Head of Digital Assets Solutions

Head of Digital Assets Solutions

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Job Overview

The Citi Integrated Digital Assets Platform (CIDAP) Head of Solutions is a highly motivated, proactive, hands-on technology expert and leader with proven experience in web applications and blockchain in production. This successful candidate will be a core part of the team leading the Citi Integrated Digital Assets Platform (CIDAP). The ideal candidate is self-driven, proactive, a strong enterprise team leader, and a resourceful team player comfortable working with a large, highly motivated team within Citi’s extensive software engineering network. This dynamic leadership role in the global organization requires a deep understanding of Digital Assets, client needs, continuous market scanning, and cross-functional collaboration across product, risk, compliance groups, and geographies to deliver solutions that meet clients' digital asset needs and build the network of the future. Experience and knowledge of web3 application development are a plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the platform vision, strategy, and roadmap for Citi's digital asset platform, including tokenization, digital assets custody, and on-chain services.
• Product Development: Lead a multidisciplinary team of product managers, designers, and strategists to deliver innovative, institutional-grade solutions from concept to launch.
• Team Building & Management: Build and mentor a high-performing team in Tel Aviv, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and execution excellence.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with partners across Citi's business lines, including Services, Markets Securities Services, Treasury and Trade Solutions (TTS), and Wealth to ensure platform alignment and drive adoption.
• Ecosystem Engagement: Serve as a key representative for Citi DA Platform in the Israeli and global digital asset ecosystem. Build and maintain relationships with FinTech partners, technology vendors, regulators, and clients.
• Risk & Control: Ensure all products and services are designed and operated within Citi's risk and control framework and comply with all relevant legal and regulatory requirements globally.
• Market Intelligence: Stay at the forefront of market trends, competitive landscape, and emerging technologies in the digital asset space to inform product strategy and identify new opportunities.

Qualifications/ Experience

• Experience: A minimum of 10 years of experience in financial services, capital markets, or a related technology field.
• Digital Asset Expertise: At least 5-7 years of direct, hands-on experience in the digital assets, DLT, or blockchain technology space, with a deep understanding of tokenization, smart contracts, digital custody, and decentralized finance (DeFi).
• Leadership: Proven track record of leading and scaling product management or technology teams in a fast-paced, innovative environment.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to think strategically, anticipate future trends, and translate a vision into a concrete and actionable product roadmap.
• Technical Acumen: Strong understanding of the technical underpinnings of blockchain technology and financial software development.
• Communication: Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to articulate complex concepts to diverse audiences, from engineers to senior executives and clients.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Familiarity with web3 libraries like Web3J and Web3JS is a plus.
• Familiarity with common and best practices for web3 applications is a plus.
• Familiarity of Solidity code and best practices is a plus.
• Familiarity of basics of DevOps and containerized applications is a plus.
• Familiarity of Agile Methodology and Scrum is a plus.

Competencies/ Skills

• Strong team player with ability to communicate to technical / non-technical stakeholders at all levels and a start-up mindset.
• Proven history of delivering high-quality, increasingly complex, commercial software products.
• Strong engineering fundamentals (testing, code reviews, code structure, readable and maintainable code).
• Hands-on development experience as a full stack developer is a plus.

Development Value:

You will gain significant experience in technologies, businesses, and engineering groups across Citi, offering exposure to new and existing methodologies and systems, as well as the opportunity to work with multiple teams globally. As the lead of the Citi Integrated Digital Assets Platform Solutions team, you will collaborate with a team of highly motivated, T-shaped, smart individuals who think innovatively and seek disruptive opportunities for commercial benefit. You will have exposure to newly released and upcoming technologies and the ability to positively contribute to the business's strategies. By working within the senior leadership team, you will be highly visible across Citi and will have access to Citi’s executive management team.

Key skills/competency

• Digital Assets
• Blockchain Technology
• Tokenization
• Smart Contracts
• Decentralized Finance (DeFi)
• Strategic Leadership
• Product Development
• Team Management
• FinTech Partnerships
• Risk & Compliance