Senior Director, Digital Asset Platform & Securitization

BNY Mellon; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

BNY Mellon seeks a Senior Director to lead Digital Asset initiatives within the Structured Debt Platform of Corporate Trust. You will shape product strategy, drive greenfield ideas, and oversee adoption of tokenized assets across securitization workflows.

You will collaborate with Loans, CLO, ABS, MBS, and Enterprise Product Innovation to deliver scalable digital asset capabilities, establishing vision, governance, and market-ready solutions in a fast-evolving capital markets landscape.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of related experience required; experience in the securities or financial services industry is a plus.
• Demonstrated success leading greenfield product initiatives from concept through launch and scale, including defining strategy, securing investment, building organizational alignment, and driving commercial adoption.
• Proven experience in digital assets, tokenization, blockchain infrastructure, and smart contracts within capital markets or financial services.
• Proven ability to lead complex product initiatives from strategy through execution in agile, cross-functional environments.
• Experience launching new products, platforms, or business capabilities that achieved measurable client adoption and business impact.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the product strategy for Digital Asset Securitization solutions within Corporate Trust, identifying opportunities across tokenization, blockchain infrastructure, smart contracts, and digital servicing workflows.
• Lead incubation and development of greenfield product initiatives, translating market opportunities and emerging technologies into scalable business solutions.
• Develop product vision, business cases, operating models, and commercialization strategies for new digital asset offerings.
• Align product strategy with market needs across public and private securitization (CLO, ABS, MBS, and other forms of collateralized notes).
• Partner with Enterprise Digital Asset and Product Innovation teams to advance digital asset transformation initiatives.
• Drive solutions supporting tokenized securities, digital issuance, investor reporting, custody integration, and lifecycle automation.
• Own the full product lifecycle from ideation, discovery, business case development, and MVP definition through launch, commercialization, adoption, and scale.
• Translate strategic priorities into product initiatives and drive execution through delivery and commercialization.
• Define product requirements, success metrics, business cases, and implementation priorities.
• Lead cross-functional teams across product, technology, operations, legal, risk, compliance, and client-facing organizations to deliver outcomes.
• Manage product backlogs and coordinate execution across agile delivery pods.
• Partner with risk, compliance, legal, and regulatory teams to ensure governance and readiness.
• Develop and execute go-to-market strategies, client onboarding plans, and adoption frameworks to accelerate market penetration and business growth.
• Establish KPIs and performance measures to monitor product adoption, client value realization, operational effectiveness, and commercial success.

Skills

Entrepreneurial mindset

Execution leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic product leadership

Strong communication

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business management or related discipline

Advanced degree preferred

Job description

BNY Mellon seeks a Senior Director to lead Digital Asset initiatives within the Structured Debt Platform of Corporate Trust. You will shape product strategy, drive greenfield ideas, and oversee adoption of tokenized assets across securitization workflows.

You will collaborate with Loans, CLO, ABS, MBS, and Enterprise Product Innovation to deliver scalable digital asset capabilities, establishing vision, governance, and market-ready solutions in a fast-evolving capital markets landscape.