Tech Lead Foundation4Tech

Discover Your Impact as Tech Lead Foundation4Tech

This is what we offer you

• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.

• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.

• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).

• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

You & your role

As a Tech Lead, you build high-performing teams, drive automation-first engineering, and accelerate the move toward a software-defined, API-driven, secure, and self-service future. Failure is not an option. You will work closely with the Solution Architect and business stakeholders to ensure our IaC platforms deliver maximum value—secure, reliable, simple to consume, and future ready—while being powered by the quality reporting that underpins Foundation4Tech and enables informed business decisions across the organization.

Examples from practice

• Supporting the Senior Tech Lead in the strategy & roadmap for Infrastructure as Code, Software Defined Infrastructure, (Infra) Automation & Data Platform.
• Driving “API First” delivery and full automation of infra services on premises.
• Strengthening Rabobank’s cyber security through Zero Trust segmentation.
• Facilitating a psychologically safe environment, in which learning and experimentation are central.
• Strong stakeholder management and collaboration with consuming areas; managing internal suppliers and vendors.

Together we achieve more than alone

The IaC Area consists of six squads, each focused on different parts of Infrastructure as Code and Data. You are part of the Squad triangles and Area Leadership team in which you are involved in technical, organizational and also human aspects. You will lead the squads to successfully deliver on their purpose, empower them, and provide clear direction. You will effectively manage stakeholders and dependencies in the Tribes from Engineering & Enterprise Tech and contribute to Rabobank's wider regulatory, risk, and security objectives.

Work on yourself & the world around you at the same time

For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That’s why we want to invest in you and work together for a better world. We summarize this in one sentence: “At Rabobank, you work on yourself and the world around you at the same time.” You’ll see this reflected in your personal development budget, our hybrid working environment, and a good balance between work and home. You can work on banking matters for our private and business customers, but also on social issues such as food and energy transitions.

You & your talent

• Experience: At least 3 years in various complex environments, holding different positions, with a minimum of 2 years leading multiple technical platform teams.
• Technical Expertise: Proficient in technical infrastructure, as well as shared platform management services, including cloud, life cycle management, release management, CI/CD pipelines, test automation, monitoring, and operational run activities.
• Leadership: Demonstrated success in leading change projects within complex organizations, managing multiple stakeholders, and overseeing technical dependencies across different areas and tribes.
• Regulatory Knowledge: An understanding of regulations and their impact on processes and systems, particularly in the finance and risk domains.
• Communication: Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills, capable of explaining complex technical issues to a broad audience and effectively connecting with internal customers and stakeholders.
• Ownership and Result-Oriented: Takes responsibility for the agreements and deliverables for the area, squads and personal and brings these to the desired result within the agreements.
• Stakeholder and Vendor Management: Strong execution power and stakeholder management skills, adept at navigating politically sensitive environments, and experienced in managing vendors and sourcing through various models and contracts.