Product Owner Senior Associate - Digital Assets

Job Description

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?

Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

DTCC Digital Assets is at the forefront of driving institutional adoption of digital assets technology with a steadfast commitment to innovation anchored in security and stability. As the financial services industry's trusted technology partner, we pride ourselves on empowering a globally interconnected and efficient ecosystem. Our mission is to provide secure and compliant infrastructure for digital assets, enabling financial institutions to unlock the full potential of blockchain technology.

Pay and Benefits:

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location
• Pension / Retirement benefits
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.
• DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).

• Translate high level business requirements into well-structured functional and technical specifications
• Author and refine end-to-end requirements (business, functional, and non-functional) and key management flows, internal operations portals, client-facing UIs, and on-chain/off-chain integrations
• Define detailed acceptance criteria, testable outcomes, and edge cases to support efficient implementation and testing (including QA, automation, and AI/agent-assisted validation)
• Ensure requirements remain traceable from business objective → epics → user stories → test cases

• Collaborate with Product Managers to shape the roadmap and align squad priorities to strategic outcomes
• Decompose features into epics, user stories, and tasks with appropriate sizing and technical detail
• Prioritize and maintain the product backlog in JIRA, balancing new delivery, technical debt, risk, and operational needs
• Partner closely with BA/Engineering resources to ensure stories are sprint-ready, well understood, and meet "definition of ready" standards

• Serve as the primary liaison between business stakeholders, clients, and technical teams
• Lead and/or actively participate in refinement, planning, discovery, and design sessions
• Drive clarity on scope, tradeoffs, dependencies, and delivery risks; unblock execution as needed
• Provide transparent updates on status, risks, dependencies, and scope changes to stakeholders

• Act as a practical subject matter resource across design patterns, wallets, transaction flows, custody/key concepts, and on-chain/off-chain integration patterns for enterprise-grade platforms
• Guide stakeholders on technical feasibility and propose solutions that leverage blockchain strengths while meeting enterprise requirements
• Partner with architecture and engineering leads to ensure solutions align to DTCC technical standards, security expectations, and regulatory considerations

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field (Master's preferred)
• 7+ years of experience in product ownership, business systems analysis, or technical product management (financial services, fintech, and/or digital assets preferred)
• Demonstrated experience writing detailed functional and technical requirements for complex distributed systems
• Hands-on exposure to blockchain technology (e.g., Solidity or other platforms), wallets, transaction lifecycles, basic cryptographic concepts, and on-chain vs. off-chain data and integration patterns
• Ability to read and discuss technical designs, including sequence diagrams, API specifications, and system flows, and translate them into clear requirements
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and written/verbal communication skills; able to explain complex technical concepts in plain language

• Technical Curiosity & Depth: Quickly understands systems end-to-end and leans into the details
• Requirements Craftsmanship: Writes clear, unambiguous, testable requirements and acceptance criteria; treats documentation as a value driver
• Systems Thinking: Anticipates downstream impacts and connects features to the broader digital asset ecosystem
• Influence Without Authority: Drives alignment, challenges ambiguity, and facilitates decisions without people-management responsibility
• Execution Focus: Balances rigor with speed to keep delivery moving and iterative
• Adaptability & Learning Mindset: Embraces evolving product direction and new tooling (including AI-assisted delivery practices)