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Job Summary:
State Street is a leading financial services company seeking a Managing Director for their Digital Asset Solutions team. This strategic role involves driving innovation and executing the digital asset strategy, collaborating with various teams to enhance client engagement and establish governance frameworks for product management.
Responsibilities:
• Execute the Digital Asset Solutions strategy in the US, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and global Digital strategy.
• Lead product management initiatives for tokenization, digital custody, and related services including transfer agency and fund administration from ideation through commercialization.
• Establish governance frameworks for product lifecycle management, risk oversight, and regulatory compliance.
• Drive client engagement, delivering thought leadership and fostering partnerships to accelerate adoption of digital solutions. Partnering with Commercial and Relationship Management teams to represent State Street as the Digital expert with clients.
• Develop commercial models for digital products and services, ensuring scalability and profitability. Engage with Strategic Investments team to determine where investment in vendors and networks make sense for the broader strategy.
• Oversee operational readiness, including onboarding processes, service delivery models, and integration with core platforms.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Product Development, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Technology) to ensure functionality delivery, robust controls and adherence to jurisdictional requirements.
• Establish State Street as a thought leader in the digital space in the US and globally Represent State Street externally, participating in industry forums, external events and shaping market standards for digital assets.
• Work within the digital global team, ensuring coherence of regional strategy with the global strategy and driving global initiatives where necessary. Potential to grow the team in the US as the business scales.
Qualifications:
Required:
• Proven track record in digital transformation, product management, and business change management.
• Strong understanding of custody, accounting, payments, and emerging technologies such as blockchain, tokenization, wallet infrastructure, and AI.
• Execute the Digital Asset Solutions strategy in the US, ensuring alignment with enterprise objectives and global Digital strategy.
• Lead product management initiatives for tokenization, digital custody, and related services including transfer agency and fund administration from ideation through commercialization.
• Establish governance frameworks for product lifecycle management, risk oversight, and regulatory compliance.
• Drive client engagement, delivering thought leadership and fostering partnerships to accelerate adoption of digital solutions.
• Develop commercial models for digital products and services, ensuring scalability and profitability.
• Oversee operational readiness, including onboarding processes, service delivery models, and integration with core platforms.
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders (Product Development, Risk, Compliance, Legal, Technology) to ensure functionality delivery, robust controls and adherence to jurisdictional requirements.
• Establish State Street as a thought leader in the digital space in the US and globally.
• Work within the digital global team, ensuring coherence of regional strategy with the global strategy and driving global initiatives where necessary.
Preferred:
• 15+ years in financial services, with experience in capital markets, operations, or product management, preferably covering Investor Services business lines eg Custody, Transfer Agency and/or Fund administration.
• Proven leadership in digital transformation and change management within complex organizations, with programme management skills to deliver solutions across functions.
• Deep understanding of blockchain, tokenization, wallet technologies, and digital asset infrastructure.
• Strong commercial acumen and experience in developing go-to-market strategies for innovative products.
• Track record of building and managing teams across jurisdictions.
• Exceptional communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work autonomously within a broader global team.
• Ability to explain complex topics in simple and clear ways.
Company:
State Street offers a range of financial services, including investment management, research and trading, as well as asset management. Founded in 1792, the company is headquartered in Boston, USA, with a team of 10001+ employees. The company is currently Late Stage.