Technology Lead Post-Trade , Depository & Digital Market Infrastructure

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Supporting TMX's vision as a technology-driven solutions provider, Global Technology Services (GTS) delivers information technology, vendor management, innovation, data management & analytics, and project management services across the organization.

The Technology Lead Post-Trade , Depository & Digital Market Infrastructure leads the technology engineering, delivery, and ongoing support for The Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS) and TMX Post Trade Innovations (PTI), including the core CDSX platform and its supporting applications. In addition, this leader defines and executes the multi-year CDS technology and market-infrastructure modernization strategy. This pivotal role positions CDS as a peer-leading central securities depository, clearing, and settlement utility across settlement efficiency, asset servicing, collateral/liquidity services, client connectivity, operational resilience, data, AI, and digital assets.

A core part of the mandate is to enable CDS capabilities for tokenized securities, DLT-enabled settlement models, smart-contract-enabled workflows, digital custody/key management, interoperability with existing CDSX and post-trade platforms, and the regulatory controls required to preserve settlement finality, privacy, asset servicing and operational resilience.

This role reports to:
Head of Technology, Markets & Post Trade

Job Location:

Hybrid (2-3 days in office) - based in Toronto, ON.

Portfolio Leadership & Strategic Delivery:
Provide leadership across all technical aspects of CDS and PTI, evaluating enterprise-wide problems across TMX business units and executing multi-year platform evolution strategies.

Digital Market Infrastructure Strategy:
Define and execute the CDS technology strategy for digital securities and tokenized assets, including DLT-enabled settlement, token lifecycle management, smart-contract governance, digital custody/key-management models, privacy/confidentiality, participant identity, entitlement management, corporate actions, and integration with existing CSD books of record.

DLT Architecture & Integration:
Establish the target-state architecture for how distributed ledger capabilities would safely interoperate with CDSX and other post-trade platforms, including API/event integration, reconciliation between ledger and system-of-record, data lineage, operational controls, cyber resilience, disaster recovery, and participant connectivity.

Executive & Stakeholder Engagement:
Partner closely with senior business executives to align technology capabilities, product backlogs, solution architectures, and investment roadmaps with long-term business goals.

Lifecycle & Operational Governance:
Own the end-to-end lifecycle for new and existing post-trade platforms-including vision, definition, architecture, continuous delivery, and 24/7 SLA/SLO support.

Service Availability & Incident Command:
Oversee 24/7 application support, guiding teams through complex incident resolution while exceeding operational targets, regulatory requirements, and participant SLAs.

Enterprise Representation:
Communicate product portfolio vision, technology investments, and outcomes across enterprise business reviews, town halls, and market participant forums.

Digital Market Infrastructure & DLT Expertise:
Demonstrated expertise in regulated digital securities, tokenization and DLT-enabled post-trade models, including ledger architecture, token lifecycle, smart contracts, digital custody and key-management models, privacy/confidentiality, participant identity, interoperability with legacy CSD/clearing platforms, settlement finality, asset servicing, corporate actions, reconciliation, operational resilience and regulatory governance.

Modernization Roadmap Execution:
Lead the CDS technology transformation roadmap, driving readiness for T+0/intraday settlement, extended-hours processing, ISO 20022 messaging, participant connectivity, and regulated digital asset/tokenization capabilities.

Target-State Architecture:
Define and govern resilient architectures featuring event-driven processing, API-first integration, active-active disaster recover