Digital Assets Product Owner

Standard Chartered; Remote; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

An international financial institution is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead the commercialization of blockchain solutions. Responsibilities include identifying market trends and developing innovative asset products. Ideal candidates will have strong blockchain product management experience and proficiency with modern productivity tools. This role offers opportunities for continuous learning and is based in Dubai, UAE.

Benefits

Core bank funding for retirement savings

Flexible working options

Proactive wellbeing support

Continuous learning culture

Inclusive and values-driven organization

Qualifications

• Proven experience in product management focusing on blockchain and asset solutions.
• Strong ability to engage with diverse stakeholder groups.
• Deep understanding of technology trends in Digital Assets.

Responsibilities

• Support commercialization and development of blockchain solutions.
• Identify market trends and client needs to drive product innovation.
• Lead strategy and delivery timelines for key initiatives.
• Influence cross-functional teams to establish a shared vision.

Skills

Strong blockchain/Web3 product management experience

Experience working in financial services

Business writing & communication

Presentation and PowerPoint skills

Process management

Familiar with modern productivity tools

Tools

ADO

Teams

Slack

Trello

Mural

Jira

Confluence

Job description

JOB SUMMARY

This role could be based in UAE and Singapore. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.

A senior-level product manager and leader with experience turning ideas into seamless and intuitive product experiences. You are well‑versed in planning, designing, scaling and commercialising products and know how to test, validate and optimise through the product lifecycle. Products need to be designed with a client focus and with strong business acumen to prioritise and deliver against competing asks. You will influence and inspire indirect teams to deliver positive outcomes with executional excellence. If you are a creative problem solver, love tackling complex challenges and building things from 0 to 1 and beyond, this role is for you.

The role includes product management, governance, and product commercialization activities to support the Digital Assets goals of the business and build readiness for scale. The person will also be a “go‑to” contact for education, thought leadership, and Digital Assets related product knowledge.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

• You will support the commercialization and development of innovative blockchain and asset solutions that have strategic fit and value to the Bank’s clients.
• You will identify opportunities through client conversations, demand from other business lines and your understanding of market trends to determine what will be the most impactful products and features we should be building.
• You will be responsible for leading the product work for one or more of our key strategic initiatives by driving strategy, tactics and delivery timelines.

Processes

• Use modern productivity tools such as ADO, Teams, Slack, Trello, Mural, Jira, Confluence.
• You will influence the tech stack, data model, APIs, platform and system architecture, while determining when best to build, buy or borrow new technologies and 3rd‑party integrations.

People & Talent

• You will influence, inspire and collaborate closely with cross‑functional teams (technology, compliance, operations, marketing, legal, etc.) and other business stakeholders to establish a shared vision for Digital Assets products.

Governance

• You will ensure all governance requirements are understood and met during the product development lifecycle, including on‑boarding 3rd parties, consolidating risk assessments and managing prioritisation for tech teams.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank.

KEY STAKEHOLDERS

• Businesses across CIB – specifically TB Cash, FM FSS, Digital Assets CoE.
• Compliance – Product and CIB Platform and Partnerships, Financial Crime and Surveillance Operations.
• Legal – Product and CIB Platform and Partnerships.
• Technology – Primarily DLT Technology Hive, but other product technology as well.
• Vendor and third‑party partners.

OUR IDEAL CANDIDATE

• Training – Understand technology trends in Digital Assets and provide insight & analysis to the implications to Digital product and channel partner.
• Familiar with modern productivity tools (ADO, Teams, Slack, Trello, Mural, Jira, Confluence).

ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES

• Strong blockchain/Web3 product management experience.
• Experience working in financial services and/or enterprise fintech dealing with emerging technologies.
• Process management.
• Business writing & communication.
• Presentation and PowerPoint skills.

ABOUT STANDARD CHARITSED

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we’ve worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you’re looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can’t wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do.
• Never settle continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well and not so well.
• Are better together we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term.

WHAT WE OFFER

Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.

Time‑off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.

Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.

Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market‑leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first‑aiders and all sorts of self‑help toolkits.

A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.

Being part of an inclusive and values‑driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies – everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.