IT Application Owner

As an IT Application Owner (ITAO), you will act as the custodian of critical applications, ensuring compliance with IT policies and security standards throughout the application lifecycle. You will be the single point of contact for audits and governance, driving operational resilience and risk management.

• Provide leadership and guidance to a team of IT Application Owners, fostering a strong culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure that all assigned applications comply fully with security controls, regulatory requirements, and internal IT policies, while driving timely remediation of outstanding tasks and proactively escalating risks with clear recovery plans.
• Take full ownership of end-to-end application governance, including lifecycle management, documentation, strategic planning, audit readiness, and comprehensive risk management.
• Oversee operational stability and performance by monitoring reliability, availability, and security posture, coordinating with infrastructure and vendor teams to resolve incidents, manage vulnerabilities, and implement enhancements.
• Act as the primary liaison for business stakeholders and external vendors, translating business priorities into technical requirements, managing service-level agreements, and ensuring alignment between IT deliverables and organizational objectives.

Do you have experience in Microsoft Excel?, * Strong team Leadership and Coordination expertise.

• You have hands on experience in planning complex IT releases, and you have strong experiences with assessments regarding risk, complaints and audit.
• You have a good understanding of the latest technologies, and programming languages.
• Strong Stakeholder communication.
• University degree with technological or scientific focus or equivalent working experience.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, covering risk assessment and the ability to discuss compliance related matters with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• You are good team player with a passion for technology and engineering and can communicate fluently in English, French or Dutch, * Socially connected : We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being. We offer a flat organizational structure with close collaboration and open communication between teams; a dynamic, innovative work environment in which our employees and customers are central

• Financially secure : We support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future. We offer you an attractive remuneration package (meal vouchers, hospitalization insurance, group insurance, flexible reward plan, ...), tailored to your experience, as well as the opportunity to develop yourself at every stage of your career. We also propose corporate benefits via our partner network (promotions on travel, interior, utilities, etc.).

For over 150 years we have been there for our clients every step of the way. Our purpose: ‘Dedicated to our clients’ lasting success and financial security at home and abroad’ guides our vision and strategy, and is brought to life by our culture. With a global presence in about 60 countries, and a diverse workforce of more than 90,000 people, we know that each individual’s daily actions shape our culture. 

Deutsche Bank Technology in Berlin

DB Technology is a global team of tech specialists, spread across multiple trading hubs and tech centres. We have a strong focus on promoting technical excellence – our engineers work at the forefront of financial services innovation using cutting-edge technologies.

Our Berlin location is our most recent addition to our global network of tech centres and growing strongly. We are committed to building a diverse workforce and to creating excellent opportunities for talented engineers and technologists. Our tech teams and business units use agile ways of working to create #GlobalHausbank solutions from our home market.