Data Management Performance Expert (Amsterdam)

Do you want to be part of the Data Revolution in the banking industry? Do you have a strong passion for data and do you agree that data is at the core of creating value for customers? Does working in a complex environment energize you? Then come help us unlock the power of data at the Central Data Office (CDO) of ABN AMRO!

You help realise the delivery of the ABN AMRO strategy: a Personal Bank in a Digital Age. You ensure that the entire bank follows the correct route towards a fully data driven organisation. From shaping new concepts to designing and guiding data management initiatives. You are able to quickly submerge yourself in a brand-new initiative, shape it and ensure it is properly anchored for successful execution.

As Data Management Performance Expert, your job is to define and own the Data Management Performance Framework. This framework provides insight on data execution throughout ABN AMRO, and enables ABN AMRO in steering towards data and business objectives. In doing so, you bring the mentality: “what gets measured, gets done!”.

The results you contribute to:

1. Design, own, and evangelise the Data Management Performance Framework across the Bank – to enable group-wide steering on Data Management up to Executive Board and Supervisory Board level;
2. Define data management KPIs and Steering Elements, and set periodical targets for ABN AMRO to follow;
3. Establish a strong relation with different Data Management stakeholders outside the CDO, and collaborate with the CDO – Portfolio Management team to enable their operational performance management activities.

Furthermore, you are an active contributor to the overall team responsibilities:

• Designing and driving processes to formalise Data Management artefacts such as standards and guidelines;
• Providing expert guidance and support in adopting Data Management artefacts;
• Controlling adherence to the Data Management artefacts;
• Running the corporate governance Data Committee;
• Driving awareness of Data Governance.

This role requires switching context quickly, being action oriented while having strong conceptual capabilities with an understanding of Data Governance and Management, risk management and foremost you are able to inspire stakeholders to take action.

You operate in the following organisation:

• You are part of the Central Data Office – Data Governance – Governance & Control department
• You interact with other department (including Portfolio Management) in the Central Data Office to align on performance reporting
• You interact with Data Domain Organisations to implement the Data Management Performance Framework
• You interact with stakeholders throughout the bank to strengthen alignment with bank-wide (performance) initiatives (like Objective Key Results framework, Key Risk Indicator steering elements, remuneration structure)

Next to your day-to-day work, there is room to think about the future of data and thereby determine the agenda for data in the bank. We do so in an open and transparent way of working where your opinion is valued and dialogue is encouraged. The team is diverse with regards to culture, experience and age. The atmosphere is lively and informal, closely monitoring a safe environment where everyone is able to share their thoughts, feelings and worries. It is normal to make mistakes and we aim to help each other grow better as learning is one of our main focuses.

The team you become part of is in constant collaboration with all business units, international branches and subsidiaries of the bank. We all work together at the frontier of the largest data revolution in the banking industry and with the core value-assets of the organization.

• Bachelor or Master’s degree required, preferably in Information Sciences, Business Information Management, Data Management, Legal, Compliance or a related field (like Risk Management)
• Good communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage stakeholders across departments and disciplines
• At least 4 years work experience in general
• Experience in driving KPI definitions & target setting processes
• Experience in Data Governance, Data Management, or related roles (you are familiar with DAMA DMBOK, Data Mesh, BCBS239, etc.)
• Result-oriented
• Data-driven mentality and experience
• Understanding of the way of working with 3 lines of defense

If you do not meet all the above requirements, but have a strong drive to succeed, we are motivating you to send your application.

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.

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. No unsolicited services or offers, please.