Technology Manager Investments

Role purpose: Lead investment technology strategy and delivery to support portfolio management, trading, risk, and reporting capabilities. Ensure scalable, secure, and compliant platforms that improve investment decision-making and operational efficiency., * Define and execute the technology roadmap for investment systems, data, and analytics.

• Partner with portfolio managers, traders, risk, operations, and compliance to translate business needs into technical solutions.
• Oversee delivery of enhancements and integrations across OMS/EMS, market data, risk platforms, and reporting tools.
• Manage vendors and third-party providers; negotiate SLAs and ensure service quality.
• Establish governance for change management, release planning, and production support.
• Ensure data quality, lineage, and controls for investment and reference data.
• Drive automation and process optimization across investment operations.
• Maintain security, regulatory, and audit readiness for investment technology environments., Bridging business goals and IT in a complex SaaS-only environment to deliver measurable value: that’s your challenge as Technology Manager Investments at NN Bank in The Hague. As one of the Netherlands’ leading mid-size banks, we manage the financial interests of over a million customers. And you will be responsible for the end-to-end technology management of the Daily Banking Investments domain, for which you will build and lead a 20-strong team. Would you like to help drive our technology transformation and shape NN Bank’s future?, This is an exciting time for you to join us, as we are aligning our capabilities and organisation to NN Daily Banking’s technology transformation. That means you will build and manage a team of some 20 experts, including software developers, information analysts and quality assurance engineers. In your team, you will create a culture of ownership, collaboration and continuous improvement. And as a member of the Daily Banking’s Technology Management Team, you will contribute to shaping and embedding our technology strategy. Your main responsibilities include:
• Liaising with the Investments domain Lead and translating the domain’s goals into a Technology roadmap and change portfolio. Ensuring alignment with the tech guardrails at bank and NN Group level, you will be responsible for the Investments domain’s entire technology lifecycle
• Identifying and fulfilling long-term staff needs, which includes matching your team’s skills and capabilities to the demands of emerging technologies
• End-to-end management of the Investments domain’s products, securing 24/7 availability, performance and stability. And you ensure that deliverables meet client and business needs, while meeting our own strict quality standards
• Managing IT vendors and stakeholders. A crucial part of your role is monitoring and securing vendor SLA compliance, which is critical to our 24/7 operations. In addition, you will liaise with the Investments domain’s stakeholders to identify needs, prioritise activities, and manage expectations
• Control and risk management, driving cybersecurity, resilience and stability. You instil risk awareness in your team and vendors. And you harness the latest technologies to mitigate risks, while ensuring compliance with the strict banking industry regulations, including DORA. By providing leadership during emergencies, you minimise business disruption, You thrive on working at the intersection of IT operations, innovation and business strategy in a highly regulated environment. Harnessing your strategic oversight and uncovering underlying business needs, you know how to define strong actionable roadmaps with clear deliverables. And you leverage your communication and stakeholder management skills to interact effortlessly with technical and non-technical stakeholders across the business, technology, risk and vendors.

• Experience leading technology teams delivering solutions for investment management or capital markets.
• Strong knowledge of investment workflows (portfolio construction, trading, risk, performance, attribution).
• Hands-on understanding of system integration, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud or hybrid architectures.
• Ability to manage stakeholders, prioritize backlogs, and deliver across Agile or hybrid delivery models.
• Vendor management, budgeting, and operational ownership of critical platforms.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to translate between business and technical teams., * At least 5 years of technology management experience in the Dutch banking industry. This provides you with the oversight you need in this demanding environment
• Proven experience in end-to-end IT operations and an excellent understanding of what it takes to manage reliable, high-performance 24/7 value chains
• A strong understanding of the demands that Daily banking processes put on IT, ranging from IT risk management and control frameworks to regulatory requirements
• Extensive experience in IT vendor management, SaaS deployment and SLA performance monitoring
• The management skills needed to inspire and develop teams, and drive resounding results

NN invests in an inclusive, inspiring work environment and in skills and competences for the future. We match this with employee benefits that are in line with what is needed today and in the future. This way, we offer our employees the opportunity to get the best out of themselves. We offer you:

• A salary between €8,446 and €11,262 based on 40 hours per week and depending on your knowledge and experience. 13th month and holiday allowance are paid with your monthly salary
• 27 vacation days for a 5-day working week and 3 Diversity Days
• A modern pension administered by BeFrank
• Plenty of training and learning opportunities
• NS Business Card 2nd class, which gives you unlimited travel, also privately. Do you prefer to travel with your own transport? Then you can declare the kilometres travelled
• Allowances for setting up your home office and for internet use

As a Technology Manager Investments at NN Bank, you lead end-to-end technology management for the Daily Banking Investments domain: build and guide a 20-person team, define the tech roadmap, manage products and vendors/SLA, and drive 24/7 availability, risk, cybersecurity and compliance (DORA).