Senior Vice President, Counsel, Digital Assets – Policy, Regulatory & Supervisory

BNY Mellon • New York, NY

3d • Onsite

About The Position

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Digital Assets – Policy, Regulatory & Supervisory to join our Legal & Government Affairs function. This role is located in New York, NY. In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways: Lead BNY’s end-to-end digital asset engagement, spanning external policy and advocacy and internal regulatory and supervisory execution. Develop and maintain a cohesive enterprise position across legislative, regulatory, and supervisory developments, ensuring alignment across business, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Communications. Proactively shape policy outcomes through engagement with Congress, regulators, and industry bodies, while coordinating BNY’s participation across trade associations and driving consistent external messaging. Lead development of policy materials, including comment letters, white papers, and executive-level briefings, translating emerging developments into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership. Own execution of a rapidly expanding regulatory and supervisory pipeline, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery aligned with regulatory expectations. Serve as a primary interface with regulators, managing pre-filing engagement, formal submissions, and ongoing supervisory dialogue, while coordinating complex, multi-phase and cross-enterprise regulatory initiatives. Establish and maintain a structured supervisory engagement model and advise business stakeholders on regulatory strategy and approval pathways, while managing competing demands between proactive policy engagement and high-volume regulatory execution.

Requirements

• J.D. required with strong experience advising financial institutions on regulatory, supervisory, and policy matters.
• Significant experience spanning both external policy/advocacy and internal regulatory execution, ideally within digital assets or adjacent financial services domains.
• Strong understanding of U.S. regulatory frameworks applicable to digital assets (e.g., NYDFS, OCC, FRB, SEC, CFTC), with awareness of global developments preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage both strategic policy engagement and high-volume operational workflows.
• Proven experience engaging directly with regulators, policymakers, and/or industry groups.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including drafting comment letters, regulatory submissions, and executive-level materials.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with ability to coordinate across multiple concurrent and interdependent initiatives.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-scaling, high-demand environment, with demonstrated prioritization and judgment under capacity constraints.
• Strategic, proactive mindset combined with strong execution discipline and attention to detail.
• Collaborative approach with strong ownership and accountability.

Nice To Haves

• Awareness of global developments preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead BNY’s end-to-end digital asset engagement, spanning external policy and advocacy and internal regulatory and supervisory execution.
• Develop and maintain a cohesive enterprise position across legislative, regulatory, and supervisory developments, ensuring alignment across business, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Communications.
• Proactively shape policy outcomes through engagement with Congress, regulators, and industry bodies, while coordinating BNY’s participation across trade associations and driving consistent external messaging.
• Lead development of policy materials, including comment letters, white papers, and executive-level briefings, translating emerging developments into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Own execution of a rapidly expanding regulatory and supervisory pipeline, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery aligned with regulatory expectations.
• Serve as a primary interface with regulators, managing pre-filing engagement, formal submissions, and ongoing supervisory dialogue, while coordinating complex, multi-phase and cross-enterprise regulatory initiatives.
• Establish and maintain a structured supervisory engagement model and advise business stakeholders on regulatory strategy and approval pathways, while managing competing demands between proactive policy engagement and high-volume regulatory execution.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree