Head of Infrastructures Services, Financial Infrastructure

Anchorage Digital

13d

About The Position

As Head of Infrastructures Services, Financial Infrastructure, you have the opportunity to help shape and build the infrastructure-as-a-service business within Anchorageâs Financial Infrastructure group. This role is highly technical, focused on developing, managing, and executing the overall business strategy, informing and overseeing the product roadmap, and enabling cross-function coordination to launch, operate, and grow this service. Within this role, you are considered a subject matter expert in financial infrastructure products, including banking-as-a-service and software-as-a-service models, inclusive of the associated legal, risk, and compliance considerations. This is an internal- and external-facing role, requiring leadership of cross-functional teams to drive strategic initiatives, gain consensus among stakeholders, and manage against internal deadlines. You are also responsible for interacting with current and prospective clients to establish feedback loops on products and services, establishing pricing and revenue models, and supporting the client support model. Beyond strategy development and execution, you are expected to support the day-to-day business operations of the Financial Infrastructure line of businesses, which includes internal reporting, business development, go-to-market, and sales efforts.

Requirements

Applied expensive knowledge of current and emerging trends in fintech, banking-as-a-service, brokerage, and/or payments to provide strategic direction, guidance, and leadership within the Financial Infrastructure business.
Working knowledge of the risk, compliance, legal, and regulatory considerations related to providing regulated financial infrastructure services.
Demonstrates and promotes discipline against strategic objectives while serving as a strategic leader internally and externally.
Very strong writing, presentation, and public communication skills.
Applied knowledge of trends in fintech, banking-as-a-service, brokerage, and/or payments to provide strategic direction, guidance, and leadership within the Financial Infrastructure business.

Nice To Haves

You were emotionally moved by the soundtrack to Hamilton, which chronicles the founding of a new financial system. :)

Responsibilities

Architect and launch a new, high-impact business unit within Anchorage, integrating Financial Infrastructure and Product Engineering teams to deliver scalable infrastructure-as-a-service.
Direct the end-to-end life-cycle of the product roadmap, ensuring that technical execution aligns with the broader business strategy.
Serve as the path owner for strategy execution, determining the methods and procedures necessary to move the business forward against internal deadlines.
Collaborate across internal stakeholders, including Sales, Legal, Risk, and Compliance, to define strategy, prioritization, and resolve roadblocks to ensure the infrastructure-as-a-service model is both robust and compliant.
Independently document, execute, and report on strategic proposals, determining methods and procedures along the way to drive business forward.
Cultivate deep organizational knowledge and leverage senior-level, client-facing influence to ensure that infrastructure reconfiguration align with both internal capabilities and the strategic needs of our institutional clients.
Operate in a high-ambiguity and fast-moving environment who can rapidly translate strategy into technical execution and operational results.
Deep knowledge of Anchorageâs core business operations, including operations, customer experience, legal, and compliance to ensure new infrastructure services are seamlessly integrated.
Play an active role to promote, support, and grow the newly built business unit within the broader strategic priorities and product engineering goals of Anchorage.
Direct the prioritization and development of key product features and automation from a strategy and business perspective.
Ensures knowledge sharing across the FinFra team.
Documents strategic proposals, business plans, and execution roadmaps to define the trajectory of the new Infrastructure business.
Independently leads client-facing discussions and oversees business line deals, leveraging influence to establish feedback loops on services and products.
Participates in speaking engagements and events to represent Anchorage as an SME in banking-as-a-service and software-as-a-service models.
Crosses direct team and function boundaries to gain consensus, identify and solution issues, and present to senior stakeholders across Anchorage.
Mentors and guides colleagues and team members on internal best practices, team strategies, and to promote discipline and understanding against the strategic goals of Anchorage and the Financial Infrastructure team.
Serves as critical path owner and gatekeeper for strategy execution.