BNY Mellon

Director, Technical Product Manager - Digital Assets

BNY Mellon · San Francisco, California, United States

Financial Services · 10,001+ employees

6 h ago
Principal (10+ yrs) Full-time United States
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About the role

The Director will drive the delivery of digital asset custody capabilities by defining product requirements and managing the prioritized backlog. They will collaborate with cross-functional teams including Compliance, Technology, and Risk to ensure custody releases meet regulatory and operational standards.

What they look for

Product management Digital asset custody Wallet infrastructure API integration Cryptography MPC HSM Blockchain network mechanics Risk management Regulatory compliance SDLC Technical product management Financial services Operational controls Backlog prioritization Stakeholder management

Requirements

Candidates must have 12+ years of experience in product management, with at least 4 years specifically in digital asset custody or market infrastructure. Strong technical fluency in APIs, wallet architectures, and cryptography is required to effectively partner with engineering teams.

Benefits

Competitive compensation Wellbeing programs Flexible global resources Paid leaves Paid volunteer time

Full description

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Product Development Manager to join our Digital Assets team. This role is located in San Francisco, CA

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

  • Drive delivery for key Digital Asset Custody capabilities (wallet services, key management, and operating workflows) by translating outcomes into clear requirements and a prioritized backlog.
  • Write detailed product requirements, define acceptance criteria, and partner with engineering to estimate, sequence, and deliver custody features such as deposits/withdrawals, transfers, whitelisting, approvals, entitlements, and reporting.
  • Work day-to-day with Compliance, Technology, Operations, and Risk to refine requirements, document control needs, and ensure custody releases meet client commitments and regulatory expectations.
  • Partner with engineers and architects to evolve custody services and integrations (APIs/events) to trading, settlement, and accounting platforms, with attention to resiliency, auditability, and operational controls.
  • Contribute to custody security and control design by capturing control requirements in stories, partnering on threat/risk reviews, and supporting evidence collection for audits (e.g., MPC/HSM usage, access governance, segregation of duties).
  • Own end-to-end feature delivery across custody workflows including UAT support, runbooks, and go-live readiness with operations.
  • Support build-vs-buy evaluations by gathering requirements, comparing vendor capabilities, and documenting tradeoffs across security, regulatory expectations, resilience, cost, and time to market.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

  • 12+ years of experience in product management or technical product management, ideally within financial services, or market infrastructure.
  • 4+ years of hands-on experience with digital asset custody, wallet infrastructure, or adjacent market infrastructure supporting settlement and safekeeping.
  • Hands-on technical fluency: ability to work with engineers on APIs/integrations, read logs and metrics, and use data to validate outcomes and troubleshooting issues.
  • Strong understanding of:
  • Digital asset custody operating models, safeguarding expectations, and control frameworks
  • Wallet types and architectures (hot/warm/cold), transaction lifecycle, and blockchain network mechanics (fees, finality, reorgs)
  • Key management and cryptography concepts, including MPC and HSMs, key ceremonies, backup/recovery, and secure signing
  • Operational risk topics for custody: approvals/entitlements, travel rule considerations, reconciliation, auditability, and incident response
  • Experience supporting multiple blockchain networks and asset types, with a pragmatic approach to adding new networks safely.
  • Experience delivering secure, resilient, and auditable software in regulated environments, including strong SDLC practices, change management, and operational readiness.
  • Proven experience delivering platform products end-to-end, translating complex technical concepts into clear roadmaps, requirements, and prioritized backlogs.
  • Execution focused with experience working with multi-disciplinary teams comprising product managers, designers, and engineers.
  • Strong communication skills with ability to gather requirements across cross-functional partners.

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

Recognized as a top destination for innovators, BNY is where bold ideas meet advanced technology and exceptional talent. Together, we power the future of finance – and this is what #LifeAtBNY is all about. Join us and be part of something extraordinary.

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  • America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
  • World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
  • “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.