Policy Director, Digital Assets & Emerging Technology

Fidelity • Boston, MA

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About The Position

This role sits at the crossroads of innovation, technology, and public policy, helping Fidelity navigate change while staying grounded in trust and long‑term stewardship. As Policy Director, Digital Assets & Emerging Technology, you will help shape how Fidelity engages with blockchain‑based innovation and cross‑enterprise technology change. Workingೇಷ across the firm, you will support thoughtful decision‑making as new technologies influence markets, business models, and investor expectations.

Requirements

• Understands crypto and emerging technologies and enjoys working through questions where the answers are still forming.
• Familiarity with blockchain, digital asset ecosystems, or adjacent technologies.
• Ability to think in systems rather than silos.
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, asking insightful questions, and collaborating across disciplines to surface risks, trade‑offs, and opportunities.
• Demonstrates judgment, curiosity, and the ability to connect ideas across technology, business models, and risk considerations.
• Experience engaging with policy, regulatory, or risk topics is helpful, but deep specialization is not required.
• Clear written and verbal communication skills
• Intellectual curiosity and sound judgment when navigating new or unfamiliar issues

Nice To Haves

• Experience applying emerging technology within financial services, fintech, or market infrastructure
• Ability to translate complex ideas across technical and non‑technical audiences

Responsibilities

• Shaping strategic thinking on blockchain, digital assets, and emerging technologies across financial services
• Partnering with business, legal, compliance, risk, and technology teams to evaluate new ideas and initiatives
• Translating evolving technology concepts into clear policy, risk, and regulatory considerations
• Asking forward‑looking questions about how technology changes incentives, responsibilities, and oversight
• Monitoring trends across market innovation, including the rise of agentic financial services and intersections with cybersecurity, privacy, and artificial intelligence
• Supporting external engagement with regulators, policymakers, and industry groups in a constructive and informed way
• Preparing senior leaders for decisions amid uncertainty and change

Benefits

• Comprehensive health care coverage
• Emotional well-being support
• Market-leading retirement
• Generous paid time off
• Parental leave
• Charitable giving employee match program
• Educational assistance including student loan repayment
• Tuition reimbursement
• Learning resources to develop your career

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed