Head of API Strategy & Platform Excellence

Euroclear; Poland; On-site; PLN 350,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Industry leadership role

Continuous learning opportunities

Job summary

Euroclear, within the Group Business Solutions division, seeks a Head of the API Centre of Excellence to drive the API strategy, governance and modernization of API platforms. You will own the roadmap, standards and tooling, while leading cross‑functional squads in collaboration with architecture, security and business domains.

You will guide product ownership for API platforms, promote API First design, and ensure secure, scalable delivery across Euroclear’s systems in a fast-evolving landscape.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in API strategy, integration architecture, or platform/product leadership.
• Strong technical and hands-on API expertise.
• Strong understanding of API lifecycle management, API gateways, security patterns (OAuth2, JWT, mTLS).
• Proven people leadership capability in agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Define and refine Euroclear’s enterprise API strategy, standards and best practices.
• Own and deliver the API CoE product roadmap (platforms, tooling, lifecycle management, governance).
• Define KPIs and value delivery for API assets and integration capabilities.
• Lead and coach a multidisciplinary squad and manage outsourcing relationships.
• Foster an engineering culture focused on quality, automation and reusability.

Skills

API strategy

Integration architecture

Platform leadership

People leadership

Tools

OpenAPI

OAuth2/JWT/mTLS

API gateways

Job description

Euroclear, within the Group Business Solutions division, seeks a Head of the API Centre of Excellence to drive the API strategy, governance and modernization of API platforms. You will own the roadmap, standards and tooling, while leading cross‑functional squads in collaboration with architecture, security and business domains.

You will guide product ownership for API platforms, promote API First design, and ensure secure, scalable delivery across Euroclear’s systems in a fast-evolving landscape.