Product Owner Senior Associate - Digital Assets

DTCC • Jersey City, NJ

17h • Hybrid

About The Position

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and
supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At
DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are
committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have
the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal
community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world
that we serve.

DTCC Digital Assets is at the forefront of driving institutional adoption of
digital assets technology with a steadfast commitment to innovation anchored in
security and stability. As the financial services industry’s trusted technology
partner, we pride ourselves on empowering a globally interconnected and
efficient ecosystem. Our mission is to provide secure and compliant
infrastructure for digital assets, enabling financial institutions to unlock the
full potential of blockchain technology.

You will serve as a Technical Product Owner operating at the intersection of
product, technology, and business analysis. You are responsible for turning
incomplete or high-level asks into clear, detailed functional and technical
specifications that engineering squads can reliably build against.

You will act as the Technical PO / Lead BSA for a squad delivering
blockchain-based capabilities. You own the quality, clarity, and completeness of
requirements entering the team so that Business Analysis, engineers, QA, and
downstream partners can execute quickly and accurately.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master’s preferred)
• 7+ years of experience in product ownership, business systems analysis, or technical product management (financial services, fintech, and/or digital assets preferred)
• Demonstrated experience writing detailed functional and technical requirements for complex distributed systems
• Hands-on exposure to blockchain technology (e.g., Solidity or other platforms), wallets, transaction lifecycles, basic cryptographic concepts, and on-chain vs. off-chain data and integration patterns
• Ability to read and discuss technical designs, including sequence diagrams, API specifications, and system flows, and translate them into clear requirements
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and written/verbal communication skills; able to explain complex technical concepts in plain language

Nice To Haves

• Technical Curiosity & Depth: Quickly understands systems end-to-end and leans into the details
• Requirements Craftsmanship: Writes clear, unambiguous, testable requirements and acceptance criteria; treats documentation as a value driver
• Systems Thinking: Anticipates downstream impacts and connects features to the broader digital asset ecosystem
• Influence Without Authority: Drives alignment, challenges ambiguity, and facilitates decisions without people-management responsibility
• Execution Focus: Balances rigor with speed to keep delivery moving and iterative
• Adaptability & Learning Mindset: Embraces evolving product direction and new tooling (including AI-assisted delivery practices)

Responsibilities

• Translate high level business requirements into well-structured functional and technical specifications
• Author and refine end-to-end requirements (business, functional, and non-functional) and key management flows, internal operations portals, client-facing UIs, and on-chain/off-chain integrations
• Define detailed acceptance criteria, testable outcomes, and edge cases to support efficient implementation and testing (including QA, automation, and AI/agent-assisted validation)
• Ensure requirements remain traceable from business objective → epics → user stories → test cases
• Collaborate with Product Managers to shape the roadmap and align squad priorities to strategic outcomes
• Decompose features into epics, user stories, and tasks with appropriate sizing and technical detail
• Prioritize and maintain the product backlog in JIRA, balancing new delivery, technical debt, risk, and operational needs
• Partner closely with BA/Engineering resources to ensure stories are sprint-ready, well understood, and meet “definition of ready” standards
• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, clients, and technical teams
• Lead and/or actively participate in refinement, planning, discovery, and design sessions
• Drive clarity on scope, tradeoffs, dependencies, and delivery risks; unblock execution as needed
• Provide transparent updates on status, risks, dependencies, and scope changes to stakeholders
• Act as a practical subject matter resource across design patterns, wallets, transaction flows, custody/key concepts, and on-chain/off-chain integration patterns for enterprise-grade platforms
• Guide stakeholders on technical feasibility and propose solutions that leverage blockchain strengths while meeting enterprise requirements
• Partner with architecture and engineering leads to ensure solutions align to DTCC technical standards, security expectations, and regulatory considerations

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level