IT Programme Lead Asset Servicing & Tax

Euroclear; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 400,000 - 900,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Euroclear is seeking an experienced IT Programme Lead, Asset Servicing & Tax Transformation, to shape and deliver large-scale transformation initiatives across Asset Servicing, Tax, and post-trade modernization. You will drive governance, budgeting, and benefits realization across a portfolio involving senior leaders and strategic partners.

The role demands senior leadership, strategic thinking, and a constant focus on simplifying processes, driving efficiency and business value through modern

Qualifications

• 15+ years of IT leadership experience in Financial Services.
• Strong programme governance, planning, budgeting, risk/issue management, and reporting.
• Proven budget ownership and portfolio management responsibilities.
• Experience in Securities Services, Asset Servicing, Tax, or Post-Trade Operations.
• Led large international technology organizations (50+ FTEs).
• Delivered large-scale transformation programmes exceeding €10 million in core banking and critical landscapes.
• Experience with outsourcing and governance of technology partnerships (e.g., offshore teams).
• Proficient in agile delivery with modern engineering practices and executive-level communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of strategic programmes and change initiatives aligned with Euroclear's business objectives.
• Build roadmaps, delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, and investment cases across multiple workstreams.
• Supervise project managers, squads, and delivery partners to ensure coherent execution.
• Contribute to Executive Steering Committees and governance forums with transparent reporting on progress, risks, and budgets.
• Manage programme budgets, forecasts, resource plans, and investment priorities.
• Coordinate cross-domain teams to ensure end-to-end delivery and regulatory compliance.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate risks and cross-program dependencies.
• Challenge delivery plans to accelerate outcomes and maximize business value.
• Ensure measurable benefits, operational efficiency, resiliency, and compliance across initiatives.
• Oversee vendor contributions and strategic partnerships, ensuring delivery commitments and quality.

Skills

Programme governance

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Agile delivery

Transformation leadership

Tools

Azure DevOps

ServiceNow

Oracle Boards

Job description

Job Description

Join the Asset Servicing & Tax Services Tribe within Group Business Solutions (GBS) and play a leading role in shaping the future of Euroclear's post-trade ecosystem.

This is a unique opportunity to lead strategic, business-critical transformation programmes spanning Asset Servicing, Tax and related operating models. You will oversee programme governance, delivery execution, investment management, stakeholder alignment and benefits realization across a portfolio of major transformation initiatives.

Ready to make an impact? We are looking for an experienced IT Programme Lead who can establish and lead large-scale transformation programmes from inception through delivery. You will mobilize teams, define governance and operating models, align senior stakeholders, and drive execution across Business, Operations, Technology, Architecture, Security and strategic partners.

Success in this role requires strong leadership, strategic thinking, and a continuous focus on simplification, efficiency and business value, leveraging modern engineering practices, agile delivery models and technology modernization opportunities.

Initially, you will lead the continued rollout of Commercial Bank Money capabilities through the Asset Servicing Modernisation (ASMOD) programme. Over time, your scope will expand to include future Central Bank Money initiatives within the Savings & Investments programme (SIU) and Asset Servicing modernization initiatives within Euroclear UK & International (EUI).

As IT Programme Lead, Asset Servicing & Tax Transformation, you will be accountable for delivering a portfolio of strategic transformation initiatives supporting Euroclear's Asset Servicing, Tax and post‑trade modernization roadmap.

Acting as the senior orchestrator across Business, Operations, Technology and strategic partners, you will ensure programmes deliver their intended business outcomes on time, within budget and with sustainable benefits realization.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Lead a portfolio of strategic programmes and change initiatives, ensuring alignment with Euroclear's business objectives, transformation roadmap, and investment priorities.
• Build and maintain programme roadmaps, delivery plans, milestones, dependencies, and investment cases across multiple workstreams and stakeholders.
• Supervise project managers, squads, delivery partners and vendors to drive coherent execution across complex, interdependent workstreams.
• Contribute to Executive Steering Committees, Programme Boards, and governance forums, providing transparent reporting on progress, risks, financials, and strategic decisions required.
• Manage programme budgets, financial forecasts, resource plans, and investment priorities, ensuring optimal allocation of resources and delivery capacity.
• Coordinate Business, Operations, Technology, Architecture, Risk, Compliance, and external partners to ensure successful end‑to‑end execution.
• Proactively identify, assess, and mitigate programme risks, delivery challenges, regulatory constraints, and cross‑programme dependencies.
• Challenge delivery plans and propose alternative scenarios to accelerate outcomes, optimize costs, and maximize business value.
• Ensure transformation initiatives deliver measurable business benefits, operational efficiencies, resiliency improvements, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee vendor contributions and strategic partnerships, ensuring delivery commitments, quality standards, and contractual obligations are achieved.
• Monitor programme performance through KPIs, milestones, and benefits tracking, providing regular updates to Executive Management.

Essential Skills And Experience Required

• 15+ years of experience in IT leadership roles within Financial Services.
• Strong programme management discipline, including governance, planning, budgeting, resourcing, risk/issue management, dependency management, change control and reporting.
• Proven budget ownership and portfolio management responsibilities.
• Extensive experience in Securities Services, Asset Servicing, Tax, or Post‑Trade Operations.
• Proven leadership of large international technology organizations (50+ FTEs).
• Demonstrated success in leading and delivering large‑scale transformation programmes exceeding €10 million across core banking and business‑critical application landscapes.
• Experience managing complex application landscapes, platform modernization, and legacy decommissioning initiatives.
• Strong experience managing strategic vendors and offshore delivery organizations, especially TCS as a key strategic partner.
• Strong technical credibility, with the ability to challenge and influence architecture, engineering, and delivery decisions in complex transformation environments.
• Experience working with Agile delivery models and modern engineering practices in an enterprise technology environment.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Excellent written and spoken English, with clear communication at executive, business and technical levels.

Nice To Have

• Experience with Asset Servicing modernization programmes.
• Experience with package solutions and vendor‑based platforms in Securities Services environments.
• Experience driving global operating model transformations.
• Exposure to large‑scale outsourcing and technology partner governance.
• Experience in Agile at scale environments, with the ability to orchestrate delivery across multiple teams, tribes, and domains.
• Relevant programme or delivery certifications such as MSP, PMI/PMP, PRINCE2, SAFe or equivalent.
• Proficiency with tools such as Azure DevOps, ServiceNow, and Oracle Boards.

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.