Senior Vice President, Product Manager - Digital Assets in London

hackajob is partnering directly with BNY Mellon to hire for this role. At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees' growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world's investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Product Development Manager to join our Digital Assets team. This role is located in London.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:

• Own development and delivery of Digital Assets products including digital securities, tokenized deposits, real-world assets (RWAs).
• Formulate and define scope and objectives for the product deliverables with thorough understanding of business processes in a specific business domain.
• Work with stakeholders and SMEs across Legal, Compliance, Technology, and Operations to analyze, define, and prioritize requirements, including digital asset compliance needs such as sanctions screening, Travel Rule.
• Design and build future state business architecture to support new and existing Blockchain, DLT use cases.
• Partner with cybersecurity and risk teams to implement robust controls and monitoring frameworks.
• Lead development of end-to-end workflows for tokenization, and on-chain settlement models.
• Provide guidance on blockchain, DLT capabilities - available internally or in the marketplace - to determine best path forward factoring in feasibility, maturity of solutions, cost, time to market.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:

• Experience in product development, with significant exposure to financial services, capital markets, or market infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience in blockchain / digital assets platforms.
• Strong understanding of tokenization frameworks and the digital asset lifecycle (issuance/minting, distribution, custody, corporate actions, and settlement).
• Familiarity with token standards (e.g., ERC-20, ERC-1400, ERC-721).
• Smart contract development and blockchain protocols (e.g., Ethereum, Solana, etc.).
• On-chain settlement models and decentralized finance (DeFi) primitives.
• Experience building multi-chain or cross-chain solutions.
• Proven ability to deliver secure and scalable distributed systems in regulated environments.
• Proven experience in product design and development with deep technical aptitude in developing new products.
• Execution focused with experience working with multi-disciplinary teams comprising product managers, designers, and engineers.
• Strong communication skills with ability to gather requirements across cross-functional partners.

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life's journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.