Settlements Lead, Product Design | London, UK

About the Role:

Role Overview

We\’re seeking a seasoned Product Developer/Solution Designer to lead the evolution of our settlement solution. You\’ll apply your deep understanding of payment and settlement infrastructure and processes to develop forward-thinking product strategies that anticipate evolving market and regulatory trends. Your expertise will be pivotal in expanding our post-trade ecosystem and driving digital transformation within the payment and settlement sector.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead the development and continuous enhancement of our established and growing settlement solution consisting of over 50 custodian banks.
2. Proactively anticipate and address evolving market dynamics and regulatory changes impacting payment and settlement cycles, keeping our solutions at the forefront of innovation.
3. Forge strong partnerships with internal teams and external stakeholders, including custodians and Central Securities Depositories (CSDs), to ensure seamless interoperability across the ecosystem.
4. Track usage, consumption and costs across the network with a continuous focus on optimisation.
5. Apply deep domain expertise in existing payment and settlement infrastructures to drive informed and impactful product development to eliminate the most significant pain points for our network participants.
6. Champion digitalization strategies to optimize settlement processes and drive operational efficiency. Drive R&D efforts to plan and execute on these efficiency gains.
7. Design roadmaps and strategies that deliver iterative value to our customer base, ensuring high levels of customer engagement throughout each change programme.
8. Cultivate strategic relationships with key industry players, including SWIFT, CLS, and other critical financial market infrastructure providers.
9. Drive engagement with new payment infrastructure providers such as Partior, Fnality, DTCC, Euroclear, Fragmos, HQLAx.

Qualifications & Experience

1. 10+ years of progressive experience in the payments and settlement domain, with a proven history of leading successful digitalization initiatives.
2. Extensive knowledge of payment and settlement processes, encompassing operational, regulatory, and technological complexities.
3. Hands-on experience with emerging real-time settlement technologies across traditional cash, securities and digital stores of value.
4. A collaborative mindset with a proven ability to build and maintain strong relationships with a diverse range of stakeholders, including custodians, CSDs, and other financial intermediaries.
5. Exceptional analytical and problem-solving capabilities, coupled with a proactive and innovative mindset.
6. Experience within a bank settlements team (FX/MM/Derivatives) or with an industry settlement utility is a plus.
7. Proven experience in change/project management in a growing/evolving business.
8. Successful at working with management and senior stakeholders at different levels.
9. Experience in driving industry working groups would be advantageous.
10. Understand and have views on concepts of DLT and how they can reshape the payments/settlements landscape.

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