Product Owner - Archer Platform

How do you create direction and make tough trade-offs within one of Rabobank’s most complex risk domains?

You & your role

How do you keep the bigger picture while navigating regulatory pressure, business needs, and platform sustainability at the same time? In this 36-hour role within the Area Operational Risk Platforms (ORP), part of Tribe ORIS, the Archer platform plays a critical role in enabling the bank to manage Non-Financial Risk, regulatory adherence, and governance in a coherent way.

As Product Owner – Archer Platform, you create clarity in a complex and fragmented Non-Financial Risk landscape. You shape a long-term product vision for a platform that sits at the heart of risk management, governance, and regulatory processes across Rabobank. You translate complex regulatory and risk topics into clear direction, helping the organisation make the right choices in a constantly changing environment.

You operate primarily at a strategic and conceptual level. In practice, this means balancing regulatory commitments, business impact, and platform scalability on a daily basis. You connect squads, stakeholders, and decision-makers across multiple organisational levels, creating alignment where priorities compete. You deliberately stay out of detail, empower Business Analysts to own content and analysis, and keep the focus on value, innovation, and end-to-end delivery.

Examples from practice

How does this role challenge you in your daily work?

• Aligning multiple Archer squads around one integrated product vision, preventing siloed optimisation and ensuring end-to-end value delivery.
• Accelerating innovation by bringing product vision to life and delivering tangible business value through the effective use of new technologies.
• Making explicit prioritisation decisions when regulatory deadlines, business needs, and long-term platform health compete.
• Partnering closely with business and Non-Financial Risk stakeholders, translating their needs into prioritised value rather than individual solutions.

Top 3 responsibilities

Where will you make the biggest difference?

• Define and drive a long-term product vision and roadmap for Archer, ensuring alignment with Rabobank strategy while balancing regulatory, business, and platform priorities.
• Connect squads, stakeholders, and decision-makers across multiple organisational levels to enable coherent end-to-end delivery instead of fragmented solutions.
• Make clear, value-based prioritisation decisions in a complex environment where regulatory deadlines, business impact, and sustainability continuously compete.

Together we achieve more than alone

How do you create alignment and trust across a wide network of stakeholders?

The team of Operational Risk Platforms enables Rabobank to manage Non-Financial Risk and regulatory processes in a coherent and scalable way. Collaboration is our way of working; as one focused team within Rabobank. We work across squads and disciplines to create consistency in a complex environment.

Work on yourself & the world around you

How do you grow in your role while contributing to a more resilient bank and society?

This is reflected in our hybrid work environment and a good work-life balance. You contribute to a bank that stays in control and compliant, while also working on broader transitions such as food and energy.

You & your talent

What do you bring to succeed in a strategic and complex role like this?

• Master’s or Bachelor’s level with proven ability to operate at conceptual and strategic level in complex organisations.
• Proven experience as Product Owner within large-scale, agile or product-led environments with multiple stakeholders.
• Experience in Non-Financial Risk and/or IT environments; knowledge of Archer is a strong advantage.
• Strong business partnering skills, able to influence stakeholders from subject matter expert to senior management level.
• Decisive and structured, with the ability to make clear prioritisation choices in complex, demand-driven environments.
• Collaborative and transparent, with confidence to delegate detail and empower Business Analysts to own content and analysis.
• Strong command of English; Dutch is a plus.