Senior Vice President, Counsel, Digital Assets – Policy, Regulatory & Supervisory

We’re seeking a future team member for the role of Senior Vice President, Digital Assets – Policy, Regulatory & Supervisory to join our Legal & Government Affairs function. This role is located in New York, NY.

In this role, you’ll make an impact in the following ways:

• Lead BNY’s end-to-end digital asset engagement, spanning external policy and advocacy and internal regulatory and supervisory execution.
• Develop and maintain a cohesive enterprise position across legislative, regulatory, and supervisory developments, ensuring alignment across business, Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Communications.
• Proactively shape policy outcomes through engagement with Congress, regulators, and industry bodies, while coordinating BNY’s participation across trade associations and driving consistent external messaging.
• Lead development of policy materials, including comment letters, white papers, and executive-level briefings, translating emerging developments into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership.
• Own execution of a rapidly expanding regulatory and supervisory pipeline, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery aligned with regulatory expectations.
• Serve as a primary interface with regulators, managing pre-filing engagement, formal submissions, and ongoing supervisory dialogue, while coordinating complex, multi-phase and cross-enterprise regulatory initiatives.
• Establish and maintain a structured supervisory engagement model and advise business stakeholders on regulatory strategy and approval pathways, while managing competing demands between proactive policy engagement and high-volume regulatory execution.

To be successful in this role, we’re seeking the following:

• J.D. required with strong experience advising financial institutions on regulatory, supervisory, and policy matters.
• Significant experience spanning both external policy/advocacy and internal regulatory execution, ideally within digital assets or adjacent financial services domains.
• Strong understanding of U.S. regulatory frameworks applicable to digital assets (e.g., NYDFS, OCC, FRB, SEC, CFTC), with awareness of global developments preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to manage both strategic policy engagement and high-volume operational workflows.
• Proven experience engaging directly with regulators, policymakers, and/or industry groups.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including drafting comment letters, regulatory submissions, and executive-level materials.
• Strong project management and organizational skills, with ability to coordinate across multiple concurrent and interdependent initiatives.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-scaling, high-demand environment, with demonstrated prioritization and judgment under capacity constraints.
• Strategic, proactive mindset combined with strong execution discipline and attention to detail.
• Collaborative approach with strong ownership and accountability.

At BNY, our culture allows us to run our company better and enables employees’ growth and success. As a leading global financial services company at the heart of the global financial system, we influence nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. Every day, our teams harness cutting-edge AI and breakthrough technologies to collaborate with clients, driving transformative solutions that redefine industries and uplift communities worldwide.

At BNY, our culture speaks for itself, check out the latest BNY news at BNY Newsroom & BNY LinkedIn

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• America’s Most Innovative Companies, Fortune, 2025
• World’s Most Admired Companies, Fortune 2025
• “Most Just Companies”, Just Capital and CNBC, 2025

Our Benefits and Rewards:

BNY offers highly competitive compensation, benefits, and wellbeing programs rooted in a strong culture of excellence and our pay-for-performance philosophy. We provide access to flexible global resources and tools for your life’s journey. Focus on your health, foster your personal resilience, and reach your financial goals as a valued member of our team, along with generous paid leaves, including paid volunteer time, that can support you and your family through moments that matter.

BNY is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer - Underrepresented racial and ethnic groups/Females/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

BNY assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package for our employees. The expected base salary for this position when employment commences can be found in the Job Info section at the bottom of the posting. 

Base salary offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is only part of the total rewards package, which may include eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive award. Subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans then in effect, eligible employees may enroll in a 401(k) plan as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents. Eligible employees also may receive other benefits (including various paid time off benefits, such as vacation and sick time), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, the employee will be in an “at will” position and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payments or compensation programs) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.