Advise clients on digital asset, blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money strategies. Develop business cases, market readiness assessments, operating models, governance approaches, and technology requirements. Evaluate platforms and vendors, support solutions from pilot through production, and coordinate regulatory, engineering, banking, payments, and operations specialists. Build client relationships, lead workstreams, and deliver recommendations across technical, business, and executive audiences.
The Opportunity
As a Digital Assets Crypto/Blockchain Senior Associate, you will help clients define, design, and implement digital asset capabilities across blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money. You will support strategy development, business case and market readiness assessments, target operating model and governance design, and the technology decisions needed to move from concept to implementation.
You will work with clients from initial exploration through pilot and production, helping translate strategy into requirements, architecture, vendor decisions, and integration plans. You will also collaborate with specialists across PwC to bring together regulatory, engineering, banking, payments, and operations expertise.
Responsibilities
- Advising clients on digital asset, blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money strategies
- Developing business cases, market readiness assessments, operating models, and governance approaches
- Translating business strategies into functional, technology, architecture, and integration requirements
- Evaluating technology platforms, vendors, and build, buy, or partner options
- Supporting digital asset solutions from concept and pilot through implementation and production
- Collaborating across PwC to deliver integrated regulatory, engineering, banking, payments, and operations solutions
- Building client relationships and developing actionable recommendations
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 3 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Delivering digital asset, blockchain, or fintech engagements within Banking, Capital Markets, or Asset & Wealth Management
- Demonstrating knowledge of blockchain protocols, custody and wallet infrastructure, tokenization, and related operating models
- Navigating both advisory and technical conversations with clients and stakeholders
- Leading workstreams or small teams while managing senior client relationships
- Understanding digital asset regulatory, governance, risk, and control considerations
- Applying analytical rigor to develop insights and recommendations
- Communicating effectively across technical, business, and executive audiences
The salary range for this position is: $77,000 - $202,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
As a Digital Assets Crypto/Blockchain Senior Associate, you will help clients define, design, and implement digital asset capabilities across blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money. You will support strategy development, business case and market readiness assessments, target operating model and governance design, and the technology decisions needed to move from concept to implementation.
You will work with clients from initial exploration through pilot and production, helping translate strategy into requirements, architecture, vendor decisions, and integration plans. You will also collaborate with specialists across PwC to bring together regulatory, engineering, banking, payments, and operations expertise.
Responsibilities
- Advising clients on digital asset, blockchain, tokenization, and tokenized money strategies
- Developing business cases, market readiness assessments, operating models, and governance approaches
- Translating business strategies into functional, technology, architecture, and integration requirements
- Evaluating technology platforms, vendors, and build, buy, or partner options
- Supporting digital asset solutions from concept and pilot through implementation and production
- Collaborating across PwC to deliver integrated regulatory, engineering, banking, payments, and operations solutions
- Building client relationships and developing actionable recommendations
What You Must Have
- At least a Bachelor's degree
- At least 3 years of experience
What Sets You Apart
- Delivering digital asset, blockchain, or fintech engagements within Banking, Capital Markets, or Asset & Wealth Management
- Demonstrating knowledge of blockchain protocols, custody and wallet infrastructure, tokenization, and related operating models
- Navigating both advisory and technical conversations with clients and stakeholders
- Leading workstreams or small teams while managing senior client relationships
- Understanding digital asset regulatory, governance, risk, and control considerations
- Applying analytical rigor to develop insights and recommendations
- Communicating effectively across technical, business, and executive audiences
The salary range for this position is: $77,000 - $202,000. Actual compensation within the range will be dependent upon the individual's skills, experience, qualifications and location, and applicable employment laws. All hired individuals are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus. PwC offers a wide range of benefits, including medical, dental, vision, 401k, holiday pay, vacation, personal and family sick leave, and more. To view our benefits at a glance, please visit the following link: https://pwc.to/benefits-at-a-glance
As PwC is an equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment at PwC without regard to race; color; religion; national origin; sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity); age; disability; genetic information (including family medical history); veteran, marital, or citizenship status; or, any other status protected by law.
PwC does not intend to hire experienced or entry level job seekers who will need, now or in the future, PwC sponsorship through the H-1B lottery, except as set forth within the following policy: https://pwc.to/H-1B-Lottery-Policy.
Learn more about how we work: https://pwc.to/how-we-work
For only those qualified applicants that are impacted by the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, the Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, San Diego County Fair Chance Ordinance, and the California Fair Chance Act, where applicable, arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with these laws. At PwC, we recognize that conviction records may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship to responsibilities such as accessing sensitive company or customer information, handling proprietary assets, or collaborating closely with team members. We evaluate these factors thoughtfully to establish a secure and trusted workplace for all.
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled or the posting is removed, unless otherwise set forth on the following webpage. Please visit this link for information about anticipated application deadlines: https://pwc.to/us-application-deadlines
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