Process & Project Enabler: Data Joint Master Plan - Oversight in Amsterdam

Are you eager to unlock the power of data by using all forms of processes and technology? Do you want to be part of the data revolution in the banking industry? Do you have a strong understanding of data and can we agree that data is at the core of creating value for customers? And does solving complex data related cases make you happy? Then the Chief Architect and Data Management is the place for you!

As Process & Project Enabler you are responsible for keeping a strong Oversight on the execution of the Data Strategy of ABN AMRO This includes providing quality assurance on execution, execution governance, execution quality, monitoring the execution by Grid Owners and Product Owners and ensuring effective stakeholder management within the boundaries of your scope.

Your key focus is monitoring and maintaining the overview on the execution of the Data Strategy of ABN AMRO with a team of fellow process and project enabler, existing execution departments who in turn manage Product owners, IT Development Engineers, Architects, Business Specialists and External Service Providers for data related implementations. Together, we work on delivering milestones and deliverables related to the Data Strategy. Milestones vary in size and time. Larger milestones typically go over six month and up to two-year lead time, where smaller deliverables typically take two to three months.

You will monitor and create transparency whether all milestones and deliverables are adequately led, resourced and remain on track against the triple constraints of time, budget and scope. You can create and maintain a good overview of the dependencies between the milestones and deliverables and you administrate all your work properly in our joint overviews and administration. You ensure that a clear and communicated change procedure for milestone and deliverable changes is put in place with help of your fellow process and project enablers, and in doing so you manage these requests for change together. Furthermore, you ensure that every quarter, the quarterly process is run properly, and accurately, to ensure that your execution progress is safeguarded. Everything just mentioned, you execute in collaboration with your stakeholders with whom you maintain a continuous dialogue. 

It is important to mention that this is a brand-new team. That means a lot of processes and ways of working are not set in stone yet. A large part (at least in the first months of working with us), will involve creativity and creation, thinking outside the box, and setting up the processes along which we will work in the future. In other words, a lot of room to make a big impact!

As our process and project enabler you work together with other process and project enabler in a small but growing team of women and men within an open and transparent culture. The atmosphere is informal, and we are ok with making ‘mistakes’ as long as everyone is open about it and learns from it. Aside from working on your scope, you are eager to design, create and implement new processes. The teams are in constant collaboration with all business lines, international branches and subsidiaries of the bank. We all work together at the frontier of a major digital revolution and with the core value-assets of the organization, and we interact with senior management of ABN AMRO on daily basis.
 

We believe that the best results come from people putting their heads together to work out how to do things better and to put those ideas into practice. That’s where you come in: we’re looking for talented colleagues that use and manage data to create value for our customers. As our employee, you are the foundation of a future-proof bank where you help us realize our purpose: banking for better, for generations to come. As a front runner in sustainability, we nurture our energetic culture and continue to invest in can-do, client-focused thinking and doing. 

Requirements:

• You have at minimum a master’s degree.
• You have done portfolio management and execution tracking on strategic and tactical level, in an Agile environment.
• Personal projects such as your own company, voluntary work, etc. are appreciated.

What you know:

• You are familiar with portfolio management and execution tracking standards. 
• You have experience with working in an Agile Development Environment (DevOps and Scaled Agile) and you know how to apply portfolio management and execution tracking standards to allow this type of development to happen.
• You have experience in a complex, high tech business environment (five years or more).
• You have experience in setting up portfolio management and execution tracking related processes on portfolio execution, quality control and capacity management.
• You can align your work with the reporting standards of our organization.
• You are familiar with JIRA

We also like you to: 

• Be a highly analytical self-starter
• Understand the importance of good stakeholder management
• Be able to turn constructive feedback into improvement actions
• Check and maintain quality of the work you are responsible for
• Have a keen eye for detail, and you can connect dots in a complex environment
• Enjoy working in a multicultural environment 
• Have excellent communication skills and be fluent in English. Dutch is a big bonus

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.  

We’re offering

• The opportunity to be the best you can be and lots of room to grow both personally and professionally
• A good work and life balance, for example the opportunity to pro-actively work on your vitality and fitness
• A market conform salary based on a 36-hour workweek, 40-hours is also possible
• A personal development budget of EUR 1.000 per year, chances to visit tech seminars and events
• Required investments to boost your personal skills and progress your career
• Large responsibility and freedom to finish your tasks
• We’ll give you the opportunity to make a difference outside the office. We help people, young and old, to discover and develop their talent. We see ourselves as 'Partner of the Future' and like to facilitate your wish to contribute to this.