GM, AI Ecosystem — Bay Area Strategy & Partnerships

SOLANA FOUNDATION; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The Solana Foundation is seeking a senior executive to serve as GM, AI Ecosystem in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will own the region's strategy, budget, and key relationships with AI founders, researchers, investors, and ecosystem partners to accelerate Solana's growth in AI and emerging tech.

This high-autonomy, high-visibility role requires full-time Bay Area presence and a proven track record of building and leading cross-functional initiatives in the technology sector.

Qualifications

• A senior operator with a decade or more across venture capital, ecosystem leadership, company founding or scaling, product or growth at a top-tier technology organization — with a track record others can point to.
• Deeply networked in the Bay Area, with real, earned relationships among founders, investors, and operators that you can activate from day one.
• Fluent in both worlds: you understand crypto and Solana, and you can hold a substantive conversation with AI founders and researchers about what they're building and why it matters.
• The judgment of a capital allocator: you tell signal from noise quickly, concentrate on the few relationships and bets that compound, and deploy resources where they'll matter most.
• An exceptional communicator and closer — the kind of person who earns trust in a single meeting and is remembered after it.
• Comfortable with full ownership and ambiguity: you create your own surface area, set your own agenda, and don't wait to be told the priorities.
• Based full-time in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Responsibilities

• Own Solana Foundation's entire strategy and presence in the Bay Area. You set the priorities, and you are accountable for the results.
• Build deep relationships across AI/ML startup, research, and infrastructure communities, and make the case for building cutting-edge AI products and use cases on Solana.
• Identify, cultivate, and activate the region's strongest builders, turning them into long-term Solana ecosystem participants.
• Build trusted relationships with the Bay Area's top VCs, accelerators, and incubators to drive high-quality deal flow and co-investment into the Solana ecosystem.
• Set the regional event strategy — hackathons, founder dinners, technical salons, and marquee side events at major conferences — and hold a bar of quality that matches the caliber of people you're trying to attract.
• Forge partnerships across AI, fintech, and consumer tech that create compounding leverage for Solana's reach and narrative.
• Represent the Foundation in high-stakes conversations with investors, founders, and press, and feed sharp market intelligence back to global leadership to shape Solana's broader strategy.

Job description

The Solana Foundation is seeking a senior executive to serve as GM, AI Ecosystem in the San Francisco Bay Area. You will own the region's strategy, budget, and key relationships with AI founders, researchers, investors, and ecosystem partners to accelerate Solana's growth in AI and emerging tech.

This high-autonomy, high-visibility role requires full-time Bay Area presence and a proven track record of building and leading cross-functional initiatives in the technology sector.