Your role
As a Director General you will:
1. lead the Directorate General together with the Deputy Director General, including its strategic orientation and planning, work programmes, workforce and resource planning, people management, and progress monitoring;
2. contribute to the ECB’s strategic direction as a member of its senior management team, while practising and promoting the ECB’s shared values;
3. represent the business area and the ECB by participating in, and/or chairing, a wide range of internal and external committees, working groups and high-level fora;
4. foster a collaborative working atmosphere and an engaged, highly motivated and healthy workforce;
5. oversee performance levels in the business area to ensure high-quality quantitative and policy-oriented analysis;
6. engage and collaborate with multiple stakeholders at EU institutions and international bodies;
7. establish and maintain smooth interactions with counterparts both across the ECB and externally;
8. embrace and leverage diversity in pursuing business goals.
We actively support professional development for our staff. Besides learning opportunities such as training and mentoring, we encourage and support horizontal mobility after some years in the same position. This position offers you the unique opportunity to shape the future of a core business area that is involved with formulating policy advice, running relevant projects for the ECB. You will also have the chance to steer and implement the business area’s strategy. Your staff contributes directly to high-level EU policymaking and helps shaping the ECB’s position in key European debates. 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:
9. a master’s degree or equivalent in economics, finance, international relations or another relevant field (see for details on degree equivalences);
10. in addition to the above, a sound understanding of macroeconomic, monetary policy and international financial and monetary issues as well as awareness of current and emerging global economic trends and risks, acquired through a minimum of 10 years’ professional experience in fields of relevance to the Directorate;
11. at least eight years’ experience in leading large, diverse, multidisciplinary teams and managers;
12. experience in driving technical analysis and distilling it into policy recommendations;
13. a broad breadth of awareness of European and global policy topics, including a good understanding of the EU institutional framework and relevant international bodies (IMF, BIS, G7, G20, etc.);
14. a proven track record in high-level international engagement and policymaking;
15. the ability to represent the ECB in European and international fora and to foster strategic alliances and partnerships, including the ability to engage in high-level negotiations with international organisations, governments, and central banks;
16. the ability to communicate, influence and build consensus among stakeholders with differing interests;
17. an advanced (C1) command of English and an intermediate (B1) command of at least one other official language of the EU, according to the .
You build and maintain relationships throughout the organisation and beyond. You emphasise the overarching mission and common aims to achieve the best outcome for the organisation. You strive to achieve goals. You define the strategic outlook for your own business area. You build diverse teams and foster an environment of creativity and innovation. You endeavour to strengthen your teams’ capability, encouraging commitment and engagement.You are motivated to contribute to the ECB’s mission, to serve the citizens of the EU as a member of a public institution and to work with colleagues from all over Europe.You are highly motivated to guide teams in their daily work and support their professional development.
Working modalities
We would be happy to discuss a part-time arrangement for this role.