Tech Operations Manager

Euronext

Euronext is the leading pan-European market infrastructure, shaping capital markets for future generations. Its mission is to connect European economies to global capital markets, to accelerate innovation and sustainable growth. Euronext is located in 18 countries across Europe, US and Asia, with regulated exchanges in Belgium, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway and Portugal. The group has expanded organically and externally, with a revenue growing from €458 million in 2014 to €1.5 billion in 2022, with 2,200 employees and 55 nationalities.

With close to 1,900 listed issuers and around €6.5 trillion in market capitalisation as of end June 2023, it has an unmatched blue-chip franchise and a strong diverse domestic and international client base, as well as a large Tech companies community, Euronext Tech Leaders. Euronext closely accompanies corporates thanks to its pre-IPO programmes and a full suite of innovative corporate services. Euronext operates regulated and transparent equity and derivatives markets, one of Europe's leading electronic fixed income trading markets and is the largest center for debt and funds listings in the world. Its total product offering includes Equities, FX, Exchange Traded Funds, Warrants & Certificates, Bonds, Power, Derivatives, Commodities, Advanced Data Services and Indices.

The Group provides a European multi-asset clearing house through Euronext Clearing, and custody and settlement services through Euronext Securities central securities depositories in Denmark, Italy, Norway and Portugal. Euronext also leverages its expertise in running markets by providing technology, corporate and data services to third parties.

Euronext is engaged in an ambitious ESG policy, translated into its "Fit for 1.5°" commitment to net zero, supported by SBTI approved targets.

Euronext Corporate Solutions is at the core of Euronext's strategic plan "Innovate for Growth 2027". It has delivered €50m of revenue in 2024, has been growing double digit CAGR since 2020, being one of the most important growth engine of the Group. With the planned acquisition of Admincontrol, expected to close in 2nd quarter of 2025, it will almost double in size with expected revenues of €100m in 2025 and continued double digit growth expectations in the coming years.
Euronext Corporate Solutions already serves more than 5000 clients including over 1500 listed companies, private companies, advisors and public organisations. Clients are located across all Euronext markets (Belgium, France, Italy, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway Portugal,) and beyond (UK, Germany, Sweden, Denmark, Finland). The team is composed of 200 professionals across Europe. With the planned acquisition of Admincontrol, it will grow to over 350 professionals.

This unique and comprehensive value proposition is articulated around three main pillars:

•   Governance services: To public and private organizations we provide our board portal solution "iBabs" to help secure, organize and run board meetings more efficiently (save time preparing agendas and board packs, collaborate easily with annotations, voting, meeting summaries).Our advanced video technology allows you to easily broadcast your meetings, from webinars, townhalls and studio events, we provide the right solution

•   Investor relations and communication services: we help our clients to increase their visibility, engagement and international coverage with shareholders, investors and all stakeholders with leading digital communications and streaming solutions. We also provide flexible and customized market data components for Investor Relations websites of listed companies. Our IR.Manager tool provides a complete and intuitive IR management and targeting platform for corporate IR teams to professionalize the workflow and engagement. Our advisory team provides high-touch advisory, ESG advisory, market intelligence and decision making analytics for listed companies willing to be more active on capital markets.

•   Compliance services : our ComplyLog products helps companies simplify their EU regulatory duties, speed up workflows and ensure compliance by automating the management of inside information and insider lists for both issuers and their professional advisors ensuring compliance with the European Market Abuse Regulation (MAR).

Euronext Corporate Solutions is a fully integrated division of Euronext, including all the resources to pursue its business activities: Revenue, Growth Marketing, Product, Technology & Operations, Client Services and Transformation. It also relies on Euronext support functions to accompany its growth.

Job summary

We're looking for a Tech Operations Manager to support a team providing shared services across all Euronext Corporate Solutions Technology Operations.

What You'll Do

• Lead and support a multi disciplinary team in different countries, delivering high-quality support (Architecture, SRE, Program Management) to other teams building Euronext Corporate Solutions products.
• Handle performance management, reviews & provide constructive feedback, set objectives and help the team grow and succeed.
• Help unblock the team by providing technical expertise and guidance.
• Work closely with product owners to prioritize work and deliver on time.
• Ensure great documentation and knowledge sharing for smooth onboarding and collaboration.
• Ensure continuous improvements around Incident Management, Service Level Objectives, Release Management.
• Occasionally connect with global teams, including short travel when needed.
• Flag technical debt and areas of improvements, making sure they are properly documented and considered when defining priorities.
   

What You Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience managing a tech team for a minimum of 4 years; handling BAU, performance management & objective settings.
• Experience in modern engineering practices around Platform Engineering and Program Management
• Experience with cloud native environments with relevant AWS or Azure usage.
• Proficiency in Agile/Scrum, DevOps practices, and tools like Docker, Kubernetes, and CI/CD pipelines.

The plus of your profile

• Experience in an Engineering Manager or Platform management role
• Experience supporting product teams deliver value

The softskills you'll need to succeed

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Demonstrated success in building, developing, and leading high-performance software engineering teams, fostering collaboration, motivation, and empowerment.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive approach to addressing challenges.
• A passion for staying updated with the latest industry trends, emerging technologies, best practices, and integrating relevant learnings into the team's workflow
• Ability to lead remote teams and work across cultures

Euronext Values

Unity

• We respect and value the people we work with

• We are unified through a common purpose

• We embrace diversity and strive for inclusion

Integrity

• We value transparency, communicate honestly and share information openly

• We act with integrity in everything we do

• We don't hide our mistakes, and we learn from them

Agility

• We act with a sense of urgency and decisiveness

• We are adaptable, responsive and embrace change

• We take smart risks

Energy

• We are positively driven to make a difference and challenge the status quo

• We focus on and encourage personal leadership

• We motivate each other with our ambition

Accountability

• We deliver maximum value to our customers and stakeholders

• We take ownership and are accountable for the outcome

• We reward and celebrate performance

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, gender, age, citizenship, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, or any other legally protected factor. We value the unique talents of all our people, who come from diverse backgrounds with different personal experiences and points of view and we are committed to providing an environment of mutual respect.

This job description is only describing the main activities within a certain role and is not exhaustive. It does not prevent to add more tasks, projects.