Product Owner

Background on what ING is about (Generic ING background):
ING Hubs Philippines (ING Hubs PH) is an international part of the ING organization delivering services to many Business Units across the world for both Wholesale Banking and Retail Banking activities. Working for ING Hubs PH means working with the most diverse workforce and where no challenge is the same.
At ING our purpose is to empower people to stay a step ahead in life and business. We believe that sustainable progress is driven by people with the imagination and determination to make a better future for themselves and those around them.
ING is changing what banking is. For you that means plenty of opportunities for personal growth in a continuously evolving environment. If this is the environment you thrive in then apply and join us in changing the future of banking!

Job Overview
Your Role and The Team
INGs Payment and Settlement Services (PSS) aims to further mature develop and expand INGs state of the art payments platforms and settlements services. The PSS focusses on delivering payments and settlement services meeting the expectations of INGs business lines and beyond whilst ensuring the basics: safe secure compliant and reliable. The PSS is an independent unit within INGs CTO domain reporting directly into INGs Chief Technology Officer.
The PSS is responsible for providing standardized payments and settlements services to multiple ING business lines (WB Retail and others). There is a clear ambition to also look for external commercialization of our payment platforms.
The PSS changes the organization towards a true Services-based organization and to deliver on ambitious promises we have organized ourselves into a strong strategic and commercially focused organization around our eight services where our squads working on those products are enabled by clear prioritization accountability and capabilities. And right there the Squad Master Customer Journey Expert comes in.
The Squad Master is a new role within ING replacing the Product Owner Role. PSS works according to Agile principles in self-organizing teams. Together with other CJEs you have an end-to-end responsibility for the development and you have the main responsibility for the delivery and change. You will work with two TECH squads. As our Squad Master youll determine what is being worked on within a squad (in consultation with your Product Lead) responsible for meeting the Services KPIs and decide what the key priorities are.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Owner / Customer Journey Expert for non IT / COPAF work ( COPAF Dutch Acronym used in Project management). Formally it is SCOPAFIJTH and stands for aspects you need to cover in your project: S: Security; C: Communication; O: Organisation; P: Personnel; A: Administrative Organisation; F: Financial; I: Information provisioning; J: Juridisch (Dutch for Legal); T: Technology; H: Housing.
• Key focus topics: reconciliation risk assessments and data stewardship topics
• CJE will not manage a team. CJE will interact with 19 Retail Banking & Wholesale Banking countries
• Knowledge: Economy-Finance study background and Payments track record
• Experience: Products experience since he/she will need to strengthen-build the Products outside in view in Hubs Manila
• Maximizing business value through ordering and prioritizing the product backlog features and stories.
• Actively involved in the creation of Epics Features User Stories and Tasks
• Build and maintain strong relations with important key-stakeholders (Risk Legal Compliance Audit service consumers service providers Finance Tax Sales ..)
• Solve impediments encountered in the development of the Product
• Active and timely Backlog management in collaboration with business and other IT stakeholders with the ability to adapt quickly to impediments and challenges
• Ensuring that functional and non-functional requirements are defined and met. Non-functional requirements include but are not limited to security resilience performance contractual legal and compliance requirements and obligations.
• Be in control regarding Risk and Compliance
• Create a solid base with your development and operations team

Key Capabilities/Experience
Competences
You are pro-active and have a natural drive to act and deliver results on time.
Excellent team player.
Take initiative work accurately and in a structured and disciplined manner have patience and resilience to handle setbacks.
Have a sharp eye for details while not losing the overall picture.
Experience in guiding on and offshore teams
Experience in Agile environments in a corporate set-up
You are highly self-organizing pragmatic and always seek opportunities to improve your work.
Experience in Payments Services SEPA Direct Debits SEPA Classic SEPA Instant Payments and International Payments
Excellent in English

Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors in Computer Science Engineering or a related field.
At least 2-3 years of experience as an product owner or a similar role.
Have experience in highly regulated environments (e.g. financial institutions)
Excellent communication skills capable of conveying complex technical topics to various audiences.
Ability to develop strong and collaborative partnerships with organizational leaders.
Knowledge of and experience with methodologies) service management processes and an agile work environment.