Manager - Model Development

We are looking for you, if you:

• are passionate about working with people and developing talents of others make you fulfilled,
• have experience in project management,
• have experience in Stakeholders Management, and you are able to build strong relationship with Customers based on trust,
• are able to support internal and external customers to meet and understand their needs and expectations,
• have experience in building, updating and maintaining statistical risk models, 
• have understanding of key regulations in the area of risk (CRR, model risk),
• have sound knowledge of statistical modelling and econometric methods,
• have at least 8 years of experience with operational/market risk management and/or statistical modelling,
• have excellent (English) verbal and written communication skills.

You'll get extra points for:

• experience with statistical programming (R and Python are preferred) and building automation solutions for modelling,
• experience with corporate banking products, risk management and models,
• experience and knowledge on agile way of working,
• professional certification FRM/PRM/CFA or CQF,
• strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities,
• independent, creative and pro-active mind-set,
• keen on innovation,
• analytical and critical attitude,
• experience with building standards and templates for annual models monitoring.

Your responsibilities:

• leading projects related to risk model life-cycle,
• managing a team of 5-10 people,
• planning, coaching, assessing and professionalizing your team members,
• recruiting and onboarding new talents,
• support your teams in calibration and monitoring of statistical models for operational risk,
• make sure that the team results are of the highest quality. Establish standards and guidepost for models monitoring,
• interacting with stakeholders,
• set standards for developing, innovating and safeguarding craftsmanship/knowledge in the field of expertise.

Information about the squad:

The Model Development department is an international team of 300 highly qualified professionals. Our expertise lies in the development and management of credit risk, ALM and operational risk models. The Risk Hub Model Development team performs model development activities for models throughout ING, working closely together on international projects with the teams in Amsterdam. The developed operational risk models are core to the success of ING and include models for regulatory and economic capital. The models are used by all local Risk Management units within ING. As a Chapter Lead in operational risk modelling, you will be given the opportunity to apply and broaden your experience in management and credit risk modelling topics, using state-of-the-art modelling methods, tooling and data processing technologies.

The role naming convention in the global ING job architecture will be “Chapter Lead Model Development II”.