.Mexico Country LeadAre you ready to be at the forefront of digital innovation in the financial services industry?The Retail & Commercial Division at Santander Group is seeking talented individuals to join our tech team. We're dedicated to creating an exceptional Open Digital Services platform for financial services, leveraging advanced technologies and partnerships to drive significant impact and establish ourselves as leaders in the industry.We are driving global technology initiatives, transitioning to a platform-based model, and emphasizing software engineering to facilitate the Santander Group's digital transformation.If you're passionate about driving change and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!Mission and Responsibilities:Strategic Leadership: Collaborate with Open Digital Services HQ to define the best strategies for the local technology market, ensuring alignment with organizational objectives.Oversee the implementation of key strategic and transformational programs and ensure they are in line with local requirements.Acting as a decision-maker to achieve objectives and aligning teams to do so.Team Growth: Identify opportunities for team growth, both through external partners and internal hires, providing guidance and support to the team, and ensuring alignment of the new joiners with our values.Team Development: Keep the team connected to the business, with both a local and global vision, ensuring effective communication of strategy and objectives.Act as a sponsor of the company culture and make sure that it is embedded in the team.Regulatory Compliance: Act as the legal representative of the company and ensure local embedding of Corporate Frameworks, internal regulations development, and compliance with local standards and regulations.Escalate issues to relevant bodies of the organization (e.G. board of directors, executive committee, etc.).Country Oversight: Maintain a comprehensive view of all teams within ODS in the country, ensuring the smooth running of all business and program activities to achieve global and local objectives.Detect issues and lead solutions, acting as a catalyst for change.Stakeholder Management: Represent ODS at country level and manage relationships with the different relevant members of the Group, the Open Digital Services HQ team technology references and regulatory authorities, as well as with relevant external suppliers.To be successful in the role you must have:Proven experience leading technology teams, with a minimum of years in progressively responsible positions, including leadership roles.Experience in building and managing high performing teams. Proven ability to develop and execute strategic plans, drive team growth and align teams with organizational goals.In-depth knowledge of how technology companies operate and the local context of the Mexican market