At a glance

The entire ABN AMRO organization (worldwide) is dependent on the daily availability of the IT systems developed and managed by Private Infrastructure Platforms (PIP). PIP takes care of the daily operation and the realization of tactical and strategic changes within its scope so that it continuously meet the expectations of the consumers of Infrastructure. PIP is an Internal Service Provider that offers Mainframe, Open Systems, Connectivity and Datacentre services to its consumers. The scope is not limited to the Netherlands but extends over the entire ABN AMRO Bank.

The Private Cloud Services (PCS) department within PIP comprises the largest IT environment within ABN AMRO. It includes all parts within the Open Systems context that are required to fully serve consumers. In other words, Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Linux, IBM AIX, Oracle Databases, Messaging, File transfer, Application hosting, IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL, Active Directory, Storage, VMware and many other components are part of the scope.

Every day 1000's of IT people, bank employees and customers depend on not only the availability of these solutions, but also the necessary developments within this IT field. The dynamics within this area are therefore great, fun and challenging.

We are looking for a tech-savvy product owner for our Cyber Vault solution(s) with an expertise in Storage/Backup and Vault principles and preferable has done an implementations of such an environment. The focus of the PCS Department is on enabling and supporting our internal customers and deliver overarching core components like Cybervault to further resilience our Core IT that are integrated with other services of the Foundation and Products departments.

Your job

Overall: Create your own product vision/strategy based upon ABN AMRO and department strategy and steer the team to enable maximum business value.

As a tech-savvy product owner you will work on:

• formulating a vision for Cyber Vault as part of the Private Cloud systems department and define with the team how to get there;
• prioritise and guiding the work of your mixed teams (various vendors) on multiple locations, so that you create optimal value for our organisation;
• developing new services and solutions to enable our business;·
• managing dependencies between the various other scrum teams;
• steering the team on operating and services the Cyber Vault on a 24/7 basis;
• responsible for finance, license management, life cycle management and more of the used infrastructure and products;
• keep the operations safe and secure by making sure patching is up to par and desired state configuration is being executed;
• automate together with the team as much processes as possible.

In short: you direct the process of creating and maintaining our on-prem Cybervault products and services portfolio. You ensure that developments within your team are in line with developments in other teams, and that our cloud solutions contribute to our international PIP and ABN AMRO strategy. 

Your profile

You know how to deal with the pressure of a high exposure position like this in a complex environment. You are strong in creating a vision, partly due to your drive and energy, you are able to achieve goals and inspire the people around you. You use a facilitating leadership style.

You have strategic insight; you communicate easily with senior management and with your teams and you have execution power. You bring the matter constantly in motion. You know what is going on within the organisation, what the business needs and take an exemplary role in striving to reach the goals.

You take the lead in a natural way. Do you think you fit with us?

Check your profile:

• Higher educational background and relevant work experience;
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a strong focus on value (either for the bank or users);
• You know how a bank works and have experience as a product owner;
• You oversee the complexity of regulation, compliance, legislation, risk, commercial interest, IT and know how this relates to each other;
• Energetic by nature and focused on collaboration, a facilitating leadership style to achieve results;
• Skilled in analysing and structuring complex problems, identifying solutions/options and presenting your advice to stakeholders in a convincing and structured manner.
• Knowledge of common cyber vault, backup and storage solutions and how to implement them.

We are offering

We offer a high exposure position in which you get to know the core of the bank and internal and external stakeholders.

• The opportunity to have an impact on the evolution of our product portfolio;
• The ability to work in a dynamic environment where there is room for growth within and outside your expertise, depending on your ambitions and drive;
• A solid pension plan;
• An annual public transportation pass
• A personal development budget;
• A supplementary benefit budget of 11%.

Interested?

Interested? Please apply online on this vacancy. For more information you can contact Ruben Pothof: ruben.pothof@nl.abnamro.com.

Equal opportunities for all

The success of our organisation depends on the quality of our people and the ideas that they have. Truly surprising insights and innovative solutions for our clients result from an interplay of cultures, knowledge and experience. Diversity is therefore extremely important to our organisation. To ensure that everyone at ABN AMRO can develop their talents, we encourage an inclusive culture in which all colleagues feel engaged and appreciated.

Disclaimer external recruitment agencies

External recruitment agencies need to have a signed agreement with ABN AMRO BANK N.V., executed by a Talent Acquisition Specialist, when submitting a resume to a vacancy. In addition, a recruitment agency can only submit a resume when invited by a Talent Acquisition Specialist to join the search for a right candidate. All unsolicited resumes sent to us will be considered property of ABN AMRO BANK N.V. In this case, ABN AMRO will not be held liable to pay a placement fee.