PSS Platform Architect

The foundations of the digital paradigm are now largely installed. What becomes interesting from here is not the technology itself, but what is built on top of those foundations. Digital technologies reduced the marginal costs of producing and delivering services, executing transactions and reaching global markets. AI extends this shift by dramatically reducing the cost of creation. Together, these technologies establish a new socio-economic logic where competitive advantage increasingly comes from enabling participation rather than controlling resources.

As the payments foundation of ING, PSS is evolving from a service-provider organisation towards a platform organisation that enables payment capabilities to continuously evolve alongside the needs of ING, its customers and its ecosystem. Rather than creating value solely through internal delivery, the platform exposes shared capabilities that others can build upon. It provides the tools and rules that enable participants to adapt those capabilities to their own context while contributing to the platform’s evolution. In doing so, PSS creates the foundation for how payment capabilities will be developed and extended across ING.

The team

Within PSS Architecture, we are shaping the vision and operating model for the PSS Platform, enabling the evolution of PSS towards a platform organisation where shared capabilities become the foundation for participation and future value creation.

Our objectives reflect three dimensions of this evolution:

• Define the PSS Platform.
• Translate it into each PSS service area.
• Establish the foundations for its continued evolution.

As PSS Platform Architect, you will contribute to the third objective by designing and evolving the knowledge environment that enables the platform strategy to scale across PSS.

Roles and responsibilities

As Platform Architect, you:

• Own the PSS Platform knowledge environment and its information architecture.
• Capture and consolidate outcomes from Platform Workshops into reusable artefacts.
• Maintain and continuously improve the Platform Workshop materials.
• Maintain and improve the PSS Architecture page and documentation.
• Ensure architectural knowledge remains current and easily discoverable.
• Establish best practices for managing knowledge in a way that is both human- and AI-consumable.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you’ll stay curious. Keep learning. Take ownership. In return, we’ll support you in developing into an even stronger architect.

• Have strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Can structure complex information into clear and reusable knowledge.
• Enjoy working at the intersection of architecture, strategy and knowledge management.
• Communicate effectively with architects, engineers and business stakeholders.
• Take ownership and continuously look for opportunities to improve how knowledge is captured, organised and shared.
• Are interested in platform thinking and the application of AI to knowledge work.

We want to make sure that it’s possible for you to strike the right balance between your career and your private life. Find out more about our employment conditions.

The benefits of working with us at ING include:

• 25-28 vacation days depending on contract
• Pension scheme
• 13th month salary
• 8% Holiday payment
• Hybrid working
• Personal growth and challenging work with endless possibilities
• An informal working environment with innovative colleagues

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