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BBVA is a global company with more than 160 years of history that operates in more than 25 countries where we serve more than 80 million customers. We are more than 121,000 professionals working in multidisciplinary teams with profiles as diverse as financiers, legal experts, data scientists, developers, engineers and designers.

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At CIB Partnerships, Innovation & Digital Assets, we are responsible for the following three functions:

• 1) Partnerships: focuses on identifying, structuring, and managing commercial or equity partnerships with financial institutions, financial sponsors, corporates, fintechs, and product providers. The objective is to expand product capabilities, enhance distribution channels, and unlock new revenue streams, fully aligned with CIB's long-term growth strategy.

• 2) Innovation: defines and executes the CIB Innovation Agenda in close collaboration with the various CIB business areas. This includes identifying and driving key transformational projects that proactively anticipate client needs and align with emerging business trends.

• 3)Digital Assets: Global Digital Assets business, responsible for the design and execution of tokenized money, tokenized assets, and cryptocurrency products. The objective of this team is to grow the Digital Assets business across all geographies and segments, as a transactional, investment, and market infrastructure product.

About the job:

About the role:

• Collaborate in Corporate & Investment Banking innovation strategy, with focus on blockchain and crypto and with a cross-business perspective: from the transformation of current businesses, to a total disruption of new models in banking and beyond.

• Help execute and deliver innovation projects mainly around blockchain, in a multidisciplinary team, coordinating with CIB Business Areas, Engineering and Customer Solutions teams.

• Connect to the external ecosystem. Connect with external stakeholders: Financial Institutions, Corporates, fintechs and providers to find areas of complementary business

• Broaden the internal focus and create knowledge and expertise in CIB BBVA around innovation and blockchain.

• Collaborate with the other areas of the department when needed on:
  - Building CIB Innovation and Partnerships agenda, together with CIB businesses
  - Focusoing on business transformation initiatives, with particular focus on growth in clients and revenues across all geographies.

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What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree in finance, economics, business or computer science.

• Strong understanding of new technologies, in particular Blockchain/Digital Assets/Tokenization/Crypto.

• At leats 6 years of experience in banking or financial institutions.

• Comprehensive understanding of financial markets and banking products.

• Exceptional analytical and strategic planning skills.

• Strong communication, negotiation, and presentation abilities.

• Demonstrated ability to navigate ambiguity, embrace emerging trends, and drive innovation.

• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Skills:

Client Orientation, Critical Thinking, Empathy, Ethics, Innovation