Squad Lead (for AI Delivery)

Euroclear; Brussel; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Competitive compensation

Learning & development

Job summary

Euroclear in Brussels seeks a senior IT leader to head the AI Delivery squad within the Analytics, Insights and Reporting Tribe. You will drive AI delivery strategy, align with stakeholders, and ensure value delivery across cross-location teams.

The role requires proven leadership in AI/ML delivery, strategic vision, and the ability to manage complex programs with external partners. Hybrid working model and competitive benefits accompany this opportunity.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in leading AI/ML delivery across complex programs.
• Proven leadership of multi-location IT delivery teams including external partners.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management across levels and domains.
• Experience setting strategic direction and enforcing standards for customer service excellence.

Responsibilities

• Lead the AI Delivery of one stream-aligned squad within the analytics tribe.
• Organise delivery capacity, velocity and quality across locations.
• Manage risks and mitigations with Epic and product owners and stakeholders.
• Drive agile practices and ensure delivered solutions meet business needs and value.

Skills

AI leadership

Delivery management

Stakeholder alignment

Team leadership

Strategic vision

Risk management

Job description

Job Description

Division: Group Digital Capabilities (GDC)

• Accelerate innovation while ensuring control, quality &resilience
• Unlock value from data and AI at scale
• Partner closely with the business to deliver measurable outcomes with strong change management

Job Description

Division: Group Digital Capabilities (GDC)

Data & AI Division

is enabling Euroclear to be a data-driven, AI-powered and highly automated organization, continuously delivering scalable value, operational excellence and sustainable business growth.

We Aim To

• Industrialise & optimise core processes
• Accelerate innovation while ensuring control, quality &resilience
• Unlock value from data and AI at scale
• Partner closely with the business to deliver measurable outcomes with strong change management

Our Key Focus & Outcomes

• Monitor AI strategy alignment with Corporate ambitions and establish responsible AI practices
• Industrialize AI capabilities, from experimentation to scale
• Deliver value through targeted use cases(efficiency and costs effectiveness, core processes optimization, clients experience)
• Provide reusable AI components, models and platforms
• Build and strengthen AI literacy across Euroclear

Our AI Delivery squads help deliver solutions using techniques such as machine learning, natural language processing, large language models, Agentic, mathematical optimization, etc.

Your role will be to lead the AI Delivery of one stream-aligned squad.

General Job Description

By joining the Analytics, Insights and Reporting Tribe, you will be in charge of:

• Leading the new squad towards being a professional and seamless value delivering entity.
• Managing a team of IT professionals and AI Experts over several locations, and managing relationship with some outsourcing partners
• Organising the AI delivery capacity and growing the velocity/quality of deliveries.
• Overseeing delivery related risks and mitigations jointly with the Epic Delivery owners and product owners and stakeholders
• Co-driving (with tribe lead) the connection with customer-facing stakeholders and ensuring adequacy of delivered solutions to the business needs.

You Will Also Have The Following Responsibilities

• Defining, leading, and executing the strategic direction while reaching objectives and key results
• Steer the transformation and improvement of the team
• Through influence as well as assertiveness, contribute to maturing the tribe service offering.
• Be the ambassador of newly created capabilities.
• Make sure relevant knowledge is created within the new organization
• Develop capabilities for quick fix of production issues
• Having “can do” attitude and focus on getting things done,
• Building relationships, both internally and externally, with key stakeholders at all levels.
• Defining and implementing services, practices, processes, and tools
• Promoting and championing agile cooperation to enhance customer experience
• Overseeing, developing, and ensuring adherence to industry best practice standards
• Managing and optimizing operational efficiency to meet financial targets

Profile

This is a management role

The candidate for this position must have a solid working experience in IT delivery leadership positions, in assessing and driving value creation, in managing relationship with cross-location partners..

A strong experience in setting the strategic vision, direction, and standards for championing a best-in-class customer service is a real asset.

Leadership/People Skills

The squad lead must also possess strong leadership skills, being able to provide direction. Strategic agility, Self-reflection and Inspiring/Engaging are important skills needed to be a strong leader at Euroclear. Building a high performing team, ensuring it is focused, motivated, and inspired to achieve the objectives will be key.

Technical Skills / Experience

The candidate must demonstrate expertise in AI technology and a track record in delivering AI solutions. He/she must be able to assess the soundness of delivered solutions and their future-proof aspect. He/she must also be able to assess the technical skills of future hires in the team.

Interpersonal Skills

A candidate for this position will be a strategic and creative thinker, be result-driven with proven track of records, be self-motivated and proactive, be open and welcoming to change, and work comfortably in a constantly evolving environment.

He/She must also work comfortably in group/collaborative setting or with business executives and stakeholders, have an ability to handle multiple simultaneous projects and meet tight deadlines, and have an ability to remain calm under pressure and in the face of uncertainty.

Competencies Required

• Strong communication skills
• Decision-making capacity in complex and uncertain environment
• Good understanding of business strategy, needs and challenges
• Ability to motivate the team
• Servant leadership for the Tribe leadership and delivery teams
• Organizational skills and structured mindset
• Autonomous in problem solving
• Demonstrated ability to influence key stakeholders (various and high seniority)
• Holistic and strategic view
• Hands on expertise in developing and applying machine learning and AI solutions
• Breadth of business and technical (AI) understanding, gained over long exposure (over 10 years at least) to a variety of infrastructure and application projects, and the interpersonal skills to influence decisions taken at a senior level.

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.

Ways of working

Find your own optimal balance within our hybrid working model, where you can connect at the office 8 days a month 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. Our values guide how we work together and shape our future: Our mission and values - Euroclear