VP, Digital Asset Cyber & Fraud Risk Strategy

711 MS Smith Barney, LLC; New York (NY); On-site; USD 110,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Morgan Stanley in New York seeks a Senior Digital Asset Risk Leader within the Wealth Management Chief Data Office. You will lead risk assessment, control reviews, and governance for enterprise digital asset custody and tokenization initiatives.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10 years in cybersecurity, fraud risk, or digital asset risk, with hands-on experience with Fireblocks, MPC/HSM controls, and policy frameworks. Strong communication and cross‑functional collaboration are essential.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years of experience in cybersecurity, fraud risk, operational risk, technology risk, or digital asset risk management.
• Experience with enterprise digital asset custody or wallet technologies and strong familiarity with Fireblocks governance or control frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of key protection and secure signing mechanisms, including MPC, HSMs, key lifecycle management, approval workflows, and transaction signing controls.
• Understanding of transaction policy frameworks used to prevent unauthorized or unwanted digital asset movements, including allowlists, thresholds, dual controls, and exception management.
• Knowledge of blockchain- and crypto-specific fraud considerations, including account takeover, beneficiary or address manipulation, social engineering, scam exposure, and blockchain transaction finality.
• Ability to interpret technology architecture diagrams, application flows, and system interfaces and identify the implications for cyber and fraud risk.
• Knowledge of the tokenization ecosystem and risks associated with tokenized assets, smart contracts, issuers, service providers, and on‑chain or off‑chain operating models.
• Solid foundation in cybersecurity principles, including architecture risk identification, vulnerability management, secure SDLC concepts, and control design assessment.
• Ability to partner with stakeholders and drive complex initiatives to completion in a large matrixed organization.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate clearly at all levels within the organization.
• Exceptional critical thinking, problem‑solving, and research skills, with the ability to independently manage multiple simultaneous workstreams and exhibit strong attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead the risk assessment and control review of enterprise digital asset custody capabilities, including Fireblocks, wallet architecture, account structures, governance, and operating processes
• Serving as a subject matter expert on key protection and secure signing mechanisms, including MPC- and HSM-based models, key generation and storage, rotation and recovery practices, and privileged access controls
• Evaluating transaction policy controls designed to prevent unauthorized or unwanted transactions, including approval workflows, allowlisting, velocity or value thresholds, segregation of duties, and exception handling
• Partnering with cyber, fraud, product, operations, and engineering stakeholders to identify blockchain- and crypto-specific fraud typologies and define preventive and detective controls
• Reviewing technology architecture diagrams, data flows, and integration patterns to identify cyber, fraud, and control design risks across digital asset platforms and supporting services
• Assessing the risk implications of tokenized asset products and processes, including issuance, custody, transfer, redemption, settlement, and on-chain or off-chain dependencies
• Supporting new product, platform change, and third-party risk reviews for digital asset and tokenization initiatives, ensuring alignment to the WM business risk appetite
• Defining and tracking metrics related to control coverage, policy exceptions, incidents, fraud trends, remediation progress, and residual risk
• Liaising with Morgan Stanley’s central cybersecurity, fraud, and risk organizations to interpret requirements and apply them effectively within the WM environment
• Clearly communicating risks, recommendations, and decisions to technology, business, and risk stakeholders

Skills

Cybersecurity risk management

Fraud risk

Operational risk

Technology risk

Digital asset risk management

Blockchain knowledge

Communication skills

Critical thinking

Independent work

Tools

Fireblocks

HSM

Wallet technologies

Blockchain analytics tools

Sanctions screening tools

Job description

Morgan Stanley in New York seeks a Senior Digital Asset Risk Leader within the Wealth Management Chief Data Office. You will lead risk assessment, control reviews, and governance for enterprise digital asset custody and tokenization initiatives.

Ideal candidates bring 7–10 years in cybersecurity, fraud risk, or digital asset risk, with hands-on experience with Fireblocks, MPC/HSM controls, and policy frameworks. Strong communication and cross‑functional collaboration are essential.