Product Owner Trade Finance IT Connectivity
In case you are inspired by international businesses, by ambitious targets and by driving (technology) architecture improvements, you should become Product Owner Trade Finance Connectivity!
As part of the growth ambitions of Transaction Banking (home to core banking products such as accounts, savings, payments and trade finance), you will realize future-proof, digital and cost efficient Trade Finance customer & employee journeys. Specifically, the Connectivity team delivers APIs to modernize the Trade Finance connectivity layer and enable various journeys, services and reporting needs.
As Product Owner Trade Finance IT Connectivity, you ensure prioritization of the backlog of the team with the drive to achieve results. To do so, four elements are key in your job.
- In close collaboration with fellow Product Owners, the IT Lead, business and IT colleagues you enjoy to achieve tangible results. These results contribute to the objectives and key results we set within the Trade Finance franchise.
- Consequently, alignment of your initiatives with your stakeholders is fundamental in the job. And you communicate and articulate your vision, priorities and drivers clearly with your stakeholders. These are the team itself, the other Trade Finance teams with whom you work very closely and the wider organization that is required to be aligned on your roadmap.
- You understand the application landscape, the application lifecycle drivers and needs, the future state architecture and you are able to synthesize this into priorities and a roadmap.
- You support the team by being transparent and clear, by actively supporting the removal of impediments and by embracing a learning culture in which you develop yourself as well as contribute to the development of colleagues.
The Trade Finance Connectivity team is part of the Trade Finance area within the Grid Transaction Services. The Grid also contains two others areas: Embedded Payments and Payment Instruments & Merchant services and serves all customer segments. The Product Owner Trade Finance Connectivity reports into the Grid Owner of Transaction Services. The Lead Product Owner Trade Finance drives the Trade Finance area and is your closest ally.
The Trade Finance business currently supports propositions such as Letters of Credit, Documentary Collections and Guarantees. It enables business customers to reduce (payment) risks whilst doing (international) business. Although the Trade Finance business historically still has quite some paper-based operational handling, digitalisation of (parts of) the customer journey is a fundamental part of our ambitions. Consequently, exposing various services via APIs is a crucial element of this ambition built on top of the Trade Finance Core Platform which is delivered by an external partner.
You take a keen interest in execution of (IT) delivery. You understand the specialists and their expertise and you find it important that the experts in your team get the best out of themselves and each other and you empower the team with clear scope & mandate to do so. You are involved and motivated and able to achieve goals. You feel comfortable keeping relevant stakeholders connected. It is no pre-requisite that you understand the Trade Finance business in detail.
Do you recognise yourself in this? Then check your profile:
- Experience as Product Owner with IT teams focussed on custom development, system integration, legacy modernization and API development
- You are not afraid to chip-in on technical conversations in order to drive progress
- Experience with the Agile way of working (including scaling ceremonies and events), and experience with the Scrum and DevOps method
- You are a result oriented person and you follow through on your commitments – getting projects straight to the finish line
- Good stakeholder management skills with an open and honest communication style
- You can create order in chaos, providing structure to the team and stakeholders
- You are an energetic person who combines thinking and doing
The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas they have. We believe that teams composed of a combination of cultures, knowledge and experience will generate insights, perspectives and innovative solutions for our customers. Consequently, we offer the ability to work in a dynamic environment with great colleagues where there is room for growth within and outside your expertise, depending on your ambitions and drive.
This position concerns a job for at least 36 hours.
Please apply online. In your application, our ask is to address below questions. It helps us to have a high quality first impression of you and can serve as the foundation for a first conversation. It might require a bit more time from you now, but we will all benefit from this in the process. Applications without answering these questions will not be taken into account. We take this procedure serious and are confident that you will as well. Many thanks in advance!
- What drives you to apply for this role and describe how this aligns with what you find important in your work? (max 200 words)
- Can you describe a team in which you worked with absolute pleasure and explain why that was the case and what you contributed to this? (max 200 words)
- What is the most relevant feedback you received recently and how did it impact you and/or your work? (max 200 words)
For more information please contact Wouter Bartels via wouter.bartels@nl.abnamro.com.
The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.
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