Executive Director, Digital Asset Wallet Infrastructure
About The Position
The Chase Digital Assets and Blockchain Solutions team delivers next-generation banking solutions to Chase customers. The organization works with lines of business on digital asset strategy, builds connections with startups and established companies in the crypto ecosystem, and executes new products through internal builds, partnerships, and acquisitions. As an Executive Director on the Chase Digital Assets team, you will own wallet infrastructure end to end and serve as the senior accountable leader for building and operating a secure, resilient wallet platform. You will set the vision, drive the roadmap, and lead cross-functional execution across Engineering, Information Security, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Legal. The role requires deep expertise in wallet and signing controls, production operations, and institutional-grade risk management. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Immigration sponsorship or transfer of employment-visa sponsorship is not available. Final job grade level and corporate title will be determined at the time of offer and may differ from this posting.
Requirements
- 10+ years of senior platform or product leadership experience in a bank, fintech, exchange, custodian, or similar regulated or critical-infrastructure environment.
- Experience building and operating digital asset wallet infrastructure at a bank or fintech.
- Deep expertise in wallet infrastructure and security controls, including key management, signing policies, access controls, auditability, and resiliency/disaster recovery.
- Demonstrated ability to lead complex cross-functional delivery with senior stakeholders across Technology, Information Security, Operations, Risk, Compliance, and Legal.
- Strong execution and prioritization skills, with a track record of delivering production platforms.
- Exceptional written and oral communication skills and ability to influence at executive levels.
- Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.
- Authorization to work for any employer in the United States; sponsorship or transfer of employment-visa sponsorship is unavailable.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with institutional custody operating models, including omnibus/sub-ledger integration and reconciliation.
- Experience with vendor platforms for custody or wallets, node infrastructure, blockchain analytics, or transaction monitoring tooling.
- Background in engineering leadership, SRE, security engineering, or large-scale transaction platforms such as payments or settlement.
Responsibilities
- Own the wallet infrastructure strategy, multi-year roadmap, and delivery across multiple teams and stakeholders.
- Deliver core wallet capabilities, including wallet and address lifecycle management, allowlisting or whitelisting, transaction build/sign/broadcast, confirmations and finality handling, and exception management.
- Define signing governance and control requirements, including policy-based approvals, segregation of duties, privileged access controls, and audit logging.
- Lead key management requirements and integrations, such as HSM, KMS, or MPC where applicable, including recovery and operational procedures.
- Set and enforce platform non-functional standards, including SLOs, monitoring and alerting, incident response, runbooks, disaster recovery and business continuity, and resiliency testing.
- Partner with control functions to ensure controls-by-design, testing evidence, and regulatory and audit readiness.
- Own vendor and provider strategy where relevant, including build-versus-buy assessments, due diligence inputs, SLAs, security requirements, and ongoing performance management.
- Communicate progress, dependencies, risks, and decision points at the executive level; mentor and develop product and platform talent.
Benefits
- Competitive total rewards package, including base salary determined by role, experience, skill set, and location.
- Eligible roles may receive commission-based pay and/or discretionary incentive compensation in cash and/or forfeitable equity.
- Comprehensive health care coverage.
- On-site health and wellness centers.
- Retirement savings plan.
- Backup childcare.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Mental health support.
- Financial coaching.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
