CEO - Blockchain Data (Chief Executive Officer)

Chainlabs; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading data analytics startup is seeking a dynamic CEO to shape its future in the blockchain data space. This role requires strong operational leadership and experience in web3 analytics or AML. As the CEO, you will have the opportunity to drive growth, manage teams, and oversee product initiatives in a fully remote environment with equity rewards and significant impact.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Growth & Equity Potential

Flexible remote work schedule

Transparent and fast-paced culture

Opportunities for personal and professional growth

Qualifications

• Experience in startup environment with operational leadership.
• Background in web3 on-chain analytics or AML.
• Structured thinker with data integrity focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead operations and manage multiple data intelligence projects.
• Coordinate teams for achieving labelling objectives.
• Plan and execute new data analytics products.

Skills

Operational leadership

Web3 on-chain analytics

AML / financial cybercrime

Entrepreneurial mindset

Attention to detail

Data-centric mindset

Education

Engineering Degree

Tools

Chainalysis

TRM

Nansen

Dune

Job description

CEO - Blockchain Data (Chief Executive Officer)

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About Us

Chainlabs is a data analytics startup that provides wallet labels to the web3 ecosystem. We identify

About Us

Chainlabs is a data analytics startup that provides wallet labels to the web3 ecosystem. We identify which organization owns which wallet on the blockchain. As the largest labels database provider in the space, we've mapped over 15,000 on-chain organizations, including exchanges, public figures, darknet markets, stolen addresses, scams and more. Our clients include Analytics Software providers including Chainalysis, Crystal, Nansen, and Coinbase.

Chainlabs has a team of 14 full-time employees working in data labelling, including 3 engineers, 8 intelligence analysts, and 2 analyst team leaders. With 150% year-over-year revenue growth, we aim to expand our product offering. Possible future services include self-serve wallet labels, trade signaling, darknet scraping, OSINT data brokerage, crypto whale alerts, and data analytics for traders.

About The Role

After 6 years of running Chainlabs and overseeing its successful exit to Lunar Rails, our Founder Basile is seeking a successor. As the new CEO, you will lead operations, drive hiring, and shape strategy for new product initiatives. This dynamic role involves managing multiple Data Intelligence projects simultaneously. The position requires meticulous attention to detail and offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the Crypto AML Regulation space. The company maintains strong financial stability and strategic independence, and you will be instrumental in shaping the company's long-term vision.

The role is :

• rewarded with equity
• fully remote
• immediate start
  
  

Key Responsibilities

• Take operational command of day -to-day operations, including agile project management and standup calls
• Set challenging and realistic goals for our labelling operations and sales
• Coordinate intelligence analysts and OSINT subject matter experts to achieve our labelling objectives
• Ensure high standards within our data operations by supervising documentation efforts
• Lead the pace and allocate resources for the data labelling R&D (technical efforts like those)
• Secure partnerships and sales with other cybersecurity and analytics companies
• Envision, plan and execute new data analytics products using our Wallet Database
  
  
  

Requirements

• Operational leadership experience in a startup environment (technical project / product management, Human and Financial Resource management)
• Experience in either 1) web3 on-chain analytics, or 2) AML / financial cybercrime
• Structured and process-oriented thinker, capable of balancing execution speed and data integrity
• Entrepreneurial mindset—able to identify new product opportunities and execute on them
• A data-centric mindset. At Chainlabs, data isn't just a process—it's a mindset. Quality data collection is the foundation of good data analytics. You'll oversee this from start to finish
• Exceptional attention to detail to set high standards in data collection and documentation
  
  

Nice to haves:

• Strong understanding of blockchain analytics platforms like Chainalysis, TRM, Nansen, and Dune
• Engineering Degree, and/or understanding of relational databases and hands-on data analytics
• Software Project Management experience (managing back and front end engineers)
  
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Growth & Equity Potential - The new CEO will have a clear pathway to equity milestones & profit-sharing. As the company expands its product offerings and revenue streams, the CEO will play a key role in driving growth and shaping strategic direction, with financial incentives tied to performance and long-term success
• Remote work environment with a flexible schedule
• A team that values data and AI; Lunar Rails (the acquiring company) has a strong engineering culture
• A company culture that values transparency, speed, courage, and curiosity
• Opportunities for fast personal and professional growth
• Exposure to a global network of industry experts and partners
  
  

Read more about our startup here.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Executive

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting

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