About the Role
You will own the product strategy and execution for a tokenization product that enables financial institutions to interact with tokenized assets without requiring changes to their existing core banking systems. You will define product requirements including API specifications, reconciliation flows, and integration patterns. You will partner with engineering and design to take the product from prototype to production. You will work closely with our Head of Engineering and Co-CEO to craft the canonical product roadmap. You will work with bank customers to validate and refine the product in real world environments. You will lead product ideation and translate concepts into tangible improvements across demos and production systems. You will navigate internal and external stakeholders to drive adoption and successful implementation.
Requirements
- 5+ years in product strategy or technology roles at a commercial bank core banking vendor or bank-focused fintech.
- Hands-on experience with core banking systems Fiserv FIS Jack Henry Temenos or similar.
- Knowledge of how deposits post GL reconciliation and holds work plus working knowledge of US deposit regulation FDIC OCC BSA AML Reg CC.
- Familiar with payment rails such as ACH Fedwire RTP FedNow SWIFT and interbank settlement concepts.
- Can hold a room with a bank's technology architect and pivot to a technical conversation with an engineer building Cosmos SDK modules.
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity in a pre product market fit environment with evolving regulatory guidance.
- Some experience in DLT tokenization and shipped a product in a tokenization related environment and have opinions on why tokenization makes sense for banks.
- Willingness to work in-office in NYC Union Square for 3 days a week.
- Bonus optional: ISO 20022 messaging familiarity, knowledge of Canton Network R3 Corda Partior Regulated Liability Network or Project Agora.
Responsibilities
- Own the tokenization product direction end-to-end including decisions on write-back versus omnibus model batch versus webhook sync and on-prem versus cloud-native deployments.
- Keep the product honest by killing ideas that don't survive real bank implementation requirements and replacing them with viable alternatives.
- Report to key stakeholders and work closely with all departments to ship and build momentum around the product.
- Be the voice of the customer in the room and design a product that is impressive but believable.
- Bring the banking perspective based on years of experience integrating software at banks or for banks.
- Run at least 2 hours per week of direct conversations with target banks channel/distribution partners and payment fintechs.
- Turn bank-side realities into engineering design inputs and scope PoCs define adapter interfaces and ensure on-chain token logic maps to deposit operations.
- Co-own the path to key milestones with the Chief Commercial Officer and define and scope a PoC addressing each requirement.
- Master the competitive landscape including Cari Network Canton JPMorgan Digital Canton Network Kaleido DXC CoreIgnite Ripple Fnality Partior.
Benefits
- Token compensation
- Equity/token allocation
- Paid leave
- Health coverage
- In-person team in New York
- Direct access to Co-CEO CCO Head of Engineering and Legal