Team Leads Market Infrastructure (policy profile) - Digital Euro

Team Leads Market Infrastructure (policy profile) - Digital Euro

Apply for the Team Leads Market Infrastructure (policy profile) - Digital Euro role at European Central Bank .

General Information

• Type of contract: Fixed‑term contract, which may be extended subject to individual performance and organisational needs.
• Who can apply?: EU nationals.
• Salary: €8,130 (full‑time monthly net) plus benefits.
• Role specialisation: Market Infrastructure Project Management.
• Working time: Full time.
• Place of work: Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
• Closing date: .

You will join the Directorate Digital Euro, part of the Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments, responsible for leading the digital euro project. After the preparation phase, the next phase focuses on advancing technical readiness, deepening market engagement, supporting the legislative process and preparing for a pilot. For more information, visit the hub page on the ECB’s website.

In your role as Team Lead Market Infrastructure, you will be part of a growing team of approximately 100 people and are looking to fill several lead positions to work on: (i) facilitating the adoption of the digital euro Regulation and coordinating engagement with EU institutions and policymakers, detailing the digital euro’s value proposition for intermediaries, consumers and merchants; (ii) planning, preparing and executing a roll‑out of use cases, a pilot and the possible subsequent launch; and (iii) detailing the functionalities for the offline digital euro.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the future of European payments, ensuring people across the euro area continue to have secure and convenient ways to pay, both in cash and digitally.

The ECB is an inclusive employer and encourages applications irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.

Your role

• Manage and guide your team/portfolio in line with the next phase of the digital euro project.
• Carry out the preparatory work to define the digital euro product for intermediaries, including the compensation model.
• Carry out the preparatory and execution work to define the requirements and specifications for the digital euro pilot and the possible subsequent launch for consumers and merchants.
• Lead the definition of a best‑in‑class user experience for digital euro payments and reflect this in the pilot.
• Refine the proposed use cases by further developing specifications for functional and non‑functional requirements.
• Provide strategic advice to management on the overall digital euro product.
• Liaise with a variety of stakeholders, including payment service providers, Eurosystem national central banks, governance groups and other market participants.
• Manage the day‑to‑day tasks of your team, ensuring deliverables are achieved and milestones met.
• Coordinate with other Team Leads to ensure cross‑functional support is provided in the Directorate.

Specific tasks may vary depending on the final work distribution and approved setting of the next phase of the digital euro project. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.

Essential qualifications and skills

• A master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, economics, project management, finance, STEM subjects, computer science or another relevant field.
• A minimum of six years’ professional experience in retail payments and/or leading the design and roll‑out of a large‑scale, consumer‑facing payment or financial product.
• Expert knowledge of the payments and/or financial system landscape.
• Experience in managing teams and/or coordinating people, projects or transversal activities.
• Proven analytical skills and experience drafting concise and clear notes and reports.
• An advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official EU language, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.

Desired qualifications and skills

• Experience working with payment service providers to implement payment solutions or schemes, including revenue models.
• Experience working on standards for front‑end payment solutions.
• Experience developing an offline payment product or researching possible offline payment solutions, including proofs of concept.
• Experience engaging with internal and external stakeholders to address their needs while ensuring project deliverables are achieved.

You engage collaboratively with others, pursue team goals, learn willingly from diverse perspectives, signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternatives, analyze complex information effectively, anticipate stakeholder needs, and encourage people to develop their abilities to build high‑performing teams.

You are motivated to contribute to the ECB’s mission, to serve EU citizens as a member of a public institution, and to work with colleagues from all over Europe. You are eager to be part of our team and develop and use your skills and competencies to achieve the aims of this position.

Further information

The contracts offered will be fixed‑term, appointment until . Temporary appointments may be extended or made permanent subject to organisational needs and budgetary constraints. This may result in a staff member with a non‑convertible fixed‑term contract being offered a convertible contract in accordance with ECB Conditions of Employment.

For additional information on this vacancy, you can speak to the hiring manager, Daniel McLean, on +49 (0) between 12:00 and 13:00 on Wednesday, 17 December 2025.

Application and selection process

The recruitment process will be conducted remotely. It will include a pre‑recorded video interview in the pre‑selection phase and, if invited, a written exercise, a presentation and interviews.

If not selected but still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list, from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB. The reserve list created for this campaign may also be used to fill lead expert positions in the same project team.

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