Senior Vice President, Product Manager – Digital Assets

Company: The Bank of New York Mellon
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Location: London
Job Description:

Overview

As part of the Digital Assets team in London, you will lead the development and delivery of digital assets products, including digital securities, tokenized deposits, and real-world assets. You’ll shape product scope with business-domain insight and collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Technology, and Operations to align requirements and compliance. You’ll design future-state architecture for Blockchain/DLT use cases and ensure robust controls with cybersecurity and risk partners. You will drive end-to-end tokenization and on-chain settlement workflows and advise on practical blockchain options to balance feasibility, maturity, cost, and time to market. This role combines hands-on product and

Pay / Benefits

  • competitive compensation
  • wellbeing programs
  • flexible global resources
  • paid leave
  • paid volunteer time
  • pay-for-performance

Responsibilities

  • Own development and delivery of Digital Assets products (digital securities, tokenized deposits, RWAs)
  • Define scope and objectives for product deliverables with business-domain understanding
  • Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, Technology, and Operations to analyze and prioritize requirements including sanctions screening and Travel Rule
  • Design future-state business architecture to support Blockchain/DLT use cases
  • Partner with cybersecurity and risk teams to implement controls and monitoring
  • Lead development of end-to-end workflows for tokenization and on-chain settlement models
  • Provide guidance on blockchain capabilities to determine best path forward considering feasibility, maturity, cost, and time to market

Key requirements

  • Experience in product development with significant exposure to financial services, capital markets, or market infrastructure
  • Hands-on experience with blockchain/digital assets platforms
  • Knowledge of tokenization frameworks and the digital asset lifecycle (issuance/minting, distribution, custody, corporate actions, settlement)
  • Familiarity with token standards (ERC-20, ERC-1400, ERC-721)
  • Smart contract development and blockchain protocols (Ethereum, Solana, etc.)
  • Experience with on-chain settlement models and DeFi primitives
  • Experience building multi-chain or cross-chain solutions
  • Proven ability to deliver secure, scalable distributed systems in regulated environments
  • Proven product design experience with deep technical aptitude
  • Execution-focused with ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams (PMs, designers, engineers)
  • Strong communication skills for gathering requirements across stakeholders
  • Strong communication
  • Execution-focused
  • Cross-functional collaboration
  • Blockchain/DLT platforms (Ethereum, Solana)
  • Token standards (ERC-20, ERC-1400, ERC-721)
  • Smart contract development

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Posted: October 1st, 2026