The opportunity
At N26, we believe our strength lies in our people and the varied perspectives they bring. We strive to build diverse teams that drive innovation and business success.
What you'll do
Drive core banking transformation: Lead the strategic implementation and seamless integration of our next-generation Core Banking engine within N26’s global architecture.
Translate complex banking domains into scalable infrastructure: Architect robust platform requirements that balance intricate core banking processes, strict compliance and regulatory environments, and long-term operational efficiency.
Own the platform roadmap end-to-end: Shape the product vision, proactively identify market and technical opportunities, and make high-stakes prioritization decisions to maximize scalability and resilience.
Align organization-wide stakeholders: Partner with cross-functional leadership across N26 to define ambitious team goals, manage dependencies, and drive collective success.
Foster cross-functional platform excellence: Collaborate deeply with engineering, architecture, product, and design teams to continuously elevate the capabilities of N26’s core banking infrastructure.
Lead build-buy-partner evaluations: Play a pivotal role in formulating our build-buy-partner strategy, evaluating enterprise banking engines, and embedding the chosen solution into our broader technical ecosystem.
What they're looking for
- Orchestrate high-stakes product rollouts: Mitigate risk and ensure flawless execution by coordinating launch readiness across local market teams, legal, compliance, operations, and engineering.
- Deep Domain Expertise: 5+ years of Product Management experience, ideally gained within a FinTech, tier-1/2 banking environment, or with a core banking software provider.
- Architectural Literacy: Strong hands-on experience with banking or payments architecture frameworks, ledger systems, and designing robust API-driven products.
- AI-Forward Workflows: High level of AI literacy, with a track record of natively leveraging AI tools to optimize your product discovery, documentation, and operational workflows.
