Digital Assets Strategy Lead

Summary

This role plays a central part in shaping the strategy for Swifts digital assets initiatives including the Swift Ledger. The Strategy Lead will help define what problems we are solving why they matter to banks and how Swifts digital-asset capabilities should evolve over time grounding strategic thinking in real-world banking economics and cross-border payment dynamics.

The role combines structured strategic analysis strong industry understanding and close collaboration with product technology and engagement teams to turn emerging concepts into credible bank-relevant strategy and design inputs.

About the Digital Assets Business Unit

The Digital Assets Business Unit is leading the design and development of the Swift Ledger and overseeing all Swifts digital-asset initiatives. The core mission is to secure coalition alignment deliver a live MVP by 2026 achieve adoption and buy-in across the ecosystem and define the roadmap operating model and five-year plan to scale Swifts digital-asset capabilities as the foundation of a 24/7 multi-asset cross-border network.

About the Role

This role will work closely with senior leadership and product teams to support strategic definition across the Swift Ledger and broader digital-asset initiatives. The Strategy Lead sits at the intersection of cross-border payments liquidity and treasury considerations and emerging digital-asset infrastructure. The focus is on developing clear strategic perspectives use-case prioritization and value propositions that reflect how banks assess liquidity risk operational change and return on investment.

This is a hands-on role with exposure to senior stakeholders. You will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy on analysis and framing while partnering with more senior leaders for direction-setting and final decisions.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain structured strategic perspectives on Swifts digital asset initiatives including the Swift Ledger and related initiatives.
• Support definition of use case prioritization strategic roadmap definition and sequencing beyond initial MVP delivery.
• Articulate bank-centric value propositions grounded in liquidity efficiency funding considerations operational risk reduction and balance sheet impacts.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to translate strategy into concrete design inputs trade-offs and prioritization choices.
• Prepare executive-ready materials including strategy briefs decision papers and investment cases.
• Analyze market and industry developments across digital assets tokenized deposits stablecoins and settlement models and assess implications for Swifts positioning
• Pressure-test ideas and narratives from the perspective of different bank profiles (global banks correspondents regionals FMIs).
• Help ensure consistency between near-term MVP delivery and longer-term strategic ambition.

Competencies

• Strategic thinker with strong analytical discipline: able to frame complex ambiguous problems and develop clear defensible points of view.
• Commercially grounded in banking economics: understands how banks evaluate liquidity funding risk and operating-model change
• Clear and credible communicator: able to translate complex strategic and technical concepts into concise narratives for senior audiences.
• Collaborative integrator: works effectively across strategy product technology and engagement teams without operating in silos.
• Structured and outcome-oriented: able to drive clarity prioritization and decision support in fast-moving environments.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and change: adapts quickly as priorities inputs and constraints evolve.

What We Are Looking For

• A yes-and mindset: focused on progress and building on top of others ideas.
• Curiosity and motivation to build expertise in emerging digital asset and payment models.
• Comfort with ambiguity and rapid change: objectives may shift weekly and you must adapt quickly.
• Collaborative: able to work across multiple disciplines and teams adding value to every discussion and iteration.
• Problem-solving agility: capable of designing solutions across strategy product tech and operational dimensions.
• Iterates quickly: build test and refine solutions weekly based on priorities and feedback
• Versatile skill set experience across consulting strategy product management

Qualifications

• 68 years of experience in banking payments fintech consulting or a related field.
• Exposure to cross-border payments transaction banking treasury liquidity management or correspondent banking strongly preferred.
• Experience with or strong interest in digital assets blockchain tokenization or stablecoins is a meaningful plus.
• Demonstrated ability to produce structured analysis and influence decision-making through clear recommendations.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and contributing to executive-level materials.

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