Manager, Digital Product Development, Custody & Tokenisation, TC, FS

Location:

London

Other locations:
Primary Location Only

Requisition

You will be joining the EY FSO, Digital Engineering competency, which delivers a comprehensive and holistic solutions across banking & capital markets, insurance and wealth and asset management institutions globally. The role is based in London with opportunity for hybrid work.

As a Manager focused on Digital Custody and Tokenisation, you will play a hands‑on role in shaping, delivering, and scaling digital asset custody solutions, working at the intersection DLT, digital money, and market infrastructure.

If building long‑term client relationships while delivering innovative, production‑grade solutions is a challenge you are excited by, this role is for you.

Your contribution will play a significant part in helping our clients deliver successful results covering a range of tech projects. There are multiple aspects to the role:

• Support design of custody architectures leveraging MPC/HSM key management, secure wallet infrastructure, and role‑based controls.
• Develop high-quality production ready solutions for banks and asset managers.
• Integrate third‑party platforms, enabling straight‑through processing from order to settlement.

• Conduct market research and support business cases for digital custody, tokenised funds, and digital cash initiatives.
• Define client use cases spanning custody of digital native assets, tokenised MMFs, and tokenised cash instruments.
• Translate business and regulatory requirements into product requirements, target operating models, and phased delivery roadmaps.

• Lead end‑to‑end delivery of digital custody solutions across multi‑disciplinary teams (engineering, operations, risk, legal, compliance).
• Oversee complex workflows including onboarding, custody, settlement, corporate actions, reconciliation, and regulatory reporting.
• Ensure solutions are secure, scalable, and audit‑ready, aligned to internal risk frameworks and regulatory expectations.

• Work closely with product, engineering, operations, and control functions to deliver end‑to‑end custody capabilities.
• Support senior leaders in external engagements with industry consortia, fintech vendors, and ecosystem partners.

You will bring a passion for delivering an exceptional client service experience. You have a collaborative mind‑set. You will be outcome focused, but also intellectually curious with a creative approach to problem solving. You have excellent written, listening and verbal communication skills and a track record of building and maintaining relationships with stakeholders. You bring strong analytical skills and are confident in tackling new topics.

• ~8–12 years’ experience in financial services, including asset servicing, custody, capital markets, trading, payments, or operations
• Strong understanding of crypto, digital assets, DLT, and how these technologies impact custody and operating models
• Hand‑on experience with some of the wallet infrastructure like Fireblocks, Metaco, Taurus, Bit Go, etc.
• Familiarity with institutional custody solutions
• Awareness of key regulatory and market trends affecting digital custody and tokenised assets
• Demonstrated experience in technology and product delivery, working across cross‑functional teams
• Practical exposure to asset servicing, post‑trade, settlement, or custody‑related workflows
• Delivery of custody solutions for tokenised funds or digital native assets on public or permissioned blockchains, including MPC/HSM key management and atomic DvP
• Bridging legacy custody and cash systems with tokenised assets, including ISO 20022 / SWIFT event orchestration and reconciliation for hybrid flows
• Implementation of digital cash settlement solutions for deposit tokens, stable coins, or CBDCs in regulated environments

• A good range of influencing skills
• A constructive and action‑oriented approach
• A self‑starting attitude with the ability to think and act quickly
• Experience working in a client facing professional services…