Hiring: VP, Regulatory Operations - Digital Assets Company: VanEck Location: New York, NY Job Posted Time: 2026-09-16 14:46:01 Target Skills & Keywords : Blockchain, Embedded Systems, Product Management, Regulatory Compliance, Series 24, Series 7 About the job Experience: •8+ years of experience in financial services compliance, regulatory operations, or legal roles, with meaningful exposure to broker-dealer regulation. Required Skills: •VanEck is building the infrastructure to distribute tokenized financial products at scale. Our suite now spans tokenized treasuries, gold, money market funds, and tokenized ETFs, and the regulatory and operational complexity has grown with it. This role sits between what we want to build and the compliance work required to actually launch it. •Work alongside our FinOps principal on day-to-day regulatory compliance and reporting for VanEck's new digital asset broker-dealer entity (FINRA, SEC Rules 15c3-1 and 15c3-3), with a path to assuming the FinOps principal role. •Manage the operational buildout of the BD in coordination with legal, finance, and product, covering supervisory procedures, books and records, and net capital calculations. •Develop and maintain the policies and controls framework specific to the new BD's limited-purpose scope. •Serve as the internal escalation point for BD-related compliance questions across the tokenization team. •Regulatory Intelligence & Product Development Support •Track the digital asset regulatory landscape across the SEC, CFTC, FinCEN, FINRA, OCC, and state regulators (NYDFS in particular), and translate what changes into practical product guidance. •Advise on new product structures and distribution strategies under the current rules, flagging constraints and identifying workable paths forward. Qualifications: •Solid functional working knowledge of the FinOps function at a registered broker-dealer, whether through direct experience, close support of a FinOps principal, or managing the function. Series 27 is a plus but not required at hire. •Strong command of SEC financial responsibility rules (15c3-1, 15c3-3) and FINRA supervisory requirements. •Hands-on knowledge of AML/BSA obligations, KYC program design, and OFAC/sanctions screening in a financial services context. •Demonstrated capacity to read regulatory developments and turn them into concrete product and operational guidance, rather than only flagging risk. •Prior experience at a crypto exchange or digital asset custodian, a tokenization or onchain infrastructure platform, or a digital asset-focused asset manager. •Exposure to tokenized fund structures, RWA distribution frameworks, or blockchain-based transfer agency. •Operational familiarity with international licensing regimes relevant to digital asset distribution (MiCA, MAS, SFC Hong Kong, FCA). •JD or law degree with securities/regulatory focus. •Series 27 (FinOps Principal) - Not required at hire. The current FinOps principal remains in place; the expectation is that this person qualifies for and assumes the role over time. •Series 24 (General Securities Principal) - Useful for supervisory authority over the BD's registered activities as the role expands. Compensation: •$200,000 - $250,000 / 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!