Capital Markets Subject Matter Expert

IBM Consulting's Digital Assets & Tokenization practice is at the forefront of helping global financial institutions tokenize securities, funds, and private market assets. We are looking for an experienced Capital Markets subject matter expert to help clients navigate the tokenization of equities, fixed income, private equity, and fund structures — bringing deep capital markets domain knowledge to engagements spanning custody, lending, and secondary market infrastructure. As a Capital Markets SME within IBM Consulting's Digital Assets & Tokenization practice, you will bring deep capital markets domain expertise to client engagements involving tokenized securities, custody solutions, and lending against digital and tokenized assets. You will work directly with client stakeholders across capital markets, custody, and wealth management functions to shape solution designs, and support delivery teams as tokenization initiatives move from advisory into implementation.

• Serve as the capital markets domain authority on client engagements involving securities tokenization, fund tokenization, and digital asset custody.
• Advise clients on solution design for lending against tokenized equities, private equity, and other digital asset collateral
• Partner with regulatory advisory teams on capital markets-specific regulatory considerations tied to tokenized securities and digital asset custody.
• Contribute capital markets expertise to client proposals, points of view, and executive-level presentations to support business development.
• Collaborate with technical architects to ensure capital markets solution designs integrate with clients' existing custody, settlement, and trading infrastructure.
• Track the evolving competitive and regulatory landscape for tokenized securities and capital markets infrastructure, and translate that knowledge into client-ready points of view. “Hybrid: Your work location of City, State was assigned based on business need and currently your role designated as a hybrid role. Hybrid roles are expected to perform their primary duties from a combination of IBM location, client sites or work at home. The required number of days to be in the office is to be determined by your management team. Any changes to this work arrangement must be preapproved by your manager before any changes are made. This Job can be performed from anywhere in the US.”
• 8+ years of experience in capital markets, custody, or wealth management roles, with direct experience in securities operations, capital markets product, or strategy
• Demonstrated understanding of tokenized securities, digital asset custody models, or capital markets infrastructure
• Experience translating complex capital markets and custody requirements into clear solution designs for both business and technical stakeholders
• Strong client-facing communication and presentation skills, with experience advising senior client stakeholders
• Working knowledge of relevant capital markets regulatory frameworks as applied to digital and tokenized assets
• Experience with tokenized securities platforms, digital asset custody solutions, or blockchain-based capital markets infrastructure
• Prior consulting or professional services experience, ideally within financial services or capital markets
• Relevant industry certification in capital markets, securities operations, or financial technology
• Experience supporting business development, proposal writing, or client relationship management in a professional services environment