Global Securities Strategy Lead

Join Swift, a global leader in financial messaging services, as the Global Securities Strategy Lead. In this role, you will define and evolve Swift's strategic vision for Global Securities, drive execution throughout the organization, and maintain deep relationships with ecosystem actors. You will also partner with Business Development teams, ensure cross-functional coordination, and lead change initiatives. The ideal candidate will have 10+ years of experience in strategy, consulting, financial market infrastructure, product/market management, or business development, and a deep understanding of the capital markets industry.

• Lead the definition and ongoing evolution of Swift’s strategic vision for Global Securities, translating the vision into actionable strategic plans and driving execution throughout the organization.
• Monitor strategic initiatives, identify risks, and recommend mitigation actions, ensuring alignment between numerous internal stakeholders.
• Act as a strategic ambassador for Swift’s Securities and FX work in industry forums, working groups, and conferences, bringing external insights back to influence product and commercial decisions.
• Strategic listener: notices incentives, interests, hesitations; understands how to shape momentum
• Strong communicator: able to translate complex concepts and analytical insights into simple yet impactful narratives for business, technical and senior executive audiences. Adapts communication across cultures and stakeholder groups. Ability and willingness to impactfully represent Swift in Working Groups and industry events. Good at public speaking
• Curious and intellectually rigorous: interested in understanding the structural evolution of international capital markets
• Ownership oriented: takes accountability for delivering results through driving outcomes that impact Swift’s long‑term strategic position in global securities; owns decisions and ensures execution
• Structured and organized: able to run multi-stakeholder cadence and keep large groups aligned
• Analytical thinker: able to connect market developments and industry dynamics to inform strategic discussions
• Highly collaborative: collaborative team player who builds strong internal partnerships while operating effectively with a strong degree of autonomy
• “A yes-and” mindset: focused on progress and building on top of others’ ideas
• Versatile skill set – experience across relationship management or go-to-market, product, strategy, technology or market analysis
• Comfort with ambiguity and the ability to quickly pivot direction
• Ability to synthesize complex industry developments and translate them into structured insights that support decision-making
• Collaborative: able to work across multiple disciplines and teams, adding value to every discussion and iteration
• 10+ years in strategy, consulting, financial market infrastructure, product/market management, or business development
• Proven track record in senior stakeholder engagement, strategic planning, and cross‑functional leadership
• Prior experience in strategy, research, market analysis, relationship management, go-to-market or program management
• Deep understanding of the capital markets industry and post-trade landscape
• Diplomatic communicator skilled at navigating complex stakeholder dynamics, understanding seniority nuances, and building alignment across differing interests
• Experience operating in a global, complex, multi‑stakeholder environment
• Don’t meet every single requirement? At Swift, we are dedicated to building a workplace where people can bring their full selves and ideas to the team, so if you are excited about this role, we encourage you to apply even if you do not meet every single qualification