Blockchain jobs

Work Location:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hours:

37.5

Line of Business:

Technology Solutions

Pay Details:

$185,000 - $275,000 CAD

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Job Description:

The Head of Digital Assets & Tokenization is accountable for defining and delivering the enterprise technology strategy, architecture, and execution roadmap for tokenized deposits and broader digital asset capabilities across Transaction Banking & Payments.

Strategy, Architecture & Platform Ownership

• Own the end-to-end enterprise technology strategy and roadmap for tokenized deposits and digital assets, linked to clear business outcomes and value realization.
• Act as design authority across core components including distributed ledgers, smart contracts, wallets, integration layers, and enterprise platforms.
• Define platform standards, reference architectures, and scalability pathways for enterprise adoption.

Engineering Delivery & Platform Build

• Lead engineering delivery of a production-grade tokenized deposits platform, ensuring resilience, scalability, and secure SDLC practices.
• Oversee integration with core banking systems (GL, deposits, payments, reconciliation) to ensure integrity between on-chain and system-of-record activity.
• Establish operating model and governance frameworks to enable rapid yet controlled delivery.

Risk, Controls & Regulatory Readiness

• Embed security-by-design principles, including cryptographic controls, key management, and cyber resilience.
• Drive regulatory alignment across AML, sanctions, privacy, operational risk, and audit requirements.
• Own smart contract governance and lifecycle controls, including standards, deployment protocols, and incident management.

Ecosystem, Vendor & Industry Leadership

• Lead vendor strategy and ecosystem engagement, including due diligence, interoperability, and commercial oversight.
• Represent TD in external industry forums, regulatory bodies, and GSIB collaborations to influence emerging standards.

Commercialization & Adoption

• Partner with Product, Treasury, and Business leaders to define priority use cases and value propositions for tokenized deposits.
• Drive client onboarding, platform enablement, and scaling of adoption across transaction banking.

Operating Model, Governance & Investment

• Establish governance cadence, including architecture reviews, funding oversight, delivery transparency, and executive reporting.
• Influence enterprise investment prioritization across digital assets initiatives. Ensure alignment with enterprise strategy, infrastructure, and cybersecurity standards.

Shared Responsibilities/Decision Authorities

• Partner with Product, Treasury, and Business Leaders to define priority use cases, client value propositions, and commercialization strategy for tokenized deposits.
• Collaborate with Risk, Compliance, and Legal to ensure controls, regulatory alignment, and policy frameworks are embedded into design and delivery.
• Work jointly with Architecture, Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity teams to align on standards, platforms, and enterprise capabilities supporting digital assets

Key Metrics / Financial Targets

• Adoption & Growth: Tokenized balances, active clients, transaction volumes
• Platform Performance: Uptime, latency, critical incident rate
• Risk & Control Health: Audit outcomes, regulatory compliance, control effectiveness
• Delivery & Value Realization: Roadmap execution, budget adherence, business impact
• Investment Effectiveness: Strategic allocation and cost recovery across platforms
• Proportion of strategic investment and modernization in platforms
• Appropriate cost recovery (billable resources) within defined and agreed boundaries

Skills, Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics or related field
• MBA or advanced technical degree preferred
• 15+ years in financial services technology leadership
• 5+ years leading large scale digital assets, blockchain or fintect platforms
• Experience within GSIBs, Tier 1 investment banks, systemically regulated financial institutions, major fintech infrastructure providers
• Proven track record managing global engineering organizations and multi-million-dollar technology budgets
• Deep expertise in digital assets, distributed ledger technology, and enterprise platform architecture
• Proven experience leading large-scale platform builds within regulated financial institutions
• Strong understanding of global banking regulation, risk, and control environments for emerging technologies
• Track record of executive stakeholder management and multi-entity coordination (US, Canada, TDS)
• Ability to operate as both strategic architect and execution leader
• Executive presence and board level communication skills
• Strong regulatory engagement capability
• Strategic thinking with hands on execution orientation
• Crisis management and operational leadership
• Ability to influence across complex matrix organizations strong people leadership and talent development

Who We Are:

TD Securities offers a wide range of capital markets products and services to corporate, government, and institutional clients who choose us for our innovation, execution, and experience. With more than 6,500 professionals operating out of 40 cities across the globe, we strive to make every interaction, product and experience remarkably human and refreshingly simple. Our services include underwriting and distributing new issues, providing trusted advice and industry-leading insight, extending access to global markets, and delivering integrated transaction banking solutions. In 2023, we acquired Cowen Inc., offering our clients access to a premier U.S. equities business and highly-diverse equity research franchise, while growing our strong, diversified investment bank.

Together, we are reimagining what banking can be for our clients, colleagues and communities.

Our Total Rewards Package
Our Total Rewards package reflects the investments we make in our colleagues to help them and their families achieve their financial, physical, and mental well-being goals. Total Rewards at TD includes a base salary, variable compensation, and several other key plans such as health and well-being benefits, savings and retirement programs, paid time off, banking benefits and discounts, career development, and reward and recognition programs. Learn more

Additional Information:
We’re delighted that you’re considering building a career with TD. Through regular development conversations, training programs, and a competitive benefits plan, we’re committed to providing the support our colleagues need to thrive both at work and at home.

Please be advised that this job opportunity is subject to provincial regulation for employment purposes. It is imperative to acknowledge that each province or territory within the jurisdiction of Canada may have its own set of regulations, requirements.

Colleague Development

If you’re interested in a specific career path or are looking to build certain skills, we want to help you succeed. You’ll have regular career, development, and performance conversations with your manager, as well as access to an online learning platform and a variety of mentoring programs to help you unlock future opportunities.

If you’re passionate about helping clients and building deep, lasting relationships, TD offers diverse career paths where you can grow your expertise and make a meaningful impact.

We're committed to your success and foster a respectful workplace where diverse perspectives are valued, everyone has fair opportunities to grow, and you can unlock your full potential to achieve your career goals. Here at TD, we hire and develop the best.

Training & Onboarding
We will provide training and onboarding sessions to ensure that you’ve got everything you need to succeed in your new role.

Interview Process
We’ll reach out to candidates of interest to schedule an interview. We do our best to communicate outcomes to all applicants by email or phone call.

Accommodation
Your accessibility is important to us. Please let us know if you’d like accommodations (including accessible meeting rooms, captioning for virtual interviews, etc.) to help us remove barriers so that you can participate throughout the interview process.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Language Requirement (Quebec only):

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