Chief Digital Assets & Tokenization Lead

S&P Global; New York (NY); On-site; USD 185,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Retirement plan

Learning & development programs

Flexible time off

Job summary

S&P Global is seeking a senior leader to own the enterprise digital assets and tokenization strategy, translating it into a prioritized portfolio across divisions. You will sponsor business cases, align governance, and build partnerships to de‑risk initiatives while delivering production value with enterprise influence and anti‑pilot bias.

The role requires 10+ years in capital markets or digital assets, with demonstrated leadership and external networks to advance regulated, onchain products

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in capital markets, asset management, financial data and infrastructure, or digital assets, including senior roles with enterprise‑wide scope.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience in digital assets: tokenized products, digital asset funds or indices, onchain infrastructure, or the operational and control build‑out required to bring them to market.
• Proven track record of standing up new businesses, products or functions from zero to production, including vendor, counterparty and partner selection, launch, and the operating processes that sustain them.
• An established external network across onchain‑native firms and traditional financial institutions, and the credibility to open and hold senior relationships from a standing start.
• Commercial judgment: experience building business cases, structuring partnerships and commercial terms, and making disciplined calls on where to invest.
• Executive communication: able to brief senior leadership and external principals with equal clarity, and to challenge as well as partner.

Responsibilities

• Own the enterprise digital assets and tokenization strategy day‑to‑day, translating it into a prioritized portfolio across divisions.
• Run a single intake for divisional requests and enterprise‑originated opportunities; apply Start Now screening criteria and stage gates.
• Co‑own and sponsor business cases that secure investment at both enterprise and divisional level; make explicit recommendations on what to start/hold/stop.
• Maintain a defensible, evidence‑based view of market direction – tokenization economics, onchain market structure, and AI × blockchain intersection.
• Drive priority initiatives to in‑production status with paying customers; augment divisional teams lacking capacity or delivery muscle.
• Appoint and hold a single accountable owner for each opportunity; empower them to execute and remove obstacles.
• Build playbooks, trained people and repeatable processes divisions own after handover; time‑box central involvement.
• Maintain a live enterprise view of milestones, decisions and dependencies; cut duplication and connect work across divisions.
• Build and hold senior relationships across onchain capital markets; negotiate partnerships with co‑investment and production use.
• Shape commercial constructs for onchain distribution in partnership with divisional teams.
• Represent S&P Global externally with credibility: conferences, standards bodies, and industry consortia.
• Convene governance forums for digital assets; align divisions and enterprise leadership behind priorities; resolve conflicts.
• Keep Legal, Risk and Compliance sighted on all in flight; ensure a fast checkpoint before moves from exploration to pilot.
• Escalate new opportunities and risks to governing council with a clear recommendation.
• Lead a small team and grow it; work with engineering leadership to build protocol and AI × blockchain capability.
• Act as trusted advisor to divisional and enterprise leaders; influence through credibility and commercial realism.
• Operate through influence across a global matrixed organization.

Job description

S&P Global is seeking a senior leader to own the enterprise digital assets and tokenization strategy, translating it into a prioritized portfolio across divisions. You will sponsor business cases, align governance, and build partnerships to de‑risk initiatives while delivering production value with enterprise influence and anti‑pilot bias.

The role requires 10+ years in capital markets or digital assets, with demonstrated leadership and external networks to advance regulated, onchain products