Executive Governance & Strategy Associate

Role purpose

Become part of the Chief Business Office for European Securities and Settlement taking on a high-impact role similar to that of a chief of staff.

You will run the governance engine coordinate crossfunctional delivery and produce decisionready content for senior forums (ExCo/Board) in line with Euroclears governance standards.

What youll do

• Governance excellence: Own the endtoend preparation of ExCo/Board papers decision memos and CEO/Group presentations; ensure outputs are clear concise and actionable.
• Business analysis & judgment: Apply strong business acumen to connect markets clients products and competition; frame choices quantify impacts and recommend the way forward.
• Crossfunctional coordination: Drive followthrough across product strategy marketing commercial and operations; track priorities and risks and keep deliverables moving.
• Strategic transformation: Contribute analysis and materials for marketmodernisation initiatives including tokenization/DLT programs such as Pythagore.

Who you are (mindset & working style)

Were looking for someone who combines strong analytical capability with a proactive entrepreneurial mindset:

• 7 years in strategy/governance or crossfunctional execution with demonstrable business acumen and seniorstakeholder exposure.
• Financialmarkets experience strongly preferred (e.g. securities services/CSDs market infrastructure investment banking or consulting focused on capital markets).
• Exceptional writing and presentation skills; ability to produce concise consultinggrade narratives and slides that stand on their own.
• Fluency in French Dutch and English with the ability to craft executivelevel content in all three.
• Selfstarter who takes ownership anticipates needs and drives topics without waiting for instruction.
• Entrepreneurial and resourceful comfortable operating in ambiguity and creating structure where needed.
• Analytical problemsolver able to break down complex issues and synthesise insights clearly.
• Excellent command of PowerPoint Excel and Word able to produce polished materials at speed.
• Fluent Copilot/AI user leveraging digital tools naturally to accelerate output and enhance quality.
• Strong interest in AI digital transformation and how technology reshapes market infrastructures.
• Clientcentric by default ensuring every deliverable aligns with internal stakeholders and ultimately has a positive impact on our end clients
• Works with urgency precision and professionalism especially under seniorstakeholder pressure.

Whats in it for you

• A platform to shape senior decisions and see your work land at ExCo/Board level.
• Exposure to cuttingedge topics (DLT/tokenization) in a leading European marketinfrastructure group.