Product Owner/ Data Management Expert – Data Delivery Belgium@ING Hubs Romania

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ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, with the help of over 2000 high-performing engineers, risk, and operations professionals.

We started out in 2015 as ING’s software development hub, then steadily expanded our range to include more services and competencies. Now we provide borderless services with bank-wide capabilities and operate from two locations: Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. 

Our tech capabilities remain the core of our business, with more than 1800 colleagues active in Data and Analytics Tech, Tech Foundation and Channels, Retail Core Banking and Architecture, and Global Products and Technology Services. 

We enjoy a flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment, where fair and constructive feedback is encouraged.  

For us, impact isn't a perk. It's the driver of our work. We are guided and rewarded by a shared desire to make the world a better place, one innovative solution at a time. Our colleagues make it their job to do impactful things and they love doing it in good company. Do you?  

Here’s a sneak peak of what our colleagues say about working within ING Hubs Romania:

• At ING, we're building the solutions of tomorrow, today | 80% of our colleagues in Romania agree

The Mission

As a technology-enabled and digital-led bank, data is at the heart of everything we do. It powers how we measure risk, assess performance, and make decisions. To ensure we unlock the full value of our data, we must guarantee its completeness, accuracy, auditability, traceability, and protection. The Global Data Organisation serves as the first line of defense in securing robust data chains, working in close collaboration with all functions, business lines, and countries across the Bank.

The Global Chief Data Office (CDO) plays a pivotal role in this mission. As a central organizational unit, the CDO partners with stakeholders across the enterprise to enable frictionless customer journeys, support ESG-driven innovation, and deliver data products that enhance decision-making. With emerging trends such as digital wallets on the horizon and increasing regulatory expectations around data governance, the CDO is evolving to meet these challenges head-on, ensuring our data remains both a strategic asset and a safeguarded resource.

Under the leadership of the CDO Belgium organisation, Data Delivery is responsible for the end‑to‑end transformation of data flows for business and regulatory purposes. This includes data delivery for the strategic Retail delivery agenda and the development of enterprise data products (in line with the Bank on a Page concept), as well as global and local regulatory reporting. In addition, the area ensures the stable run and continuous improvement of existing data flows and deliveries.

Your day to day

As Product Owner Data Delivery you ensure that the data required across ING’s global landscape is reliable, compliant, ready for use and delivered on time. You connect data producers and data consumers, translating complex needs into high quality data delivery capabilities that support regulatory compliance and operational excellence, every single day.

You will lead a team of experts based in Romania and Belgium, working together with the IT teams in data delivery.

You will develop a product vision together with your stakeholders and your squad . Together with the Product Lead and other Product owners you will own the delivery of the Tribe's purpose. Jointly you are responsible for the end-to-end delivery of the products and services of the Tribe.

What you’ll bring to the team

As Product Owner, you own both the “what” and the “how” within a clearly defined product scope. You:
•    Define and own the product vision and roadmap for a cluster of Data Delivery Products or Capabilities.
•    You will keep your hands-on activity within a squad Support business users to generate data insights and predictions by:
o    Problem statement: determining needs ,problem hypothesis and the associated business impact
o    Identify solutions: find the data needed to solve these questions , build data process; collect data and present data to them
o    Monitor the impact of implementation: data flows optimization & performance; testing strategy; production monitoring 
•    Prioritise and manage the product backlog, ensure daily, on time delivery of high quality, compliant data for the relevant consuming solutions.
•    Be connected with the business domains by delivery value with predictability
•    Work closely with Tech to ensure solutions are scalable, robust and fit for purpose.
•    Collaborate with other Product Leads to ensure alignment, reuse and consistency across the Data Tribe.

Required skills, experience and competences
We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.
To be successful in this role, you:
•    Bring strong experience in product leadership, with understanding business processes, systems and data.
•    Experience data delivery, data flows & data lifecycle management, and how data is consumed at scale.
•    Have solid knowledge of technical data capabilities, including data models and making data technically accessible.
•    Experience working with databases and good SQL skills
•    Demonstrate strong understanding of data governance, quality, lineage and data risk principles.
•    Are comfortable leading cross functional, globally distributed teams in a complex environment.
•    Demonstrate strong product management skills, including developing product vision, building roadmaps, managing backlogs and driving delivery.
•    Work closely and confidently with Tech, speaking the same language and guiding developers effectively.
•    Experience in explaining complex issues in an easy-to-understand way to get people on board, drive their engagement

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