Business Partner - Execution & Delivery

About the role

This role focuses on supporting the leadership team in digital asset services by driving internal transformation. The Business Partner will be responsible for organizational design, operating model changes, and aligning teams across various functions. This includes creating frameworks, options analyses, and structured recommendations to aid decision-making, as well as tracking internal initiatives and external engagements to keep leadership informed.

A significant part of the role involves coordinating the delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives, such as platform integrations and institutional client programs. The Business Partner will translate strategic goals into actionable delivery plans, assign clear ownership, set milestones, and ensure accountability. This position acts as a crucial link between engineering, product, distribution, and external stakeholders, ensuring projects progress smoothly.

Success in this position means proactively identifying and addressing potential blockers, scope creep, and resource conflicts before they escalate. The Business Partner will also contribute to refining the operating model through improved delivery cadences and cross-team processes. The role requires a continuous understanding of the deal landscape, including product, resource, and capability gaps, and involves building high-quality client-facing materials and representing the company in client engagements.

The listed salary range for this position is between $52,000 and $88,000 USD.

Skills that matter here

• strategy: This role involves translating strategic intent into actionable delivery plans and supporting leadership with strategic decision-making materials.
• business partner: The individual will serve as a direct execution partner to leadership, driving internal transformation and cross-functional alignment.
• operations: The role requires managing and improving operational models, delivery cadences, and program tooling within the organization.
• execution: A core responsibility is to drive the execution and delivery of complex projects and initiatives, ensuring clear ownership and accountability.
• internal transformation: This position supports senior leadership in initiatives related to organizational design, operating model changes, and team structuring.
• written communication: The role demands the creation of high-quality materials such as pitch decks, executive briefings, and client-facing presentations.

Who this role suits

• Someone with at least eight years of experience in strategy, operations, or execution roles, preferably within technology or financial services.
• An individual who excels at supporting senior leadership through internal transformations, including organizational design and cross-functional prioritization.
• A highly structured thinker who can bring order to ambiguous situations and possesses strong commercial instincts to identify gaps and connect organizational capacity with business needs.
• A professional who is comfortable operating across various functions and organizational levels simultaneously, demonstrating high accountability and a low ego.

From the employer

• Serve as a direct execution partner to DIS leadership on internal transformation initiatives – org design, operating model changes, team structure, and cross-functional alignment
• Develop materials that support leadership decision-making: frameworks, options analyses, org charts, decision memos, and structured recommendations
• Track and synthesize the full picture of what’s happening across DIS – internal initiatives, external engagements, open gaps – so leadership is always informed
• Help the organization stay ahead of capacity and staffing needs: understand what’s coming, what it requires, and where we need to hire, realign, or augment
• Own delivery coordination for the most complex, cross-functional DIS initiatives – platform integration, institutional client programs, and strategic product buildouts
• Translate strategic intent into structured delivery plans with clear owners, milestones, and accountability – and hold teams to them
• Act as the connective tissue between engineering, product, distribution, and external stakeholders – ensuring no handoff falls through
• Stay deeply familiar with the active deal landscape – understanding where each engagement stands, what’s required to close or deliver, and where we have product, resource, or capability gaps
• Build and maintain high-quality client-facing materials: pitch decks, capability presentations, proposal documents, and engagement readouts
• Represent DIS in institutional client engagements as appropriate – including workshops, technical sessions, and implementation reviews with tier-1 banks, asset managers, and infrastructure providers
• Proactively identify blockers, scope drift, staffing gaps, and resource conflicts – and bring them to the right people before they compound
• Contribute to the ongoing evolution of DIS’s operating model – delivery cadences, cross-team rituals, and program tooling – and identify patterns across projects to build repeatable processes
• Embrace and champion the thoughtful adoption of AI to improve team performance and business outcomes.
• Leverage AI tools (e.g., generative AI, automation platforms, data copilots) to improve productivity, decision-making, and output quality in your day-to-day work.

• 8+ years in a strategy, business partner, operations, or execution-focused role – ideally within a fast-moving technology or financial services organization
• Proven ability to support senior leadership on internal transformation: org design, operating model changes, team alignment, and cross-functional prioritization
• Strong commercial instincts – able to understand a deal landscape, identify capability and staffing gaps, and connect the dots between pipeline and organizational capacity
• Exceptional written communication and materials production – pitch decks, executive briefings, capability documents, and client-facing presentations that reflect well on leadership
• Highly structured thinker with a bias for action – creates order in ambiguity rather than waiting for it
• Comfortable operating across functions and org levels simultaneously – org design in the morning, a client session in the afternoon, an engineering status review by end of day
• Low ego, high accountability – you own your work and say what you see.

• Competitive base salary and discretionary bonus
• Hybrid/Flexible Working Arrangements
• Flexible Time Off (paid)
• 3% 401(k) company contribution
• Company-paid health and protective benefits for employees, partners, and other dependents
• Generous paid Parental Leave
• Competitive family planning benefits for US employees
• Opportunities to learn about the Crypto industry
• Smart, entrepreneurial, and fun colleagues
• Free daily snacks and weekly breakfasts/lunches
• Employee Resource Groups
• Free coaching and counseling sessions through Headspace.