Senior Digital Asset Hiring & Job Adverts

The hiring activity across firms such as Morgan Stanley, Hamilton Lane, Union Investment, Fidelity Investments, Citigroup, JPMorgan Chase, and BlackRock shows a clear trend - traditional financial institutions are rapidly building digital asset infrastructure, not just offering crypto products. Key focus areas:

• Tokenized funds
• Blockchain settlement systems
• Crypto compliance and analytics
• Institutional blockchain engineering

Recent Senior Hires

Morgan Stanley — Head of Digital Asset Strategy

Hire: Amy Oldenburg

Focus

• Expansion of spot crypto ETFs (Bitcoin, Solana)
• Launch of institutional crypto wallet infrastructure
• Integration of tokenized real-world assets (RWAs) into wealth management portfolios.

Hamilton Lane — Managing Director, Head of Digital Assets

Hire: Victor Jung

Focus

• Tokenizing private market funds
• Making private equity accessible to smaller investors via blockchain.

Union Investment — Head of Tokenisation & Digital Assets

Union Investment

Hire: Christoph Hock

Focus

• Blockchain-based settlement
• Issuance of tokenized fund shares.

New Senior Job Adverts

Fidelity — Head of Digital Asset Operating Platform

Salary: $185k – $400k

Role
Architect the infrastructure for:

• tokenized funds
• on-chain investments
• blockchain-native financial products.

🔗 Apply / View role
Head of Digital Asset Operating Platform – Fidelity Careers

Fidelity — Director, Digital Assets (Financial Crimes & Analytics)

Focus

• DeFi transaction monitoring
• Stablecoin analytics
• Blockchain forensic investigations.

🔗 Digital assets careers hub
Fidelity Digital Assets & Web3 Careers Page

Citi — Wealth CIO Digital Assets Specialist (SVP)

Salary: $211k – $316k

Responsibilities

• Advise wealth leadership on:
  • crypto portfolio allocations
  • tokenized asset strategies
  • digital asset investment frameworks.

🔗 Explore role search
https://jobs.citi.com

Citi — Digital Assets Liquidity Product Manager

Focus

• Tokenized deposits
• Blockchain liquidity management
• Institutional cash management systems.

🔗 Citi careers portal
https://jobs.citi.com

JPMorgan — Senior Director, Software Engineering (Digital Assets)

Salary: approx. $230k – $325k

Role
Lead engineering teams developing:

• smart contract infrastructure
• blockchain settlement platforms
• digital asset financial applications.

🔗 Example similar role listing
Senior Director of Software Engineering – JPMorgan Careers

BlackRock — Managing Director, Digital Assets

Responsibilities

• Oversee global blockchain strategy
• Lead tokenization initiatives
• Expand digital asset investment products.

🔗 Career portal
https://careers.blackrock.com

💰 Compensation Signals

Typical compensation ranges from these listings:

Digital asset roles now match traditional finance executive compensation levels.