Sr Tech Lead Engineering Services

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 10,855 and EUR 15,507 (senior kader B).
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• A mobility budget: with this, you can tailor your transportation according to your own needs. For example, by leasing a car or receiving the full amount and arranging your own transportation.
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

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Empower over 8,000 engineers worldwide by delivering integrated, high-quality IT services that drive innovation, resilience, and business value at Rabobank. 

As Senior Tech Lead Engineering Services, you will shape the future of engineering at Rabobank by leading transformation in processes, technologies, and services. You will drive technical strategy and innovation, ensuring engineers are equipped with the right tools and support to deliver value from day one. Your leadership will foster a culture of proactiveness, ownership, and entrepreneurship, bridging the gap between what is available and what is needed to fully enable engineers within Rabobank. At Tech4Engineering, your leadership will empower over 8,000 engineers worldwide. 

• Transform existing tools into scalable, user-friendly and high-quality services that enable engineers to deliver business value from day one. 
• Guide teams through the adoption of Managed Standardised Services (MSS) and the Nexa Service Store process. 
• Advance DevOps and Simplify at Scale (S@S) maturity, embedding continuous improvement and engineering excellence. 

40 hours per week

Lead a span of control of approximately 180 employees, including around 30 direct reports, fostering a strong engineering culture, and continuous learning. 

Within the organisation, you are a pivotal member of the Area Triangle Engineering Services (Area Lead, Senior Tech Lead, Business Architect) and the Sub-area Triangle Consumer Services, contributing to the strategic vision and IT roadmap of both the tribe and the area. 

• Shape and execute the enterprise-wide cloud delivery strategy, aligning multi-cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP) with the broader Tech4Engineering vision and influencing long-term technology direction across the bank. 
• Drive organizational transformation through advanced S@S/DevOps maturity, embedding engineering excellence into operating models and integrating delivery practices for continuous improvement at scale. 
• Establish executive-level stakeholder engagement and governance, navigating complex political landscapes, influencing strategic decisions, and ensuring alignment across technology, business, and regulatory priorities. 
• Ensure operational resilience and regulatory compliance, overseeing risk management frameworks, security posture, and financial stewardship to optimize cost and maintain control globally. 
• Lead innovation and service standardization at scale, accelerating adoption of Managed Standardized Services (MSS), enabling onboarding processes, and driving modernization initiatives. 

We believe in the power of differences. It is precisely by combining people's differences that we become an even better bank. We are curious about what you add to our team of Engineering Services & Consumer Services. 

"By joining this area, you’ll help ensure that engineers and service providers are equipped with the right tools, insights, and support to start strong and deliver value from day one."

The 180 colleagues of Engineering Services & Consumer Services deliver managed, standardised, and high-quality services that enable engineers to focus on what matters most: delivering business value. Collaboration is our approach; as one decisive team within Rabobank. 

For us, your development and that of society go hand in hand. That is why we want to invest in you and work together to create a better world. We can summarise that in one sentence: 

"At Rabobank you work on yourself & the world around you at the same time."

This is reflected in your own development budget, our hybrid working environment, and a good work-life balance. You can work on banking matters for our private and business clients but also on social issues such as food and energy transitions. 

At Rabobank, we believe that we become stronger through people who complement each other. By embracing our differences, we bring out the best in each other. We look for this diversity in areas such as knowledge, skills, and experience but also in gender, background, and culture. We strive for diversity and the space to be yourself in every department—whoever you are. That is what diversity and inclusion at Rabobank is all about. 

• Academic working and thinking level, proficiency in both Dutch and English at a business level 
• At least 10 years of experience in similar roles within complex IT environments. 
• Entrepreneurial mindset with the ability to weigh interests and risks alongside the business, bring sharpness to discussions, and constructively challenge colleagues. 
• Strong influencing skills at the highest level, with a focus on broad stakeholder management, people development, and behavioural change. 
• Analytical and innovative thinking within defined standards, policies, and objectives, contributing to the strategic vision and IT roadmap. 

To ensure that we assess all candidates equally for suitability for this position, we do not require a mandatory cover letter. Instead, we ask all candidates the same three questions to see how your profile matches the role. Please pay sufficient attention to answering these questions and explaining your answers; together with your CV, these responses form the basis for our evaluation in this round. Submitting both a CV and answers to the three questions is the minimum requirement to be considered in the selection process. A cover letter is not mandatory but may be submitted optionally. 

You may draw on your work experience, volunteer work, education, private life, and so on. Use a maximum of 200 words per question and provide no more than two examples. Below are the questions: 

• How have you contributed to shaping or executing an IT strategy in a complex organization? What was your role, and what impact did your contribution have?  
• Describe a situation where your technical expertise in software development, security, or performance directly influenced a business-critical outcome. How did you balance innovation with risk and compliance?  
• Describe a situation where you took ownership of a challenge or opportunity and drove it forward with an entrepreneurial mindset. What was the outcome? 

• Any questions about working at Rabobank and the process? Ashley Lumbantobing, IT Recruiter, ashley.lumbantobing@rabobank.nl
• We will hold the interviews through a video call. If you are selected for an interview, Bo, our virtual assistant, will reach out to you via SMS and email to schedule the interview. 
• You can find answers to the most frequently asked questions on rabobank.jobs/en/faq
• A screening is part of the process. 
• We respect your privacy. 

To be considered for this position, you must be located in the Netherlands and have the legal right to work in the Netherlands. We are unable to consider candidates requiring relocation from another country. 

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