The opportunity
N26 is looking for a Head of Product - Core Banking Systems to partner with our Engineering, Treasury, Risk, and Banking Operations teams. In this role, you will own the Core Banking Systems product roadmap and lead a team of product & business managers delivering foundational…
What you'll do
Own and drive the Core Systems product roadmap across Product Enablement: (lending, deposits, payments gateway) and Balance Sheet Infrastructure (financial data products, treasury, books & accounting), balancing near-term execution with long-term strategic horizons.
Partner closely with N26 Product Segments and functional stakeholders across: Treasury, Credit Risk, Risk Controlling, Accounting, and Regulatory Reporting on priorities, planning cycles, and shared OKRs.
Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for Core Banking initiatives: from self-service product enablement and third-party vendor in-housing through migration, platform scalability, and iteration.
Define and roll out core platform best practices across the organization —: including product configuration standards (Product Factory), ledger data integrity, evaluation frameworks, and progressive rollout guardrails.
Contribute to N26's company-wide strategy to establish single sources of: truth for financial data, eliminate core vendor dependencies, and reduce risk concentration across endpoints.
Support domain optimization by transitioning stable, non-core services to: appropriate segment owners while maintaining operational excellence and zero material audit findings.
What they're looking for
- Manage and develop a team of Core Systems Product Managers, fostering a: culture of operational rigor, precision, and platform enablement.
- Act as a trusted advisor to other Product & Tech teams looking to integrate: with core banking engines, sharing best practices and enabling rapid go-to-market execution.
- Manage stakeholder communication across Product, Engineering, Finance,: Treasury, Risk, Compliance, and senior leadership.
- Define and track domain KPIs that measure product enablement speed, system: uptime, compliance metrics, OPEX cost savings, and balance sheet data integrity.
