Settlements Lead, Product Design

OSTTRA; London; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company is seeking a seasoned Product Developer/Solution Designer to enhance their settlement solution. The role involves leveraging deep payment infrastructure knowledge to drive digital transformation and optimize settlement processes, ensuring seamless interoperability among industry players.

Qualifications

• Over 10 years of experience in payments and settlement.
• Hands-on experience with emerging real-time settlement technologies.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of settlement solution for over 50 custodian banks.
• Forge partnerships with custodians and CSDs for interoperability.
• Champion digitalization strategies to enhance operational efficiency.

Skills

Analytical

Problem Solving

Relationship Building

Innovative

Job description

About the Role:

Role Overview

We're seeking a seasoned Product Developer/Solution Designer to lead the evolution of our settlement solution. You'll apply your deep understanding of payment and settlement infrastructure and processes to develop forward-thinking product strategies that anticipate evolving market and regulatory trends. Your expertise will be pivotal in expanding our post-trade ecosystem and driving digital transformation within the payment and settlement sector.

Key Responsibilities

1. Lead the development and continuous enhancement of our settlement solution involving over 50 custodian banks.
2. Anticipate and address evolving market dynamics and regulatory changes impacting payment and settlement cycles.
3. Forge strong partnerships with internal teams and external stakeholders, including custodians and CSDs, for seamless interoperability.
4. Monitor usage, consumption, and costs across the network, focusing on optimization.
5. Utilize domain expertise to drive product development that addresses major pain points for network participants.
6. Champion digitalization strategies to optimize settlement processes and enhance operational efficiency; lead R&D efforts for these initiatives.
7. Design roadmaps and strategies that deliver iterative value, maintaining high customer engagement.
8. Build strategic relationships with industry players like SWIFT, CLS, and other infrastructure providers.
9. Engage with new payment infrastructure providers such as Partior, Fnality, DTCC, Euroclear, Fragmos, HQLAx.

Qualifications & Experience

1. Over 10 years of experience in payments and settlement, with a track record of successful digitalization projects.
2. Deep knowledge of payment and settlement processes, including operational, regulatory, and technological aspects.
3. Hands-on experience with emerging real-time settlement technologies across cash, securities, and digital assets.
4. Strong relationship-building skills with stakeholders like custodians, CSDs, and intermediaries.
5. Exceptional analytical, problem-solving, proactive, and innovative skills.
6. Experience in a bank settlements team (FX/MM/Derivatives) or industry settlement utility is advantageous.
7. Proven change/project management experience in a growing business.
8. Ability to work effectively with management and senior stakeholders.
9. Experience leading industry working groups is a plus.
10. Knowledge of DLT concepts and their potential impact on payments and settlements.