# Head of Capital Markets, SHx at Stronghold

- Company: Stronghold
- What the company does: Stronghold® creates virtual payment networks that enable instant settlement and interoperability between legacy and new payment networks.
- Company website: https://stronghold.co
- Type: Startups
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: San Francisco, California
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $200K to $500K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-08-18
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/stronghold/3c96e410-b71a-43e1-ab34-c6ba3ea81c5a
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/stronghold-head-of-capital-markets-shx/

## About the role

You'll build toward owning the SHx Markets vertical: expanding SHx market infrastructure and liquidity to strengthen the utility and health of the SHx ecosystem. That means managing and growing relationships across crypto-native and traditional institutional participants (market makers, brokers, exchanges, OTC desks, custodians, and prime brokers) and working closely with the SHx Markets team on strategy and execution.

## What they're looking for

- Owns our external market maker relationships
- Has earned a growing share of the wider portfolio (exchange listings, OTC desks, custodians, prime brokers) on results
- Has taken at least one exchange listing or market making partnership from first conversation to live
- The technical side of the market (data, reconciliation, on-chain infrastructure) stays with our technical team. You own the business of the market
- 10+ years of markets experience, with a focus on FX or commodities
- 5+ years of management experience

Tags: Crypto