Hiring: Associate Product Manager, Digital Assets Company: VanEck Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 12:06:09 Employment Type: Contract Target Skills & Keywords : Blockchain, CFA, DeFi, Product Management, Product Strategy, Series 7, Smart Contracts About the job Experience: •3 to 6 years of total experience, with meaningful time spent in both traditional finance and blockchain or onchain finance. These do not need to be sequential; overlapping experience in a role that bridged both worlds is also valued. •6 years of total experience, with meaningful time spent in both traditional finance and blockchain or onchain finance. These do not need to be sequential; overlapping experience in a role that bridged both worlds is also valued. Required Skills: •VanEck is actively launching and managing a growing portfolio of tokenized financial products. The pipeline spans tokenized funds, onchain distribution partnerships, DeFi protocol integrations, and co-developed products with ecosystem partners. The team is small and the pace is fast. Everyone executes. •Own the end-to-end coordination of new tokenized product launches, from initial scoping through live distribution, including workstream tracking, stakeholder alignment, and issue resolution. •Maintain and update product roadmaps, launch timelines, and status trackers across a portfolio of concurrent initiatives spanning tokenized funds, ecosystem partnerships, and DeFi integrations. •Draft and manage product requirements, working with legal, compliance, operations, and technology teams to translate business objectives into executable specifications. •Coordinate with transfer agents, custodians, and tokenization infrastructure providers to ensure operational readiness ahead of each launch. •Identify blockers early, escalate appropriately, and propose solutions rather than just surfacing problems. •Actively facilitate and support operational management of live tokenized products, including monitoring onchain activity, coordinating with infrastructure partners on technical issues, and tracking product performance metrics. •Evaluate new DeFi protocol integration opportunities: assess technical requirements, understand governance processes, and develop internal recommendations on prioritization. Qualifications: •Demonstrated understanding of investment fund structures, including how funds are created, regulated, distributed, and administered. Familiarity with transfer agents, custodians, and fund operational workflows. •Hands-on understanding of onchain finance: how DeFi protocols work, what smart contract-based products look like in practice, how tokens are issued and distributed, and how onchain infrastructure differs from traditional financial plumbing. •Clear written and verbal communication. A significant portion of this role involves preparing documents for internal and external audiences, including senior leadership, partners, and regulators. •Comfort with ambiguity. Many of the products and integrations this role will touch are novel. There is no playbook for most of it. •Prior product management experience at a tokenization platform, digital asset-focused asset manager, crypto exchange with institutional products, or a traditional asset manager with a digital assets initiative. •Operational familiarity with tokenized fund mechanics, including how token issuance, redemption, and transfer agent functions operate in a blockchain context. •Solid functional working knowledge of DeFi protocol governance, liquidity mechanisms, and how real-world assets are integrated as collateral or yield-bearing instruments within lending and yield protocols. •Exposure to international distribution, licensing requirements, or multi-jurisdiction product structures. •Technical literacy sufficient to read and understand smart contract documentation, integration specifications, and protocol whitepapers without needing a translator. •No specific licenses are required for this role at hiring. The following are beneficial and may become relevant as the role evolves. Compensation: •$100,000 - $140,000 / year Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!