Risk Management - Digital Assets Oversight Executive Director

Testing Site - JPMC; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

JPMorganChase in the United States is seeking an executive director for Risk Management Digital Assets Oversight. The role leads second-line oversight of digital assets initiatives, coordinating with Product Owners to evaluate and implement robust fraud controls for new launches and existing flows.

Leveraging deep blockchain and tokenization expertise, you will translate technical decisions into risk positions, guide control requirements, and manage a small team to deliver secure, resilient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 10 years in a Risk function.
• Minimum of 5 years managing teams.
• Experience with digital assets and digital payments.
• Strong understanding of blockchain concepts and smart contracts.
• Demonstrated experience building or executing risk assessments and control frameworks in regulated financial services.
• Ability to defend positions and influence with quantitative analysis developed with an analytical team.
• Ability to work effectively with both business and technically oriented individuals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with executives, managers, and subject matter experts.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform risk assessments for digital assets initiatives (e.g., custody launches, exchange connectivity, tokenization pilots).
• Review product designs and advise on robust, scalable controls to deliver secure experiences.
• Collaborate with Legal, Compliance, and Controls to address regulatory considerations and control gaps.
• Communicate key risks and control themes to senior leadership for decision making.
• Lead a small team of individual contributors and develop talent.
• Stay abreast of DeFi, payments, authentication, and digital financial services developments.

Skills

Digital assets

Digital payments

Blockchain concepts

Smart contracts

Risk assessments

Quantitative analysis

Communication skills

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Bring your expertise to JPMorganChase. As part of Risk Management and Compliance, you are at the center of keeping JPMorgan Chase strong and resilient. You help the firm grow its business in a responsible way by anticipating new and emerging risks, and using your expert judgement to solve real-world challenges that impact our company, customers and communities. Our culture in Risk Management and Compliance is all about thinking outside the box, challenging the status quo and striving to be best-in-class.

As the Risk Management Digital Assets Oversight Executive Director, you will lead second-line oversight for digital assets initiatives, with responsibility for identifying, measuring, monitoring, and mitigating risks across activities such as tokenized products, stablecoins, digital payments, and third-party services. You will partner closely with Chase Product Owners to evaluate and recommend effective fraud and scam controls for both new business launches and enhancements to existing payment flows.

Leveraging deep expertise in blockchain technology, tokenization platforms, stablecoins, and DeFi protocols, you will proactively identify potential risk scenarios, assess their impact and likelihood, and translate technical and product design decisions into clear risk positions and control requirements. As a key member of the Risk Oversight team’s second line of defense, you will review product and feature designs, challenge where appropriate, and advise on robust, scalable controls to deliver secure, resilient customer experiences.

You will also manage and develop a small team of individual contributors, setting priorities, coaching talent, and ensuring consistent, high-quality risk outcomes.

In addition, you will collaborate with Legal, Compliance, and Controls partners to address emerging issues, regulatory considerations, and control gaps, delivering timely, practical guidance. You will communicate key risks, control themes, and product challenges to senior leadership, helping shape strategy, inform decision-making, and drive continuous improvement across digital assets risk management.

Job Responsibilities

• Perform new activity / new product risk assessments for digital assets initiatives (e.g., custody launches, exchange connectivity, tokenization pilots).
• Understand both the traditional finance and digital asset processes and flows you oversee just as well as the Product team
• Demonstrate a working knowledge of controls that are used to mitigate inherent risk in digital assets and traditional finance digital payments
• Represent the interests of stakeholders in risk management
• Collaborate with the business to solve problems but escalates within the risk management framework when the business exposes the bank to risk in an unsafe way
• Remain abreast of new/changes in DeFi, payments, authentication, technology, and Digital financial services
• Deconstruct and explain complex concepts and issues in a business-friendly manner to senior/executive management
• Work effectively as a people manager and a collaborative team member on simultaneous projects
• Work well in a team environment, including cross-functional teams

Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 10 years in a Risk function
• Minimum of 5 years managing teams
• Experience with digital assets and digital payments
• Strong understanding of blockchain concepts and smart contracts
• Demonstrated experience building or executing risk assessments and control frameworks in regulated financial services.
• Ability to defend positions and influence with quantitative analysis developed with an analytical team
• Ability to work effectively with both business and technically oriented individuals
• Possess excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally with executives, managers, and subject matter experts
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment