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Digital banking and sustainable lending

IT Area Lead Data & AI

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeMadrid, SpainNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Strong leadership experience in large and complex technology organisations.
  • Experience leading senior managers and diverse teams, fostering talent development and high performance.
  • Solid understanding of Data & AI technologies and platforms, connecting technology decisions with business priorities.
  • Proven experience defining and executing technology strategies and translating them into roadmaps and priorities.
  • Strong change management capabilities in significant organisational transformations.
  • Ability to navigate complex environments and align business, functional and technology stakeholders.
  • Experience managing large technology budgets and driving efficiency and investment decisions.
  • Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
  • Excellent level of English.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the Data & AI technology strategy, translating long-term ambitions into a clear roadmap, priorities and milestones.
  • Act as the Data & AI single point of contact for VISTA in Spain, driving its adoption and growth and ensuring alignment between local priorities and ING’s future data platform.
  • Accelerate AI adoption across the bank, enabling the development and scaling of AI capabilities and use cases while connecting business opportunities, technology and global AI strategy.
  • Provide strategic direction across data products, analytics, customer data, reporting, governance and the platforms supporting the bank.
  • Drive simplification, standardisation and scalability across the data architecture and platform landscape.
  • Ensure platform modernisation and cloud adoption meet integration, security, privacy and compliance requirements.
  • Ensure the stability, availability and performance of critical data platforms and lead the response to major incidents when required.
  • Drive operational excellence, platform optimisation and efficiency across the Data & AI landscape.
  • Promote engineering excellence, automation and sustainable lifecycle management across teams and platforms.
  • Ensure Data & AI platforms and practices meet applicable data management, privacy and regulatory requirements.
  • Partner with Architecture, Security, Risk, Compliance and Data Governance to embed controls into strategy and delivery.
  • Promote strong data ownership, quality, traceability and appropriate use across the organisation.
  • Lead major transformations across the Data & AI landscape, balancing strategic ambition with organisational readiness.
  • Translate complex transformations into clear and manageable steps for managers and teams.
  • Drive the adoption of new Data & AI platforms and capabilities, evolving ways of working and supporting the organisation through change.
  • Lead a large and diverse organisation of approximately 100 people, including experienced engineering managers and professionals with different backgrounds and ambitions.
  • Develop managers and teams, strengthening leadership, capabilities, succession and engineering craftsmanship.
  • Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, transparency, continuous improvement and Orange Behaviours.
  • Build strong partnerships across Tech, business and control functions, aligning Data & AI priorities with the bank’s strategic objectives.
  • Represent Data & AI in senior and global forums, managing dependencies and alignment with ING Hubs and global teams.
  • Manage budget, sourcing and strategic partners, ensuring investments support priorities while driving efficiency and long-term sustainability.

About the Company

ING

Digital banking and sustainable lending

ING provides digital banking and financial services to individuals and businesses worldwide. Its products and services include online and mobile banking, lending, payments, and advisory services designed to be frictionless so customers can make confident financial decisions. ING differentiates itself by focusing on sustainable choices, responsible lending, and sharing knowledge to help customers and partners realize their visions for a better future. The bank emphasizes empowerment over judgment and aims to finance change, partner with customers, and continuously innovate in a sustainable way. Its goal is to help people and businesses progress toward their goals while reducing barriers and making banking easier and more responsible.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded
1991

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