Squad & Delivery Lead | Digital Assets

Key Responsibilities
•    Own end-to-end delivery of strategic Digital Assets initiatives.
•    Lead multiple agile engineering teams and project managers.
•    Drive planning, execution, dependency management and milestone delivery.
•    Manage strategic technology partners and system integrators.
•    Translate architecture principles into executable delivery plans.
•    Work closely with Enterprise Architecture, Security, Operations and Product.
•    Ensure engineering quality, testing, release readiness and operational resilience.
•    Manage delivery risks, issues and escalations.
•    Develop and coach engineering managers and technical leads.
•    Support recruitment, performance management and capability development.
•    Promote engineering excellence, DevSecOps and continuous improvement.
•    Contribute to technology decisions by providing practical delivery experience and challenging implementation choices.

Required Experience
•    10+ years leading technology delivery in Financial Services, Capital Markets, Payments or FinTech.
•    Experience delivering large-scale distributed platforms or cloud-native systems.
•    Experience managing programmes involving multiple vendors and internal engineering teams.
•    Experience leading teams of 10–30+ engineers through engineering managers.
•    Good understanding of blockchain, DLT or tokenised asset platforms.
•    Strong knowledge of Agile delivery, DevSecOps and modern software engineering.
•    Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.

Preferred Experience
•    Experience with Digital Assets, tokenisation or post-trade infrastructure.
•    Knowledge of Hyperledger Besu, Ethereum/EVM, Kaleido, FireFly or similar technologies.
•    Exposure to custody, wallets, CBDC, interoperability or digital cash initiatives.
•    Experience working within highly regulated financial market infrastructures.

Leadership Profile
We are looking for an execution-oriented technology leader who combines strong delivery discipline, people leadership and sufficient blockchain knowledge to successfully deliver Euroclear's next generation Digital Assets Platform.

Success Measures
•    Predictable delivery against commitments.
•    High-performing and engaged engineering teams.
•    Successful management of vendors and delivery partners.
•    Quality, resilience and security built into delivery.
•    Strong collaboration across Architecture, Product and Operations.
•    Successful execution of the DA roadmap.

What we are not looking for

• an orchestration profile
• a program or project manager
• a delivery-only lead
• a pure people manager without strong DLT technical depth
   

We are looking for a hands-on architecture-minded technology leader who can bring real expertise in blockchain and digital asset delivery.