Leads client strategy and implementation for digital assets, blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money. Advises executives on business cases, operating models, governance, regulatory considerations, technology architecture, vendor strategies, and market readiness. Oversees complex engagements through production and scale, coordinates cross-functional expertise, develops senior teams, manages strategic relationships, and drives business development and account growth.
The Opportunity
As a Digital Assets Crypto/Blockchain Director, you will set the strategic direction for clients defining, designing, and scaling digital asset capabilities across blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money. Within our Software and Product Innovation practice, you will combine advisory-led strategy with technology solutioning to help clients shape business cases, market readiness approaches, target operating models, governance, and implementation strategies.
As a Director, you will lead complex client engagements, advise executive stakeholders, and oversee the development of digital asset strategies through implementation and production. You will connect capabilities across PwC to bring together regulatory, engineering, banking, payments, and operations expertise, while identifying market opportunities, developing client relationships, and driving business growth.
Responsibilities
- Setting strategic direction for digital asset, blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money initiatives
- Advising executive stakeholders on digital asset strategy, operating models, governance, and market readiness
- Overseeing technology architecture, vendor strategy, and build, buy, or partner decisions
- Guiding digital asset capabilities from strategy through implementation, production, and scale
- Leading complex client relationships and shaping solutions to evolving business and technology needs
- Orchestrating cross-functional PwC capabilities across regulatory, engineering, banking, payments, and operations
- Overseeing governance, controls, and operating model considerations as digital asset capabilities mature
- Identifying market opportunities and converting them into new and expanded client engagements
- Leading business development, proposals, and strategic account growth
- Developing senior teams and mentoring future leaders
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 9 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Advising senior executives on digital asset, blockchain, and fintech strategies across Banking, Capital Markets, and Asset & Wealth Management
- Demonstrating deep knowledge of blockchain protocols, custody and wallet infrastructure, tokenization, and related operating models
- Advising executive stakeholders across business, regulatory, and technical considerations
- Leading senior teams and managing complex, strategic client relationships
- Applying deep knowledge of digital asset regulatory, governance, risk, and control environments
- Shaping digital asset strategies and translating them into executable business and technology solutions
- Shaping business development strategy and expanding executive-level digital asset client relationships
The salary range for this position is: $155,000 - $410,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
As a Digital Assets Crypto/Blockchain Director, you will set the strategic direction for clients defining, designing, and scaling digital asset capabilities across blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money. Within our Software and Product Innovation practice, you will combine advisory-led strategy with technology solutioning to help clients shape business cases, market readiness approaches, target operating models, governance, and implementation strategies.
As a Director, you will lead complex client engagements, advise executive stakeholders, and oversee the development of digital asset strategies through implementation and production. You will connect capabilities across PwC to bring together regulatory, engineering, banking, payments, and operations expertise, while identifying market opportunities, developing client relationships, and driving business growth.
Responsibilities
- Setting strategic direction for digital asset, blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money initiatives
- Advising executive stakeholders on digital asset strategy, operating models, governance, and market readiness
- Overseeing technology architecture, vendor strategy, and build, buy, or partner decisions
- Guiding digital asset capabilities from strategy through implementation, production, and scale
- Leading complex client relationships and shaping solutions to evolving business and technology needs
- Orchestrating cross-functional PwC capabilities across regulatory, engineering, banking, payments, and operations
- Overseeing governance, controls, and operating model considerations as digital asset capabilities mature
- Identifying market opportunities and converting them into new and expanded client engagements
- Leading business development, proposals, and strategic account growth
- Developing senior teams and mentoring future leaders
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 9 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Advising senior executives on digital asset, blockchain, and fintech strategies across Banking, Capital Markets, and Asset & Wealth Management
- Demonstrating deep knowledge of blockchain protocols, custody and wallet infrastructure, tokenization, and related operating models
- Advising executive stakeholders across business, regulatory, and technical considerations
- Leading senior teams and managing complex, strategic client relationships
- Applying deep knowledge of digital asset regulatory, governance, risk, and control environments
- Shaping digital asset strategies and translating them into executable business and technology solutions
- Shaping business development strategy and expanding executive-level digital asset client relationships
The salary range for this position is: $155,000 - $410,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
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