Key Responsibilities- Leads the development and execution of the organization's tokenization strategy, aligning emerging opportunities with enterprise, business, and investment objectives.
- Identifies, evaluates, and prioritizes tokenization use cases by assessing market demand, business value, operational impact, regulatory considerations, and implementation feasibility.
- Monitors industry developments, competitor activity, regulatory changes, and technology trends to identify emerging opportunities and risks related to tokenization.
- Serves as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, translating complex market, technology, and regulatory developments into actionable strategic recommendations.
- Partners with business, technology, legal, compliance, and risk stakeholders to develop strategic recommendations and adoption roadmaps for tokenization initiatives.
- Drives discovery, research, and experimentation efforts in partnership with innovation engineering team to validate assumptions, assess technical feasibility, and determine market readiness.
- Evaluates external platforms, vendors, and ecosystem partners, providing strategic input on partnership, build-versus-buy, and capability development decisions.
- Represents the organization in industry forums, working groups, partnerships, and strategic engagements to maintain awareness of market developments and influence industry direction.
- Communicates strategic insights, recommendations, and research findings to senior leaders and key stakeholders through presentations, reports, and executive briefings.
- Collaborates with architecture, product, and engineering teams to ensure strategic initiatives are translated into actionable roadmaps and implementation plans.
- Mentors colleagues and contributes to the growth of organizational expertise in tokenization, digital assets, and other emerging technologies.
- Participates in special projects and performs other duties as assigned.
Qualifications- Curious, comfortable with ambiguity, willingness to adapt, has a bias for action, enjoys ambitious projects.
- Typically requires 8+ years of relevant experience in strategy, product management, innovation, financial services, technology, or related disciplines.
- Experience in one or more of the following areas: tokenization, digital assets, blockchain, capital markets infrastructure, payments, financial technology, innovation strategy, or emerging technology research.
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of training and experience. Graduate degree preferred.
Special Factors
Sponsorship
Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
