Senior Director, Strategy & Business Management - Digital Market Infrastructure

BNY Mellon

$160K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 15+ years in product or technical product management, preferably in financial services or market infrastructure.
  • 4+ years of experience in digital asset custody or market infrastructure supporting settlement.
  • Technical fluency for collaboration with engineers on APIs and usage of data metrics.
  • Deep understanding of digital asset custody frameworks and blockchain mechanics.
  • Experience with multiple blockchain networks and asset types to ensure safe integration.
  • Proven ability to deliver secure and resilient software in regulated settings.
  • Outstanding communication skills for effective requirement gathering.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Digital Market Infrastructure leadership to execute strategic initiatives.
  • Lead resource and capacity planning across multiple teams to align investments with business goals.
  • Manage strategic program oversight to ensure timely delivery against client commitments.
  • Establish governance for product development and provide comprehensive reporting on progress and risks.
  • Create business management reporting systems to guide decision-making and resource allocation.
  • Facilitate coordination among cross-functional teams to resolve issues and enhance execution.
  • Identify and implement improvements to enhance organizational effectiveness and operational processes.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a rapidly evolving sector like digital assets.
  • Engagement in high-level strategy execution alongside industry leaders.
  • Collaboration with diverse teams across product, engineering, and operations.
  • Access to cutting-edge technology and market insights.
  • Contribution to significant industry changes and advancements in market infrastructure.
Full Job Description
Job Description

We're seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Director, Strategy & Business Management - Digital Market Infrastructure to join our Digital Assets team. This role is located in Toronto, ON, Canada.

In this role, you'll make an impact in the following ways:
  • Partner with the Head of Digital Market Infrastructure to drive strategic execution, business management, and delivery across the organization's portfolio of digital asset and market infrastructure initiatives.
  • Lead resource management, demand planning, and capacity planning across Product, Engineering, and Operations, ensuring investments and talent are aligned to the highest-priority business outcomes.
  • Oversee strategic program management for key initiatives, driving execution, managing dependencies, identifying risks, and ensuring delivery against agreed milestones and client commitments.
  • Establish governance and portfolio oversight across product development, providing transparency into roadmap progress, delivery health, financials, risks, and executive-level reporting.
  • Develop business operating rhythms and management reporting, including financial planning, headcount management, KPI tracking, investment governance, and executive presentations to support informed decision-making.
  • Drive cross-functional coordination across Product, Engineering, Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, and Commercial teams to improve execution, resolve issues, and accelerate delivery of strategic priorities.
  • Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, operating processes, and ways of working, enabling the Digital Market Infrastructure organization to scale efficiently while supporting long-term business growth.

To be successful in this role, we're seeking the following:
  • 15+ years of experience in product management or technical product management, ideally within financial services, or market infrastructure.
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience with digital asset custody, wallet infrastructure, or adjacent market infrastructure supporting settlement and safekeeping.
  • Hands-on technical fluency: ability to work with engineers on APIs/integrations, read logs and metrics, and use data to validate outcomes and troubleshooting issues.
  • Strong understanding of:
    • Digital asset custody operating models, safeguarding expectations, and control frameworks
    • Wallet types and architectures (hot/warm/cold), transaction lifecycle, and blockchain network mechanics (fees, finality, reorgs)
    • Key management and cryptography concepts, including MPC and HSMs, key ceremonies, backup/recovery, and secure signing
    • Operational risk topics for custody: approvals/entitlements, travel rule considerations, reconciliation, auditability, and incident response
  • Experience supporting multiple blockchain networks and asset types, with a pragmatic approach to adding new networks safely.
  • Experience delivering secure, resilient, and auditable software in regulated environments, including strong SDLC practices, change management, and operational readiness.
  • Proven experience delivering platform products end-to-end, translating complex technical concepts into clear roadmaps, requirements, and prioritized backlogs.
  • 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.

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