IT Manager Data Distribution
Are you driven by the transformative potential of data and ready to lead our data enablement efforts? This role calls for someone with strategic insight and a collaborative ethos, ready to ensure our data is perfectly tailored for decision-making. As a bridge between the Data Integration team and Data Office (as part of Products, Solutions, & Control), you'll make data actionable, navigating stakeholder complexities and evolving requirements with ease. We are looking for a manager adept in fostering relationships and promoting a culture of knowledge sharing. If you're passionate about driving strategic decisions through data and thrive on collaboration, you might be the ideal fit for our Manager of Data Distribution position. Join us to unlock the power of data together!
In your role as Manager Data Distribution, you are responsible for:
- Manage and prioritize the backlog for Data Distribution, supporting 15 data domains within ABN AMRO, and the Data Domain Stores to aid decision-making
- Collaborate with business analytical stakeholders (CoE BI & AA, Lead Client Integrity Reporting, Data Product Team within Products, Solutions & Control) to capture their requirements and align IT services with their needs
- Work with front-end application stakeholders to integrate data solutions into operational systems and applications
- Keep abreast of emerging data managanent technologies and industry trends to assess their impact on the organization's data solutions
- Build and lead high-performing teams, promoting a culture of innovation, collaboration and continuous improvement
- Mentor and develop team members, fostering skill enhancement and career progression
- Manage relationships with external vendors and technology partners, including negotiating contracts and service level agreements
- Attracting, retaining and developing top talent in a highly competitive landscape
- Overcoming organizational resistance to change with new data strategies and technologies
- Aligning data projects with budget constraints to secure necessary funding and resources
- Promoting effective cross-departmental communication and collaboration to succeed in data initiatives
- Navigating the complex requirements of multiple business analytical stakeholders to ensure IT solutions are effectively aligned
International Card Services (ICS) is a 100% subsidiary of ABN AMRO Bank N.V. with its own independent bank license with DNB and AFM. ICS is a payment service provider and market leader in issuing credit cards in the Netherlands, We have been issuing, promoting, administrating, and processing payments of Visa and Mastercard credit cards for over 30 years. ICS issues credit cards both under its own brand and in conjunction with co-branding partners, for both Consumer and Commercial clients. In addition, we offer various other financial services and products.
Our credit cards can be used worldwide to pay at more than 46 million addresses and in any currency. In the Benelux there are now about 2.7 million people with a credit card issued by ICS. Our customers not only pay carefree everywhere, but also with extra security: their purchases are insured, and we guarantee delivery.
Our purpose ‘Carefree Payments’ and our vision and our mission ‘We offer our customers and partners relevant, sustainable and secure payment products’ are at the heart of all our activities. We believe that this sets us apart from other companies. In other words: a solid reason to choose ICS. In our view, reliability, security, and carefree payment should go hand in hand. We unburden our customers when it comes to payment solutions. And offer them the opportunity for carefree payments everywhere. In this way we contribute to a safer society and increase confidence in our financial institutions.
The culture within ICS can be described as people and service-oriented, helpful and a will to be successful. Servicing our customers is in our genes. Our core values are:
• Courage
• Care
• Collaboration
The organization is currently changing in order to serve customers and the market even better, with the safety and reliability of our services being the cornerstone. We are rebalancing our business model, which means challenging but exciting times for ICS. Countervailing power is a driving force in shaping our strategic direction.
Are you looking to work together with an enthusiastic team of professionals to make ICS a better organization? Are you able to create a culture that includes knowledge sharing, development and working towards achieving results? Can you bring the senior expertise which is needed to tackle the complexity of the stakeholder field and rapidly changing law and regulations? Then you must be the IT Manager Data Distribution we are looking for!
You will work in a dynamic and ever-changing environment where no hour is the same. You will collaborate closely with the IT Management Team, colleagues within IT and Operations. The team is a mix of ages, experiences, and backgrounds, and alongside hard work, there is always room for fun.
As Manager Data Distribution you will lead a data team and you report directly to the Head of Data Integration & Distribution. Your workplace is in Diemen, a five-minute walk from Venserpolder (GVB) and Diemen-Zuid (NS) stations. For this job, you are required to be present at the office for at least 50% of your time.
Ideal experience
- Completed Bachelor degree or similar in Computer Science (BSc or similar)
- 3-5 years of IT leadership experience, ideally in financial services
- Fluent in Dutch and English
- Academic or significant professional experience in analytical settings
- Proven expertise in data distribution, IT strategy and leading data/IT projects aligned with business and digital transformation goals in complex environments
- Demonstrable success in "ETL first time right" practices, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in data integration processes
- Skilled in vendor management, stakeholder engagement, and motivating teams towards shared objectives
- Proficient in Agile, CI/CD practices, data modeling and ETL processes, with a deep understanding of data warehousing landscapes
- Demonstrable ability to think critically, solve complex problems and employ advanced analytical skills and execution mindset
Specific knowledge
- Profound expertise in data infrastructure, platforms, integration and modeling for precise insights
- Mastery of data warehousing, IT integration strategies and architecture to align IT with business objectives
- Deep proficiency in Azure and cloud computing, skilled in Kimball and Inmon methodologies for BI solutions
Leadership attributes
- Leads change, by communicating explicitly what must change, why changes is necessary, and what desired outcomes will be
- Deals with ambiguity by effectively setting priorities, balancing the short and the long term
- Engages in a dialogue and wins the hearts and minds of individuals and teams. Invites and uses the opinions and perspectives of others to cooperate and achieve the right results
- Courage, conviction, and strength to effectively assess and challenge proposed decisions (countervailing power)
- Ability to reflect on own performance and behavior
- Natural relationship builder who strives for constructive cross department collaboration
- Encourages and motivates team to establish clear, challenging performance goals and metrics for the year
- Periodically reviews team progress against plans, focuses attention beyond the project to the full year or more.
- The gross monthly salary displayed above is based on a 36-hour work week, including vacation pay and benefit budget.
- The Benefit Budget is 11% of your salary. The Benefit Budget allows you to acquire additional employment benefits. If you make no purchases or reservations in the Benefit Shop in a given month, you are paid one twelfth of your Benefit Budget that month.
- Five weeks of vacation per year. You have the option to purchase an additional four weeks per year.
- Personal development Budget of € 1,000 per year, which you can accumulate up to € 3,000.
- Possibility to work from home (in consultation with your team and depending on your position).
- An annual public transport pass with free public transportation throughout the Netherlands.
- An excellent pension scheme.
Interested? Please apply online to this vacancy. For more information, you can reach Karel Bosse (karel.bosse@icscards.nl) or Mitch Denslagen (mitch.denslagen@icscards.nl). Let’s connect!
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.
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