Lead Solution Designer

Job Description

Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)

Your career opportunity

We're looking for a Senior Expert Engineer to lead the design of our Settlement platform. This role focuses on high-level, transversal functional design, emphasizing strategic insight and architectural knowledge.

Your day-to-day mission

• Translate business needs into optimal functional solutions within the Euroclear ecosystem.
• Ensure alignment with architectural principles and long-term strategic goals.
• Provide expert support during production escalations, offering a transversal perspective.
• Anticipate and mitigate risks proactively.
• Act as a reference point for settlement-related functional design.
• Drive strategic initiatives to stay ahead of industry trends.
• Foster creative thinking and collaboration between internal teams, vendors, and outsourcing partners.
• Lead high-level analysis and guide detailed implementation.
• Drive solution definition and ensure design integrity throughout delivery.

What you need to have to succeed in this role

• 5+ years of experience in functional design within financial settlement systems.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• Analytical thinking and problem-solving approach.
• Excellent stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to challenge and validate third-party solutions and budgets.
• Risk awareness and anticipation mindset.
• Fluent in English, with strong written and verbal communication.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Experience working with outsourced and offshored teams.
• Experience in costs, risks & resource planning & forecasting.
• Experience in leading high-level and detailed functional analysis.

Please note that this is a permanent position, and we do not offer freelance or contract arrangements for this role

About Us

Why join us

Embark on your new adventure at Euroclear, and work at the heart of the global capital markets. We connect over 2,000 financial institutions across the globe. As an open and resilient infrastructure, we contribute to the stability of the financial markets. We help clients cut through complexity, lower costs, and mitigate risks of financial transactions. At Euroclear, we have the clear ambition to use our key role to facilitate and accelerate a sustainable global financial system.

What We Offer

• Work closely with inspiring, supportive and engaged colleagues from more than 80 different countries.
• Practice your talents in a highly professional international environment.
• Join a learning and development environment with an emphasis on knowledge sharing and training.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits.

New ways of working

Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office and also benefit from remote working.

Great Place to Work for All

We are committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity and strives to be a Great Place to Work for All. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment, regardless of any aspect that makes them unique (including race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, pregnancy, disability, ...). If you need any specific accommodation due to disability or any other reason, you can let the recruiter know during your application process.

About The Team

The Group Business Solutions (GBS) division ensures the competitiveness of Euroclear by delivering reliable and sustainable IT solutions for the financial securities markets. Our technical teams deliver new IT solutions and improve existing applications for both our internal and external clients. We deploy changes into the production environment in a controlled and structured way that doesn't compromise production stability and we ensure applicative production support.