Product Owner Core Banking Payments

Are you a results-driven Product Owner with a deep understanding of the importance of a well-governed Core Banking solution? Do you possess the leadership and vision to guide your team in achieving objectives that enable Nationale-Nederlanden Bank to fully leverage its capabilities?

Nationale-Nederlanden Bank is seeking an experienced Product Owner with proven expertise across Payments and Technology (Operations) domains.

What you are going to do

As part of Nationale-Nederlanden Bank’s strategy, we are building a scalable, full-fledged payments organization. You and your team will focus on delivering and maintaining core banking solution. This includes day-to-day operations, incident resolution, system maintenance, the compliance watch, and the implementation of functional changes end-to-end.

In your role it’s important to be aligned with the other product owners within Payments to deliver end-to-end solutions. Next to that, you also work closely with internal and external suppliers and collaborate with them to deliver high-quality solutions our customers will be happy about. You excel in balancing the need for speed versus delivering the right level of quality and robustness.

What does your team do?

The Core Banking Payments team currently has multiple responsibilities. The most important of those:

• End-to-end responsibility for the core banking product, including development of new functionality, testing, solving incidents and problems, and analyzing the impact of new regulations on your product
• Gatekeeper of the guardrails in which a payments business operates; security and reliability are critical areas you are proficient at
• Build and maintain excellent relationships with external vendors in scope and follow up on their performance and compliance with contractual terms and internal policies

Responsibilities in this role:

• Work with stakeholders to define the long-term vision for the Core Banking Payments Platform and set clear, measurable goals for development of its solutions
• Convey the product vision and product strategy to team members, inspiring them to create extraordinary results
• Constantly analyze emerging trends in the market and within NN Bank in partnership with the Domain Lead Payments and suppliers to see where your team can add the most value
• Represent NN Bank in supplier meetings when this affects your portfolio
• Act as a bridge between your teams, stakeholders, and suppliers, gathering feedback and ensuring needs are understood
• Develop and maintain a prioritized product backlog, making decisions based on business value and technical feasibility and planning implementation accordingly
• Ensure that user stories are well formed and aligned with the product strategy
• Define acceptance criteria for user stories to validate that they meet business requirements
• Identify and mitigate risks related to the solutions provided by the teams, including technical challenges, data quality issues, and regulatory compliance
• Manage stakeholder expectations continuously through negotiation and influencing
• Play a key role in Product Increment (SYNC) planning, ensuring realistic goals for each quarter

Who you are

We are looking for colleagues who are not only excellent at what they do, but are also great to work with. You bring a positive mindset and energy, inspiring others and contributing to a collaborative environment. You are proactive, see opportunities, and continuously learn from experiences. In addition, you recognize yourself in the following skills and experience:

Hard skills - You are good at what you do

• A minimum of 5 years of relevant work experience
• A completed Master’s degree, for example in a technical or business-related field
• Deep experience in the payments domain
• Proven experience in previous roles as a Product Owner
• Experience in shaping vision and strategy for a digital product
• Experience in owning a core banking product with multiple internal stakeholders
• A solid understanding of the lifecycle, Operations, and Maintenance of a core banking product

Soft skills - You are great to work with

• You value teamwork and collaboration over individual success
• You seek first to understand, then to be understood
• You understand what is needed to enable engineers and support business goals
• You are naturally customer-focused

Who you will work with

Our Payments organization consists of about 70 experts. You work closely with various colleagues from other departments. Engineers, product specialists, risk managers, fraud specialists, demand & process management experts, market researchers, UX designers, and marketers join forces every day to develop our proposition and achieve our objectives. We are a small group with a shared goal. Because we value a good atmosphere and team spirit, we regularly organize fun activities together. This way, we can achieve even better results as a team. We have recently launched and are now looking for you to help us further build a robust organization. The Core Banking Payments team is part of the Payments department and reports to the Domain Lead Payments.