Product Manager, Digital Assets — Tokenization

About this role

Financial markets are evolving, and tokenization is changing how assets are issued, traded, settled, and serviced.   We’re   looking for a Product Manager to help build next-generation digital asset infrastructure that connects traditional capital markets with blockchain-based technologies.  

You’ll   partner with institutional clients, market participants, engineers, architects, and cross-functional teams to move tokenization capabilities from concept to adoption while addressing complex regulatory, operational, and technical challenges tied to real-world digital asset use cases.  

We’re   especially interested in candidates who have built products for exchanges, trading venues, market infrastructure providers, or institutional digital asset platforms.  

This is an opportunity to shape how   tokenized   assets enter institutional financial markets.   We’re   looking for someone with strong product leadership, deep digital asset knowledge, and a solid understanding of trading workflows, market structure, clearing, settlement, and post-trade operations.  

What You'll Do  

• Own the tokenization product roadmap across issuance, trading, settlement, smart contract-enabled functionality, and interoperability.  

• Define end-to-end workflows spanning issuance, trading, clearing, settlement, custody, transfer restrictions, and corporate actions.  

• Partner with institutional market participants to translate complex trading and operational requirements into scalable product capabilities.  

• Translate   product strategy   into execution   for tokenized assets and on-chain financial markets.  

• Collaborate with Engineering and Architecture on APIs, smart contract capabilities, data models, security controls, and integration strategies.  

• Support the development of low-latency, high-volume systems designed for institutional-grade market infrastructure.  

• Partner with Legal, Compliance, and Risk   to design   compliant operating models and controls.  

• Drive product launches, stakeholder alignment, and continuous product improvement.  

Required Qualifications  

• 8+ years of product management experience in digital assets, capital markets, exchange technology, trading platforms, fintech, or enterprise software.  

• Demonstrated ability to launch or scale new products; comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration.  

• Strong understanding of   equity   ecosystem , toke nization, digital asset ecosystems, and institutional market participants.  

• On ‑ chain   fluency   with   L1/L2 ecosystems,   smart ‑ contract   basics, tokenization/RWAs, wallets/custody, DEXs/AMMs, and   on ‑ chain   data/oracles  

• Deep understanding of   capital markets   trading workflows, market structure, execution, clearing, settlement, and post-trade operations.  

• Experience building or managing products that support trading platforms, exchanges, electronic markets, or other high-volume financial systems.  

• Experience working with blockchain technologies, tokenized assets, smart contracts, distributed ledger platforms, or on-chain financial infrastructure.  

• Proven ability to bring complex products from concept through launch and adoption.  

• Experience working in regulated environments and partnering with Legal, Compliance, and Risk teams.  

Preferred Qualifications  

• Experience building or supporting on-chain trading platforms, digital asset marketplaces, or tokenized market infrastructure.  

• Experience working for an exchange, broker-dealer, market infrastructure provider, institutional trading platform, or capital   markets   technology company.  

• Experience supporting low-latency, high-volume systems where performance, reliability, and scalability are critical.  

• Familiarity with custody, clearing, settlement, transfer agent workflows, and corporate actions.  

• Strong knowledge of smart contract architecture, token standards, blockchain protocols, and institutional digital asset ecosystems.  

Core Skills  

• Product strategy, prioritization, and execution.  

• Strong trading and market infrastructure mindset.  

• Systems thinking across capital markets, operations, engineering, and regulatory domains.  

• Customer discovery and stakeholder management.  

• Clear communication and ability to simplify complex technical, business, and regulatory challenges.  

This position can be located in New York, and offers the opportunity for a hybrid work environment (at least 3 days a week in office, subject to change), providing flexibility and accessibility for qualified candidates.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment-based visa sponsorship now or in the future; Nasdaq will not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this opportunity (no sponsorship is available for H-1B, L-1, TN, O-1, E-3, H-1B1, F-1, J-1, OPT, CPT or any other employment-based visa) ​

Come as You Are

Nasdaq is an equal opportunity employer. We welcome applications from candidates of all backgrounds and identities.

We are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where diverse perspectives, experiences, and identities are valued and celebrated.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided with reasonable accommodation throughout the hiring process.

What We Offer

We’re proud to offer a competitive rewards package that is meaningful, recognizes the unique needs of our employees and their families and incentivizes employees for their contribution to Nasdaq’s overall success.

The base pay range for this role is $139,000 - $243,000. In addition to base salary, Nasdaq provides a generous annual bonus/commission (short-term incentive), and equity (long-term incentive), comprehensive benefits, and opportunity for growth. Exact compensation may vary based on several job-related factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to: skill set, experience, education/training, business needs and market demands.

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