Senior Digital Assets Strategy Lead (Hybrid)

Bilinguallink; Longueuil; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and wellness program

Flexible group insurance

Generous pension plan

Employee Share Ownership Plan

Employee and family assistance program

Preferential banking services

Community involvement

Telemedicine service

Virtual sleep clinic

Job summary

National Bank is seeking a Senior Digital Assets Advisor to help shape and scale institutional digital asset capabilities within Capital Markets Operations. You will design robust operating models, processes, and controls, and ensure regulatory compliance across the transaction lifecycle.

You will collaborate with trading, risk, technology, and finance teams to drive continuous improvement and develop digital asset expertise across the organization.

Qualifications

• Hold a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and have significant experience in digital assets, capital markets, financial market infrastructure, or a related industry.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge of digital asset ecosystems, including blockchain-based and traditional market infrastructures, custody, wallets, settlement, reconciliation, and market events.
• Have experience designing and implementing operating models, processes, controls, and governance frameworks within regulated or complex environments.
• Have experience with institutional digital asset infrastructure, including exchanges, custodians, wallet solutions, digital asset books of record, tokenization, stablecoins, or real-world assets.
• Possess knowledge of regulatory, operational, and risk management considerations applicable to financial institutions, particularly within capital markets environments.
• Have experience supporting transformation initiatives, operational change programs, or new business capabilities from concept through implementation.

Responsibilities

• Act as the digital assets subject matter expert and provide market insights to support the development of new capabilities and strategic initiatives.
• Design and optimize end-to-end operating models, processes, controls, and governance frameworks aligned with business, regulatory, and risk requirements.
• Define and oversee the integration of digital assets across the transaction lifecycle, including trade capture, custody, funding, settlement, reconciliations, market events, and exception management.
• Develop and strengthen operational controls and risk mitigation practices related to on-chain and off-chain activities, including exchange and counterparty exposure.
• Collaborate with trading, operations, technology, risk, compliance, finance teams, and external partners to support institutional digital asset initiatives.
• Drive continuous improvement, operational readiness, knowledge sharing, and the advancement of digital asset expertise across the organization.

Skills

Digital assets

Capital markets

Regulatory compliance

Operational risk

Process design

Stakeholder collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

National Bank is seeking a Senior Digital Assets Advisor to help shape and scale institutional digital asset capabilities within Capital Markets Operations. You will design robust operating models, processes, and controls, and ensure regulatory compliance across the transaction lifecycle.

You will collaborate with trading, risk, technology, and finance teams to drive continuous improvement and develop digital asset expertise across the organization.