human ambition with open access to capital. Human ambition has no borders, but the capital to fuel it does. Today's financial system is closed and fragmented. No one sees all opportunities, most overpay, and some are excluded entirely. We believe capital should flow efficiently to where it's needed most - giving anyone, anywhere, access to the best possible terms. LOCATION Remote, Europe or US (from -5h GMT up to +2h GMT to ensure sufficient overlap with the rest of the team). HOW WE WORK We move fast on hard problems in a nascent market with no set playbook: navigating uncertainty is part of the job. You'll be challenged: anyone can question work and decisions must be justified. We keep a high bar and match it with high support: we help each other unblock and share context openly, with low ego. More about our values: morpho.org/jobs http://morpho.org/jobs. ROLE The mission of this role is to own and elevate how Morpho shows up in the world by building a dedicated, commercially-minded events function from the ground up, covering everything from recurring hosted dinners and conference attendance to the flagship Morpho-owned productions we plan to build over time. RESPONSIBILITIES - Own the events calendar end to end: decide which conferences Morpho attends, who from the team goes, and what we want to get out of each one, so every attendance decision ties back to clear business objectives and is followed through with the right people. - Plan and run hosted experiences around the events that matter most to us, owning venue selection, merch, gifts, and every production detail that shapes how guests experience Morpho. - Lead Morpho-owned conferences from concept to execution, owning format, programming, production, and delivery as we build our own flagship events over time. - Track speaking and sponsorship opportunities across the industry, surface them to the team, manage external partners and organizers, and coordinate Morpho's presence at third-party events. - Manage merch and branded collateral tied to events, ensuring every touchpoint reflects how Morpho wants to show up in the real world. - Lead vision and creative direction for internal events, office experience, and offsites, including team gatherings and milestone moments that bring the company together. WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE First 30 days - Ramped on Morpho: the product, the customers, the commercial priorities, and the team - Mapped the full landscape of relevant industry events over the next 12 months - Built a shared view of what we have done historically at events, what worked, and what did not - Identified the next 1-2 events on the calendar and taken operational ownership of them First 4 months - Published a prioritized events calendar for the year, tied to business objectives, with clear rationale on what is in and what is out - Defined the default playbook for how Morpho shows up per event type (tier 1 vs. tier 2 vs. opportunistic) - Run several hosted experiences end to end, with clear objectives set beforehand and a post-mortem after In 1 year - Multiple events executed to a high standard, with a proven track record of pipeline and relationships generated - Events function operates predictably; leadership and Growth know what to expect and when - A clear proposal on the concept, format, and ... (truncated, view full listing at source)