16299 - Sr Product Manager - Digital Assets

Smith Johnson Tech•Roy, UT

3d•Onsite

About The Position

Our client is seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to help build a new digital assets product area within a leading financial institution. The role focuses on emerging financial technologies such as stablecoins, cryptocurrency, tokenization, blockchain-enabled payments, and related products. The Product Manager will work hands-on in an evolving space where the roadmap is still being developed, taking products from initial concept and business case through development, launch, and market adoption. The successful candidate will combine product strategy with execution: identifying and validating opportunities, developing business cases, defining product strategy and roadmaps, and working across the organization to bring products to market. This is initially a contractor position; a successful engagement could lead to an opportunity to convert to a full-time employee. The role is onsite, and local candidates are preferred. Relocation is allowed.

Requirements

Significant product management experience, preferably in financial services, fintech, payments, banking, or another highly regulated environment.
Demonstrated success taking a new product or business capability from concept to launch (0 to 1).
Strong understanding of product strategy, market analysis, business case development, product roadmaps, go-to-market strategy, and product lifecycle management.
Strong knowledge of, experience with, or demonstrated passion for digital assets and blockchain-enabled financial services.
Familiarity with cryptocurrency, stablecoins, tokenization, digital wallets or custody, blockchain infrastructure, or emerging payment technologies.
Experience working across business, technology, operations, risk, compliance, legal, and other cross-functional teams.
Ability to assess an emerging market, identify opportunities, and translate them into actionable product strategies.
Excellent analytical, problem-solving, communication, and stakeholder-management skills.
Comfort operating amid ambiguity and taking ownership without an established playbook.
Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution.

Nice To Haves

Product management experience in banking, credit unions, payments, fintech, or digital assets.
Direct experience developing products involving stablecoins, tokenized assets or deposits, cryptocurrency, blockchain-based payments, digital custody, or related technologies.
Understanding of financial-services risk and regulatory considerations, including KYC/AML, compliance, security, and operational risk.
Experience working with fintech companies, blockchain infrastructure providers, payment providers, or other external technology partners.
Bachelor's degree in business, finance, technology, or a related field.
Experience developing financial models, business cases, or P&L-based product decisions is highly desirable.

Responsibilities

Own development of new digital asset products and capabilities from concept through launch.
Identify and evaluate opportunities involving digital assets, stablecoins, tokenization, blockchain-enabled payments, and related emerging financial technologies.
Take product ideas from 0 to 1, including opportunity identification, market validation, business case development, product definition, implementation, and go-to-market.
Develop product vision, strategy, roadmaps, requirements, and success metrics.
Research customer or member needs, market trends, competitors, emerging technologies, and regulatory developments to identify opportunities.
Build business cases and recommendations for new products and investments.
Translate strategic opportunities and customer needs into product requirements and executable plans.
Partner with technology, operations, risk, legal, compliance, marketing, and other stakeholders throughout product development.
Evaluate technology platforms, vendors, fintech partners, and other external ecosystem participants.
Ensure products account for scalability, security, regulatory compliance, operational readiness, customer experience, and long-term sustainability.
Develop go-to-market strategies and support product launches and adoption.
Establish and monitor KPIs and other measures of product performance.
Communicate product strategy, opportunities, risks, recommendations, and progress to senior leadership.
Serve as a subject matter resource on digital asset trends, products, competitors, and emerging opportunities.
Operate effectively as priorities, technologies, regulations, and market opportunities evolve.