Head of Custody

The Head of Custody will serve as the holder and lead our custody operations under the Malta MiCA CASP licence. This is a mission-critical leadership role responsible for ensuring the safekeeping of client assets, robust risk and control frameworks, and ongoing compliance with European and Maltese regulatory obligations. You will work cross-functionally with product, legal, compliance, and security teams to ensure our custody infrastructure remains world-class as we expand across Europe.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Act as the Head of Custody for Blockchain.com’s operations in Malta and the EU, accountable for custody operations and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee all elements of digital asset custody including wallet architecture, key management, and transaction workflows.
• Implement governance and internal control frameworks aligned with MiCA and MFSA standards.
• Lead regulatory reporting and ensure traceability and segregation of client assets.
• Develop and maintain custody-related business continuity and incident response protocols, ensuring operational resilience in line with DORA.
• Continuously assess custody risks and introduce mitigations to maintain high security and reliability.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Product, Risk, Wallet Operations and Security teams to ensure strategic alignment of custody operations.
• Serve as a subject-matter expert in custody across cross-functional initiatives including product launches (e.g., staking, tokenized assets, institutional settlement).
• Represent Blockchain.com’s custody capabilities in institutional onboarding, product design, and sales enablement.
• Monitor the evolving custody regulatory landscape to maintain compliance and innovation leadership.
• Maintain and update custody Standard Operating Procedures, service level frameworks, and internal documentation.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED

• 5+ years in financial operations, custody, or risk management, with 3+ years specifically in digital asset custody.
• Proven experience operating under regulatory frameworks such as MiFID or MiCA.
• Understanding of custody technologies: MPC, HSMs, cold storage, wallet security.
• Strong organizational and communication skills with stakeholder and regulator engagement experience.
• Demonstrated success in high growth, regulated environments with strong problem-solving skills.
• Experience interacting with EU regulators (e.g., MFSA)
• Knowledge of blockchain infrastructure and staking or settlement mechanics.
• Leadership experience in institutional custody operations.
• Familiarity with regulatory reporting, operational due diligence, and audit readiness.

COMPENSATION & PERKS

• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an emerging field
• Bonus scheme based on both company and individual performance
• The opportunity to be a key player and build your career at a rapidly expanding, global technology company in an exciting, emerging industry.
• Unlimited vacation policy; work hard and take time when you need it.
• Apple equipment provided by the company
• Work from Anywhere Policies