Digital Assets Strategy Lead

Location: New York

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Nasdaq’s Capital Access Platforms business is expanding its digital assets strategy and product portfolio. We are looking for a hybrid strategy + product leader who combines deep on-chain experience, rigorous research capabilities, and strong commercial instincts to shape the next generation of products that help issuers, investors, and intermediaries access capital in a digital-first world.
This role will sit at the intersection of strategy, product, and market development, with a mandate to identify, validate, and launch new digital asset and on-chain products across the Capital Access Platforms suite (issuer services, IR & ESG solutions, data & analytics, workflow and governance tools).
You will translate emerging blockchain and tokenization trends into tangible products, business models, and platform capabilities that are aligned with Nasdaq’s regulatory obligations and brand.
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* Key Responsibilities:

** Strategy & Opportunity Development:
* Develop and refine the digital assets strategy for the Capital Access Platforms business, including opportunity sizing, competitive landscape, and prioritization of product bets.
* Identify new on-chain use cases that enhance capital formation, investor engagement, and issuer lifecycle solutions (e.g., tokenized equities/private markets, digital corporate actions, on-chain IR/ESG data, governance workflows).
* Build robust business cases (TAM/SAM, revenue models, investment needs, ROI) for new initiatives and drive alignment with senior leadership.
* Monitor regulatory, market structure, and technology developments in digital assets and translate them into strategic recommendations for CAP.Product Discovery & Road mapping
* Partner with product teams for end-to-end product discovery process for new digital-asset offerings within CAP: problem definition, user research, hypothesis testing, prototyping, and validation.
* Define and maintain a digital assets product roadmap for the CAP portfolio, ensuring clear prioritization across near-term deliverables and long-term strategic bets.
* Translate strategy into detailed product requirements, user stories, and functional specifications for engineering and design teams.

On-Chain Research & Technical Exploration
* Conduct hands-on on-chain research across major L1s and L2s (e.g., Ethereum, Solana, EVM L2s, permissioned/enterprise chains) to understand real-world behavior, liquidity, and protocol dynamics relevant to Capital Access Platforms.
* Design and execute on-chain experiments (e.g., test deployments, pilot tokenized instruments, prototype on-chain registries or data feeds) in partnership with engineering and external partners.
* Evaluate DeFi protocols, wallets, custody solutions, token standards (ERC-20/1400/721/3643 etc.), oracles, and identity/attestation tools to assess how they can be safely and effectively integrated into CAP offerings.
* Build and maintain an internal research library and frameworks (e.g., network analysis, protocol risk frameworks, fee models) to support ongoing decision-making.

Cross-Functional Execution
* Serve as the internal subject-matter expert on digital assets and on-chain infrastructure for the Capital Access Platforms team, including training and knowledge-sharing.
* Engage with clients (issuers, banks, asset managers, law firms, fintech partners) to validate product direction, gather feedback, and co-develop pilot programs.
** Qualifications
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* Required:

* 10+ years of experience in a combination of product management, corporate/strategic strategy, or business development, ideally within financial services, fintech, or market infrastructure.
* 5+ years of hands-on experience in digital assets / blockchain, including direct exposure to on-chain products, smart contracts, or tokenization initiatives.
* Demonstrated track record of building and launching products from concept through launch in a complex, regulated or enterprise environment.
* Strong analytical and research skills, with the ability to…