IT Program Manager - Cash Services Modernisation

Euroclear; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Learning & development

International environment

Competitive salary

Job summary

Euroclear Group Business Solutions (GBS) seeks a highly experienced IT Programme Manager to lead the Cash Modernisation programme at Euroclear Bank's cash services. You will mobilise restart, establish governance, and drive delivery across business, IT, operations, architecture, security, vendors and external payment ecosystems.

In this role you will align sponsors and senior leadership, translate strategy into an actionable roadmap, and manage scope, budget and risks in a complex, regulated

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading large-scale IT transformation or core platform modernisation in regulated environments.
• Strong background in payments, cash management or financial market infrastructure.
• Ability to influence at executive level across business, IT, risk and vendors.
• Disciplined programme governance including planning, RAID, change control and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Mobilise the Cash Modernisation programme from restart, including programme organisation, governance, delivery model, core teams and execution rhythm.
• Define roles, responsibilities, decision forums, escalation paths and reporting routines across business, IT, architecture, operations, security, vendors and delivery teams.
• Translate strategic objectives into an integrated programme roadmap, workstreams, milestones, dependencies and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Lead project managers, squads, delivery partners and vendors to drive coherent execution across complex, interdependent workstreams.
• Manage programme scope, plan, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, change control and executive reporting with strong delivery discipline.
• Build alignment with sponsors, senior leadership, business stakeholders and technology teams, balancing strategic ambition, delivery constraints and operational risk.
• Anticipate and remove impediments, frame decisions, manage conflicts and maintain delivery momentum in a complex regulated environment.

Skills

Programme management leadership

Payments & cash management

Executive stakeholder management

Governance & budgeting

Agile delivery

ISO 20022 / payments architecture

Regulated environments

English communication

Job description

Division: Group Business Solutions (GBS)

Your career opportunity

Join Group Business Solutions (GBS), Euroclear's technology division, to lead a business-critical transformation at the heart of Euroclear Bank's cash services.

Ready to make an impact?

Euroclear is restarting the Cash Modernisation programme, a strategic, multi-year transformation of one of its most critical end-to-end business services. The programme will modernise Euroclear Bank's core cash processing capability, progressively replacing the legacy Money Transfer System with a resilient, secure and scalable ISO 20022-native payment platform.

This is a high-impact role for a very senior IT Programme Manager who can both set up and deliver the programme: mobilise the organisation, establish governance, shape the delivery model, align senior stakeholders and drive execution across business, technology, operations, architecture, security, vendors and external payment ecosystems. The programme is restarting while Euroclear is also transforming its wider IT landscape and engineering practices, adding both opportunity and complexity to the delivery context.

Your Day-to-day Mission

• Mobilise the Cash Modernisation programme from restart, including programme organisation, governance, delivery model, core teams and execution rhythm.
• Define roles, responsibilities, decision forums, escalation paths and reporting routines across business, IT, architecture, operations, security, vendors and delivery teams.
• Translate strategic objectives into an integrated programme roadmap, workstreams, milestones, dependencies and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Lead project managers, squads, delivery partners and vendors to drive coherent execution across complex, interdependent workstreams.
• Manage programme scope, plan, budget, resources, risks, issues, dependencies, change control and executive reporting with strong delivery discipline.
• Build alignment with sponsors, senior leadership, business stakeholders and technology teams, balancing strategic ambition, delivery constraints and operational risk.
• Anticipate and remove impediments, frame decisions, manage conflicts and maintain delivery momentum in a complex regulated environment.

Key Skills And Experience Required

• Proven experience setting up and leading large-scale, multi-year IT transformation or core platform modernisation programmes in complex, regulated environments.
• Strong background in payments, cash management, banking, financial market infrastructure or other critical transaction-processing environments.
• Ability to operate at executive level, influence senior stakeholders and align business, technology, operations, risk, security and vendor organisations.
• Strong programme management discipline, including governance, planning, budgeting, resourcing, RAID management, dependency management, change control and reporting.
• Technical credibility to engage architecture and engineering teams on complex solution, integration, resilience and delivery trade-offs.
• Ability to lead through ambiguity, bring structure to complex environments and drive execution across multiple teams without relying solely on direct authority.
• Experience working with Agile delivery models and modern engineering practices in an enterprise technology environment.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with clear communication at executive, business and technical levels.

What Makes You Stand Out

• Direct leadership of payments, cash platform, core banking or ISO 20022 migration programmes.
• Knowledge of SWIFT messaging, payment market infrastructures, cash correspondent banking models or liquidity-related operational processes.
• Experience working with external payment ecosystems, financial market infrastructures or critical banking service providers.
• Experience managing strategic vendors, system integrators, outsourcing or offshoring arrangements in major technology transformations.
• Relevant programme or delivery certifications such as MSP, PMI/PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe or equivalent.

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

About 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

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.