Job Description

Build the future of financial markets. Build yours.

Ready to make a real impact in the financial industry? At Deutsche Börse Group, we'll empower you to grow your career in a supportive and inclusive environment. With our unique business model, driven by 15,000 colleagues around the globe, we actively shape the future of financial markets. Join our One Global Team!

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Who we are

Deutsche Börse Group is one of the world’s leading exchange organisations and an innovative market infrastructure provider. With our products and services, we ensure that capital markets are fair, transparent, reliable, and stable. Together, we develop state-of-the-art IT solutions and offer our IT systems all over the world.


Within the Deutsche Börse Group, Clearstream is an international central securities depository (ICSD). It provides post-trade infrastructure and securities services for the international market and 59 domestic markets worldwide, with customers in 110 countries.


Frankfurt am Main, Luxembourg, Prague

Your career at Deutsche Börse Group

Role Overview:

We are seeking a strategic and forward-thinking leader to head our

Transformation Design

section. This role is critical in shaping the future of our operational capabilities by ensuring Operations is represented from the earliest stages of project design. The Head of Section will act as a key liaison between Operations, IT, and Product, advocating for operational needs and driving alignment across functions.



The role involves close collaboration with the respective

Heads of Departments and Head of Sections

across operational streams to ensure their needs are understood and integrated into transformation initiatives. The successful candidate will also be responsible for

building new capabilities within the team

, particularly in the area of

business functional analysis

, to support future-state design and delivery.



The team is spread across three locations (Luxembourg, Frankfurt, and Prague), requiring strong cross-location leadership skills and the ability to foster collaboration across geographies. This is a senior leadership role, guiding a team of 14 professionals through a period of transformation. The Head of Section will play a vital role in supporting the team’s evolution, fostering adaptability, and embedding a culture of continuous improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Representation:

Ensure Operations is a key stakeholder from the design phase of projects, influencing decisions and outcomes.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Partner with IT, Product, and other business units to co-create solutions that are operationally sound and future-ready.

Departmental Alignment:

Work closely with Heads of Departments and Head of Sections across Operations to capture and integrate their requirements into transformation efforts.

Team Leadership:

Lead and inspire a team of senior professionals, including project managers, migration managers, and business analysts.

Capability Building:

Develop new competencies within the team, with a focus on business functional analysis to support transformation design.

Change Leadership:

Guide the section through organizational change, helping team members adapt to new roles and responsibilities.

Process Design & Optimization:

Drive the design of future-state operational processes that support strategic goals and improve efficiency.

Governance & Reporting:

Provide regular updates to the Head of Operations Transformation, ensuring transparency and alignment with broader transformation objectives.

Qualifications & Experience:

Proven experience in leading transformation initiatives within Operations or related functions. Strong background in project and change management. Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills. Demonstrated ability to lead and develop senior teams through change, including across multiple locations. Strategic thinker with a hands-on approach to problem-solving. Experience working in cross-functional environments, ideally within financial services or a similarly complex industry.

What We Offer:

A strategic leadership role with high visibility and impact. Opportunity to shape the future of Operations in a collaborative, innovative environment. Supportive leadership and a culture of continuous improvement. Competitive compensation and benefits.

You can look forward to our benefit package:

Hybrid Work and Flexible working hours Work from abroad - 12 days of remote work from EU countries per year Pension fund contribution - 3% of your gross salary (5% after 5 years with us) Health & Wellbeing - fully covered Multisport card, life & accident insurance, 100% salary contribution during sick leave (up to 56 days) 25 vacation days Mobility - fully covered public transport in Prague & free parking Flexible Benefit Account (Pluxee) - 1200 per month Group Share Plan - discount on company shares Personal Development - annual budget of €690 .. and way more!

Why Deutsche Börse Group?

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We are committed to providing a work environment where everyone feels welcome and can reach their full potential. Our standards go far beyond simply matching candidates with the right position.

Mobility

We enable you to move freely with our job tickets, job (e-)bikes and free parking opportunities.

Work environment

Collaboration, communication, or deep focus – in our modern office buildings you will find the perfect work environment. Free drinks and food and meal allowances included.

Health and wellbeing

We care for your health and wellbeing and besides various health promotion measures we offer you a group accident insurance and additional insurance offers at discounted rates.

Financial stability

We provide financial stability by offering attractive salaries, company pension schemes, participation in our Group Share Plan, as well as bonuses, subsidies and discounts.

Hybrid work

Collaborate and exchange on-site or work remotely several days a week in line with business needs and local regulations. Our hybrid working model combines the best of both worlds.

Flexible working hours

We want your job to fit your life situation and offer flexible working time models, childcare allowance, or the possibility to study alongside your job.

Internationality

Our market infrastructures are globally connected. Working with us means collaborating with like-minded colleagues across over 60 locations from more than 100 nations.

Development

We promote individual development by offering internal development programmes, mentoring, further education and training budgets.

Contact

Recruiting Team

Take your career to the next level with us and embrace new challenges!

+496921111810

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