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 1030 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 Euroclears 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.