Global Securities Strategy Lead

About Swift

We’re the world’s leading provider of secure financial messaging services, headquartered in Belgium. Swift moves value across borders, cities, and overseas, supporting the global economy.

About the Global Securities Team

The Global Securities team shapes and advances Swift’s Securities & FX business worldwide, delivering solutions that meet evolving needs of financial institutions and market infrastructures.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the definition and ongoing evolution of Swift’s strategic vision for Global Securities.
• Translate the vision into actionable strategic plans, milestones, and success measures.
• Drive execution across the organization, ensuring alignment between multiple internal stakeholders.
• Monitor strategic initiatives, identify risks, and recommend mitigation actions.
• Support the Head of Securities & FX Strategy on capital‑market priorities, requests, and governance engagements.
• Organise background material, build straw‑man proposals, and prepare content for executive forums, Board discussions, and industry interactions.
• Maintain deep relationships with ecosystem actors: custodians, buy‑side, sell‑side, FMIs, fintechs, and regulatory bodies.
• Act as a strategic ambassador for Swift’s Securities & FX work in industry forums, working groups, and conferences.
• Partner with Business Development teams to identify opportunities, customer needs, and market shifts affecting Global Securities.
• Provide strategic guidance for commercial engagements and value propositions, support account planning, and customer dialogue.
• Ensure cross‑functional coordination involving Strategy, Digital Assets, Business Development, Product, Communications, and other functions.
• Lead change initiatives that strengthen alignment and create structure for shared long‑term objectives.
• Act as an internal consultant shaping coherent messaging, strategic analysis, and delivery approaches.

Competency Profile

• Ownership oriented: takes accountability for delivering results and driving outcomes that impact Swift’s long‑term strategic position.
• Analytical thinker: connects market developments and industry dynamics to inform strategic discussions.
• Strong communicator: translates complex concepts into simple, impactful narratives for business, technical, and senior executive audiences.
• Highly collaborative: builds strong internal partnerships while operating autonomously.
• Structured and organized: runs multi‑stakeholder cadence and keeps large groups aligned.
• Strategic listener: notices incentives, interests, hesitations, and shapes momentum.
• Curious and intellectually rigorous: seeks to understand structural evolution of international capital markets.

What We Are Looking For

• “Yes‑and” mindset: focused on progress and building on others’ ideas.
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to pivot quickly.
• Collaborative across multiple disciplines and teams.
• Versatile skill set in relationship management, go‑to‑market, product, strategy, technology, or market analysis.
• Ability to synthesize complex industry developments into structured insights that support decision‑making.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in strategy, consulting, financial market infrastructure, product/market management, or business development.
• Deep understanding of the capital markets industry and post‑trade landscape.
• Proven track record in senior stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, and cross‑functional leadership.
• Experience operating in a global, complex, multi‑stakeholder environment.
• Diplomatic communicator, navigating complex stakeholder dynamics and building alignment across differing interests.
• Prior experience in strategy, research, market analysis, relationship management, go‑to‑market, or program management.

What We Offer

We provide a diverse and inclusive environment where every voice matters and where you can reach your full potential. We support accessibility and accommodations throughout the recruitment process.