Your role and responsibilities
As a Capital Markets SME within IBM Consulting's Digital Assets & Tokenization practice, you will bring deep capital markets domain expertise to client engagements involving tokenized securities, custody solutions, and lending against digital and tokenized assets. You will work directly with client stakeholders across capital markets, custody, and wealth management functions to shape solution designs, and support delivery teams as tokenization initiatives move from advisory into implementation.
• Serve as the capital markets domain authority on client engagements involving securities tokenization, fund tokenization, and digital asset custody.
• Advise clients on solution design for lending against tokenized equities, private equity, and other digital asset collateral
• Partner with regulatory advisory teams on capital markets-specific regulatory considerations tied to tokenized securities and digital asset custody.
• Contribute capital markets expertise to client proposals, points of view, and executive-level presentations to support business development.
• Collaborate with technical architects to ensure capital markets solution designs integrate with clients' existing custody, settlement, and trading infrastructure.
• Track the evolving competitive and regulatory landscape for tokenized securities and capital markets infrastructure, and translate that knowledge into client-ready points of view.
"Hybrid: Your work location of City, State was assigned based on business need and currently your role designated as a hybrid role. Hybrid roles are expected to perform their primary duties from a combination of IBM location, client sites or work at home. The required number of days to be in the office is to be determined by your management team. Any changes to this work arrangement must be preapproved by your manager before any changes are made. This Job can be performed from anywhere in the US."
Required education
Bachelor's Degree
Required technical and professional expertise
• 8+ years of experience in capital markets, custody, or wealth management roles, with direct experience in securities operations, capital markets product, or strategy
• Demonstrated understanding of tokenized securities, digital asset custody models, or capital markets infrastructure
• Experience translating complex capital markets and custody requirements into clear solution designs for both business and technical stakeholders
• Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills, with experience advising senior client stakeholders
• Working knowledge of relevant capital markets regulatory frameworks as applied to digital and tokenized assets
Preferred technical and professional experience
• Experience with tokenized securities platforms, digital asset custody solutions, or blockchain-based capital markets infrastructure
• Prior consulting or professional services experience, ideally within financial services or capital markets
• Relevant industry certification in capital markets, securities operations, or financial technology
• Experience supporting business development, proposal writing, or client relationship management in a professional services environment
OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS
IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:
- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being
- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs
- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law
- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals
- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences
This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.
IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.
The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.
