Digital Euro

**General Information***

**Who can apply?** EU nationals

**Salary** H (bracket 1 - step 1) full time monthly net salary: €7,699 plus benefits, for further information see what we offer.

**Working time** Full time

**Place of work** Frankfurt am Main, Germany

**Closing date** 27.10.2024

**Your team***
- You will be a member of our newly formed Positioning team - part of the Positioning and Outreach Division within the Directorate Digital Euro. Our Division is rapidly growing and is responsible for:

- **
Outreach** - implementing the outreach strategy to foster public understanding of, and trust in, a digital euro;
- ** Positioning** - preparing and implementing the strategy for the positioning and branding of a digital euro.

We are currently in the preparation phase of the digital euro project, where we are planning for the development of a digital euro and building on the findings from the investigation phase. This is an exciting time to join the team as we prepare for the potential issuance of a digital euro and ensure that we are ready and able to support a product launch across all euro area countries.

**Your role***
- As Team Lead - Positioning, your responsibilities will include:

- coordinating and managing the daily tasks of the Positioning team and leading, supporting, engaging and developing its individual team members;
- designing and developing the product positioning and branding strategy for a potential euro area-wide digital euro launch;
- commissioning, sourcing and working with creative, branding and marketing agencies
- using an audience-centric approach to harness insights and data to inform decision-making and optimise our resources;
- managing planning, budget and reporting for your team, encompassing both internal staff and external consultants;
- ensuring deliverables are achieved and milestones are met in a healthy and fulfilling working environment;
- supporting effective communication and collaboration and interacting directly with both internal Eurosystem colleagues and external stakeholders.

The position offers you excellent opportunities to shape the future of central bank money, ensure it remains available to all citizens and firms in the euro area and, in doing so, support the digitalisation of the euro area economy.
- 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 marketing, communications, public relations or another relevant field (see How you can join us for details on degree equivalences);
- in addition to the above, a minimum of five years’ professional experience in marketing, of which at least two years managing teams working on projects or campaigns;
- a track record in team leadership and building and developing a high-performing team;
- professional experience leading brand development, marketing strategy, and public information campaign design and delivery;
- senior experience across the marketing mix (with experience in at least one specialist area, e.g. strategy, planning, branding, advertising, market research or media buying);
- experience working with agencies, suppliers and consultants to deliver public information or marketing campaigns;
- 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 in the payments or financial services industries;
- experience in marketing and launching products (business-to-consumer or business-to-business);
- experience leading large-scale campaigns, ideally across multiple markets.

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 skilled at encouraging people to develop their abilities and are able to build up high-performing teams.

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.
- You are highly motivated to guide teams in their daily work and support their professional development.

**Working modalities***

We would ideally like a full-time arrangement for this role.

**Further information***

For additional information on this specific vacancy, you can speak to the hiring manager, Ryan Gawn, on +49 69 1344 24912 between 10:00 and 12:00 CET on Thursday, 10 October.

**Application and selection process***
- The recruitment process for this position will be conducted remotely. It may include a pre-selection interview and - if you are invited to participate in the subsequent selec