Product Owner / Data Modeler @ING HUBS Romania

Discover ING Hubs Romania

ING Hubs Romania offers 130 services in software development, data management, non-financial risk & compliance, audit, and retail operations to 24 ING units worldwide, with the help of over 2000 high-performing engineers, risk, and operations professionals. 

We started out in 2015 as ING’s software development hub, then steadily expanded our range to include more services and competencies. Now we provide borderless services with bank-wide capabilities and operate from two locations: Bucharest and Cluj-Napoca. 

Our tech capabilities remain the core of our business, with more than 1800 colleagues active in Data and Analytics Tech, Tech Foundation and Channels, Retail Core Banking and Architecture, and Global Products and Technology Services. 

We enjoy a flexible way of working and a highly collaborative environment, where fair and constructive feedback is encouraged.  

For us, impact isn't a perk. It's the driver of our work. We are guided and rewarded by a shared desire to make the world a better place, one innovative solution at a time. Our colleagues make it their job to do impactful things and they love doing it in good company. Do you?  

Here’s a sneak peak of what our colleagues say about working within ING Hubs Romania:

• At ING, we're building the solutions of tomorrow, today | 80% of our colleagues in Romania agree

The Mission

We are looking for a Product Owner / Data Modeler with a strong passion for data and a solid understanding of both product ownership and data modelling in complex data environments.

You will be part of a multi‑disciplinary, cross‑border Agile team (Business Analysts, DevOps Engineers, Data Governance Officers, Data Quality Specialists), enabling the end‑to‑end flow of data from source systems to data consumers on a modern data lake and data mart architecture.

Your day to day

• Own and communicate the vision, roadmap, and objectives for data products and data marts
• Translate business strategy and stakeholder needs into clear, prioritized epics, features, and user stories
• Manage and continuously refine the product backlog, aligning priorities with business value, dependencies, and team capacity
• Execute the Global Data Definition process according to agreed principles and quality criteria in an Agile way of working
• Design, deliver, and maintain global and local business terms, conceptual, logical, and physical data models
• Analyze source systems (operational systems, local data warehouses, existing data products)
• Create, validate, and maintain functional and technical source‑to‑target mappings, ensuring traceability and consistency
• Support the squad during sprint planning, refinement, and delivery, ensuring clarity of scope and acceptance criteria
• Collaborate closely with engineers and analysts to ensure correct interpretation and usage of data models
• Monitor progress, communicate dependencies and impediments, and proactively manage risks
• Support adoption of delivered data products and data models across ING units, including coaching and knowledge sharing
• Contribute to improving data quality, standards, documentation, and ways of working across the data landscape

What you’ll bring to the team

Experience and Knowledge

• Experience combining Product Owner / Business Analyst responsibilities with hands‑on work in data‑driven environments
• Strong understanding of data management, data warehousing, and IT architecture
• Proven experience with entity‑relationship and/or dimensional data modelling
• Ability to interpret and explain complex data models in clear, business‑friendly language
• Experience defining business terms, data definitions, and end‑to‑end data requirements
• Solid SQL and database knowledge for data analysis, validation, and troubleshooting
• Experience working with multiple, heterogeneous data sources
• Comfortable working in Agile / squad setups and international teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Nice to have

• Experience working in financial institutions and regulated environments
• Knowledge of global data models (e.g. IBM BDW models or similar)
• Background as Senior Business Analyst, Data Modeler, Data Architect, Solution Designer, or Senior Database Developer
• Strong affinity with enterprise‑scale data platforms and data management organizations

Competences

• Results‑oriented, with a strong focus on delivering business value and data quality
• Persistent and assertive, able to manage conflicts of interest and challenge constructively
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
• Strong collaboration and influencing skills across functions, levels, and geographies
• Ability to bridge strategic product thinking with detailed, hands‑on data work
• Comfortable communicating complex ideas and solutions at all levels of the organization
• Open to feedback, learning, and continuous improvement in a complex enterprise environment

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