SVP, Head of Blockchain Technology

Position Summary:

The Clearing House is seeking a Senior Vice President, Head of Blockchain Technology to lead TCH's strategy, governance, and executive oversight for the soon to be selected vendor managed service contract and the tokenized deposit program. This role sets direction for the operating model, chairs senior stakeholder governance, and ensures the program meets business, security, compliance, delivery, and service-level expectations.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business, or related field;
• master's degree preferred 15+ years of progressive technology leadership experience, including leadership of blockchain, payments, cloud, or vendor-managed service programs;
• Proven experience leading enterprise programs in highly regulated financial services environments;
• Deep knowledge of distributed ledger technology, tokenization, smart contracts, and payment rail integration;
• Strong understanding of cloud hosting, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and governance requirements;
• Experience governing third-party managed services, service levels, change control, and escalation processes;
• Demonstrated ability to chair executive steering committees and influence senior stakeholders;
• Track record of partnering effectively with legal, compliance, risk, operations, procurement, and finance teams;
• Strong strategic thinking, risk judgment, and decision-making skills;
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills;
• Ability to communicate clearly with highly technical and non-technical audiences;
• Ability to travel up to 20% (between NYC and NC)

• Technical project and program management experience;
• Experience with vendor governance, contract oversight, and managed service delivery;
• Experience with RTP, CHIPS, tokenized deposits, or other payments modernization initiatives;
• Experience leading cross-functional operating model design and change management;
• Familiarity with AWS, cloud operations, Dev Sec Ops , and production support models;
• Demonstrates commitment to excellence anticipating needs, mitigating risks and minimizing challenges;
• Strong attention to detail and ability to produce concise executive materials;
• Experience with agile methodologies and steering committee cadence;
• Experience working across large infrastructure environments and with financial institution partners

• Develop and execute TCH's blockchain and tokenized deposit strategy, operating model, and vendor governance approach;
• Own executive oversight of the vendor managed service contract, including steering committee leadership, escalation, and decision rights;
• Align program scope, milestones, budget, service levels, and commercial assumptions with business objectives;
• Partner with security, legal, compliance, risk, operations, and architecture to ensure controls and obligations are met;
• Oversee vendor performance, issue resolution, reporting, remediation, and continuous improvement;
• Lead change control, approval, and dependency management for scope, design, and service changes;
• Establish clear governance for support, incident response, service levels, and transition readiness;
• Provide executive updates, board-ready materials, and concise summaries of risks, dependencies, and decisions;
• Build and develop a high-performing team and succession plan to support long-term ownership;
• Serve as the senior TCH business owner for member bank and internal stakeholder engagement;
• Drive cross-functional alignment on prioritization, resource allocation, and issue resolution;
• Ensure contractual obligations for security, confidentiality, data handling, audit rights, and regulatory cooperation are operationalized;
• Oversee vendor onboarding, offboarding, and transition assistance planning;
• Ensure the program is prepared for step-in, termination, or in sourcing scenarios if required;
• Monitor risks related to vendor concentration, fourth parties, and implementation dependencies;
• Support commercialization strategy, product positioning, and internal readiness for launch;
• Champion continuous improvement and lessons learned across the program;
• Represent TCH in senior vendor meetings and escalation forums;
• Coordinate with procurement on amendments, renewals, and commercial changes;
• Coordinate with legal and compliance on notices, approvals, and dispute resolution;
• Oversee success metrics, KPIs, and service performance tracking;
• Validate readiness for go-live, steady state, and support handoff;
• Ensure third-party and subcontractor obligations are understood and managed;
• Sponsor risk reviews and remediation follow-up;
• Support talent development and mentoring across the blockchain team;
• Maintain executive visibility into dependencies on RTP, CHIPS, and adjacent payments programs;
• Ensure all deliverables are aligned with TCH brand, customer, and confidentiality requirements;
• Support a long-term build-versus-buy and insource-versus-outsource posture;
• Use data and metrics to inform decisions and…