Chief Product Officer, Digital Assets

Join us a Chief Product Officer, Digital Assets!

Are you ready to shape the future of capital markets?

We are looking for a Chief Product Officer, Digital Assets to join the newly created Digital Assets team.

The position will be based in Paris, and start on September 2026.

London and Amsterdam are also possible locations.

• You Will Primarily Be Responsible For
• Defining, delivering and owning the product vision and strategy for tokenisation across issuance, custody, settlement, lifecycle management and secondary trading infrastructure, fully aligned with Euronext’s digital assets strategy.
• Leading structured discovery with clients and prospects (including issuers, banks, broker‑dealers, custodians, asset managers and Web3 participants) to identify needs and translate them into a prioritised product roadmap.
• Taking products from concept through design, specification, build and launch, bringing clarity and structure as the product matures.
• Writing and owning product specifications, user stories and acceptance criteria for IT, Legal and Compliance teams.
• Collaborating closely with Legal, Compliance and Risk to ensure products are designed in accordance with Mi CA, DLT Pilot Regime, CSDR and relevant national regulations from inception.
• Defining token economics, lifecycle event handling (such as corporate actions, redemptions and settlement), and interoperability across distributed ledger technology (DLT) networks and traditional infrastructure.
• Building and leading the product team as the business scales, including hiring, mentoring and establishing effective working practices.
• Defining and tracking key success metrics such as adoption, volumes, time‑to‑market and client satisfaction, and reporting progress to senior management and the board.
• Acting as a key member of the management team, interfacing with the CEO, CTO and Euronext Ex Co.

Your Profile

• Demonstrated experience in taking products from concept to launch, including design, specification, build, go‑to‑market, measurement and iteration.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments, creating structure and guiding others.
• Strong strategic mindset with the ability to shape and deliver the direction of the digital assets unit.
• Deep expertise in digital assets and tokenisation of securities (equities and/or fixed income), with understanding of technical and commercial aspects of issuance, custody, settlement and lifecycle management.
• Experience at a crypto‑native or digital asset exchange, custodian or tokenisation platform, or comparable experience in stable‑coin issuance, DLT infrastructure or Web3 platforms with institutional or regulated clients.
• Experience in regulated financial businesses such as brokerage, exchange, CSD or custodian bank, with proven ability to work alongside Compliance, Legal, Risk and Operations.
• At least ten years of product or strategy experience, including previous leadership of a product function or team.
• Credibility to operate at Chief Product Officer level, setting vision, influencing top management and representing the business externally.
• Fluency in English; an additional European language is a plus.
• Working knowledge of token standards and DLT architecture (e. g. ERC20, ERC3643, permissioned ledgers, Canton, Hyperledger) to collaborate with engineering teams.
• Familiarity with custody, transfer agency, clearing and settlement, and corporate actions processing in traditional capital markets.
• Working With Us Means
• Being part of a European, international and diverse team – Collaborate across borders with talented colleagues connected by a shared ambition and purpose.
• Learning as you grow – Develop your skills through continuous learning, real responsibilities and flexible career paths that evolve with you.
• Having an impact – Contribute to projects that matter, in an agile and dynamic environment where your ideas help drive progress.
• Driving sustainability – Play an active role in building transparent, responsible and sustainable capital markets for the long term.
• Euronext Values
• Unity
• We respect and value the people we work with
• We are unified through a common purpose
• We embrace diversity and strive for inclusion
• Integrity
• We value transparency, communicate honestly and share information openly
• We act with integrity in everything we do
• We don’t hide our mistakes, and we learn from them
• Agility
• We act with a sense of urgency and decisiveness
• We are adaptable, responsive and embrace change
• We take smart risks
• Energy
• We are positively driven to make a difference and challenge the status quo
• We focus on and encourage personal leadership
• We motivate each other with our ambition
• Accountability
• We deliver maximum value to our customers and stakeholders
• We take ownership and are accountable for the outcome
• We reward and celebrate performance

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, gender, age, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or any other legally protected factor.

We value the unique talents of all our people, who come from diverse backgrounds with different personal experiences and points of view and we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect.

Additional Information

This job description is only describing the main activities within a certain role and is not exhaustive. It does not prevent to add more tasks, projects.

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