Contract Product Lead (Digital Collateral)

Role: Product Lead - Digital Collateral

Project: Enterprise collateral management, digital assets, DLT

Industry: Investment banking & capital markets

Location: London (hybrid 3 days per week)

Contract: 6 months initial (multiyear scope)

Rate: £700-800/d inside IR35

X4 Technology are partnered with a leading global financial institution who are expanding their digital collateral capability and offering the opportunity for an experienced Product Lead (Digital Collateral) to help shape and deliver a major transformation programme focused on next-gen collateral services and digital market infrastructure.

The position sits within a strategic change function driving innovation across collateral operations, tokenised assets and DLT-enabled solutions. Working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams, the successful candidate will oversee delivery across multiple workstreams spanning product design, operational change, governance, technology and client enablement.

Responsibilities of the Contract Product Lead (Digital Collateral):

• Lead end-to-end delivery of digital collateral initiatives from requirements through to go-live
• Define and translate business and operational needs into requirements, user stories and documentation
• Assess and optimise operating models and supporting technology across process, data, governance and regulatory areas
• Oversee testing, solution validation and implementation readiness
• Manage programme governance, including risks, issues, dependencies and reporting
• Partner with stakeholders across operations, technology, legal, risk, compliance, custody, onboarding and commercial teams

Requirements for the Contract Product Lead (Digital Collateral):

• Proven delivery of large-scale financial services transformation programmes across collateral, securities services, digital assets or DLT environments
• Strong cross-functional leadership and stakeholder engagement across business and technology teams
• Ability to manage multiple competing priorities in fast-paced, complex programme environments while maintaining delivery focus
• Comfortable applying best practice transformation and delivery to drive execution quality

The role provides broad exposure to enterprise transformation, emerging financial technologies and strategic product delivery. Please apply online for immediate consideration.