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
H (bracket 1 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €8,318 plus benefits, for further information see
what we offer.
Role specialisation
Market Infrastructure
Working time
Full time
Place of work
Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Closing date
01.09.2026
Your team
You will be part of the Product Division in the Directorate Digital Euro, which is part of the ECB’s Directorate General Market Infrastructure and Payments. Our Directorate leads the implementation and rollout of the digital euro. For more information about the digital euro project, please visit the hub page on the ECB’s website.
In our Division, we are currently working on defining and developing the digital euro product for consumers, merchants and intermediaries, as well as designing both the offline and online functionalities. The Division also explores innovative solutions in collaboration with private sector partners and develops the strategic roadmap that will guide the transition from the pilot phase to the full product launch.
In your role as Team Lead for digital euro online use cases, you will manage the team working to define the digital euro online use cases, including standards and requirements for peer-to-peer, point-of-sale and e-commerce digital euro payments as well as ATM transactions involving digital euro. The team also supports the agile development of the digital euro platform, assuming the business owner role for some of its components.
You will also interact with a variety of internal and external stakeholders. This includes close engagement with external standard owners and constant alignment with the other teams in the digital euro team to further refine the design of the digital euro product and translate the requirements into functional and technical specifications.
The ECB is an inclusive employer and we strive to reflect the diversity of the population we serve. We encourage you to apply irrespective of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or other characteristics.
Your role
As a Team Lead for digital euro online use cases, you will:
- lead the work to define the product features for the online digital euro;
- refine the proposed use cases by leading the work on the specification of the functional and non-functional requirements;
- liaise with a variety of stakeholders, including Eurosystem national central banks, governance groups, market participants and standard-setting organisations;
- manage the day-to-day tasks of team members, ensuring deliverables are achieved and milestones are met;
- coordinate with other team leads to ensure cross-functional support is provided across the Division and the Directorate.
We actively support professional development for our staff. Besides learning opportunities such as training and mentoring, we encourage and support horizontal mobility after some years in the same position.
The position offers you excellent opportunities to contribute to the future of European payments, helping to ensure that people across the euro area continue to have secure and convenient ways to pay, both in physical and digital form. You will be part of a multicultural team that strives for continuous innovation to make a positive impact on the lives of European citizens.
Qualifications, experience and skills
Essential:
- a master’s degree or equivalent in business administration, economics, finance, project management, law, political science, a STEM subject (science, technology, engineering and mathematics), computer science or another relevant field (see How you can join us for details on degree equivalences);
- in addition to the above, a minimum of six years’ professional experience (excluding internships/traineeships) in retail payments and/or in the design of a large-scale, consumer-facing payment or financial product, either in a product role or as a consultant;
- expert knowledge of the payments system landscape;
- experience engaging with internal and external stakeholders to address their needs, while ensuring project deliverables are achieved;
- experience 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 language of the EU, according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages.
Desired:
- experience working on standards for front-end payment solutions;
- experience deploying a payment solution at a physical point of sale;
- technical understanding of aspects related to payment instruments, e.g. QR code design, tokenisation, authentication mechanisms and/or near-field communication (NFC) functionalities;
- understanding of regulatory requirements applicable to payments products.
You engage collaboratively with others. You pursue team goals and learn willingly from other people’s diverse perspectives. You signal any need for change by explaining it and proposing alternative solutions. You analyse complex information effectively and can evaluate different views to arrive at solutions. You know and anticipate stakeholder needs.
You are motivated to be part of our team and to develop and use your skills and competencies to achieve the aims of this position.
Further information
This reserve list will be used for similar Lead Expert or Team Lead positions within the Directorate Digital Euro.
The formal title for this position will be Team Lead Market Infrastructure Project Management.
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 the ECB Conditions of Employment.
For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to the hiring manager, Alessandro Giovannini, on +49 (0)69 1344 7302 between 14:00 and 16:00 CEST on Thursday, 13 August and between 14:00 and 15:00 on Tuesday, 25 August.
Application and selection process
The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely. It will include a written exercise, a presentation and interviews.
If you are not selected for this position but are still considered suitable, you will be placed on a reserve list (see step 4 of How we hire), from which you might be considered for similar positions within the ECB.
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