Director of Blockchain & Digital Asset Solutions (m/f/d)

Halian; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 400,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

Halian seeks an experienced Director of Blockchain & Digital Asset Solutions to drive enterprise blockchain initiatives across financial services, digital assets and tokenization. You will advise executives, design scalable architectures, and lead presales engagements to win complex programs.

Lead architecture workshops and governance frameworks while collaborating with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to deliver secure, scalable solutions for CBDC, tokenization, and payments

Qualifications

• 10+ years in technology with 5+ years in Blockchain/DLT/Web3
• Expertise in enterprise blockchain architecture and distributed ledger tech
• Experience with tokenization, digital assets, payments, settlement, or CBDC initiatives
• Proven design track record on Hyperledger, Corda, Ethereum or similar
• Experience leading architecture workshops, RFP responses, and advisory engagements
• Strong understanding of security, privacy, scalability, interoperability, and governance in blockchain
• Financial services or fintech exposure preferred

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end blockchain and digital asset architectures
• Advise clients on tokenization, payments, CBDC, and digital asset transformation
• Lead customer workshops, presales activities, and architectural assessments
• Drive interoperability and cross-chain integration strategies
• Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and technical best practices
• Partner with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable enterprise solutions

Skills

Blockchain architecture

Enterprise architecture

DLT/Web3

Tokenization

Digital assets

CBDC/Payments

Security & governance

Presales & RFPs

Executive stakeholder alignment

Cross-chain interoperability

Tools

Hyperledger

Corda

Ethereum

Besu

Quorum

Job description

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Director of Blockchain & Digital Asset Solutions to lead the design and advisory of enterprise-grade blockchain initiatives across financial services, digital assets, tokenization, payments, and emerging CBDC ecosystems.

You will serve as a trusted technical advisor to customers, architects, engineering teams, and executive stakeholders, defining scalable and secure blockchain architectures while driving solution strategy, presales engagements, and innovation.

Requirements

• 12+ years of technology experience, including 5+ years focused on Blockchain, DLT, Digital Assets, or Web3 solutions
• Deep expertise in enterprise blockchain architecture and distributed ledger technologies
• Strong experience with tokenization, digital assets, payments, settlement systems, or CBDC initiatives
• Proven track record designing solutions on platforms such as Hyperledger, Corda, Ethereum, Besu, Quorum, or similar technologies
• Experience leading architecture workshops, executive presentations, RFP responses, and customer advisory engagements
• Strong understanding of security, privacy, scalability, interoperability, and governance within blockchain ecosystems
• Financial services, banking, fintech, or central-bank experience strongly preferred

Key Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end blockchain and digital asset architectures
• Advise clients on tokenization, payments, CBDC, and digital asset transformation initiatives
• Lead customer workshops, presales activities, and architectural assessments
• Drive interoperability and cross-chain integration strategies
• Establish architecture standards, governance frameworks, and technical best practices
• Partner with engineering, product, and business stakeholders to deliver scalable enterprise solutions