Expert Lead Growth Strategy

ING Belgium; Brussel Hoofdstad; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Smart working

Competitive salary

Bonus opportunities

Diverse culture

International environment

Sustainability commitment

Training & development

Job summary

ING Belgium is seeking an Expert Lead Growth Strategy to act as a senior strategic partner linking Product Interactions, Analytics, and Growth. You will lead cross-functional teams to drive customer acquisition, product penetration, cross-sell, and retention, leveraging data-driven insights to guide decisions and prioritize impact.

You will communicate strategy clearly, influence senior stakeholders, and steer multiple initiatives across Retail growth.

Qualifications

• Master degree in Business or Engineering; MBA or equivalent.
• Experience in a top-tier strategy consulting firm or similar, up to Engagement Manager/Project Leader level.
• Strong commercial focus with data-driven decision abilities.
• Excellent project and change management skills.
• Experience dealing with senior management and translating business strategies into roadmaps.
• Excellent communication skills in writing and presenting.
• Results-oriented leader with multi-disciplinary teams of CJEs, data analysts, designers and engineers.
• Empathetic with ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Knowledge of digital, data and martech technologies.
• Ambitious, proactive and positive mindset; willingness to go the extra mile.
• Fluency in English; Dutch/French a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop and orchestrate a centralized customer development strategy across product tribes, segments and channel teams.
• Lead teams in Personalization, analytics and Digital sales to co-design and implement commercial approaches per sub-segment.
• Create a structured, iterative cross-channel commercial approach to optimize conversions and cost.
• Shape and define the retail customer development strategy.
• Prepare and syndicate Growth-related updates to executive leadership (BoD, ExCo, etc.).
• Lead strategic projects linked to Retail growth objectives (e.g., One Bank approach Retail/Business banking).

Skills

Strategic leadership

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder management

Change management

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Martech knowledge

English fluency

Dutch/French helpful

Education

Master's degree in Business or Engineering

MBA or equivalent experience

Job description

Expert Lead Growth Strategy / Customer acquisition, development and retention – Growth, Retail Belgium

We redefine banking. What about you?

At ING we have the bold ambition to create the most personal and impactful mobile led financial experience for our customers, while making a positive contribution to the society and the world we live in. The Tribe Growth is at the heart of these ambitions.

Your Role & Responsibilities

As Expert Lead Growth Strategy / Customer acquisition, you will act as senior strategic partner to both the Product Area Lead of Customer Interactions and Analytics and the Tribe Lead of Growth. You’ll will report hierarchically to the Product Area Lead of Customer Interactions and Analytics (?), and functionally also to the Tribe Lead of Growth.

You are the connecting point between the products, channels and segments into maximizing the development (ie acquisition, product penetration, cross sell/upsell, deep-sell and retention) of our customer base, leveraged on the knowledge (data and predictive models) of our customers.

In Summary, Your Mission Is To

• Develop and orchestrate a centralized customer development strategy, liaising with the different product tribes, segments and channel teams
• Lead specific allocated teams of Personalization, analytics and Digital sales teams to co-design and implement specific commercial approaches per customer sub-segment
• Create a structural approach based on iterative learning for cross-channel commercial approach, (optimized solution from a conversion and cost perspective leveraging a combination of our different channels )
• Play an active role in defining and shaping our retail customer development strategy
• Prepare and syndicate all Growth-related updates towards executive leadership (BoD, MBB, ExCo, etc.)
• Lead other strategic important projects related to our Retail strategic growth objectives (e.g., One Bank approach Retail/Business banking)

What are we looking for?

We are looking for an experienced digital professional and inspiring leader. You are highly analytical, able to empower senior management and experts and have a strong customer focus. You can deal with a complex stakeholder field and are able to prioritize product demands and explain sequence of implementation. You understand technical concepts and can navigate complexity and uncertainty, connecting the dots and prioritizing for impact.

You are an excellent communicator, both in writing as in presenting. You can not only set out and communicate the direction, but you are passionate and perseverant to make things happen. You are a good listener and able to convert feedback in even more valuable solutions. You are creative and brave to reinvent things and challenge the status Quo. You lead by example and set the example on data-driven decision making.

Your Competences

• You have a Master Degree in Business or Engineering, combined with an MBA or equivalent through experience
• You have gained experience in a top-tier strategy consulting firm or similar field, ideally up to Engagement Manager / Project Leader level. Experience in the financial services industry is considered a plus
• You have strong commercial focus and have the analytical skills to identify relevant opportunities and take data driven decisions
• You have strong project management and change management skills
• You have experience in dealing with senior management and translating business strategies into actionable roadmaps
• You have excellent communication skills, both in writing as in presenting
• You are a results-oriented leader with a proven track record in working with diverse and multidisciplinary teams of CJEs, data analysts, designers and engineers
• You are empathetic, able to create connection with and influence senior stakeholders
• You have strong knowledge of existing and emerging digital, data and martech technologies
• You have an ambitious, pro-active and positive mindset and are willing to go the extra mile
• You are fluent in English, both in writing and speech. Proficiency in Dutch / French is considered a plus

About ING

ING offers many opportunities to build a diverse and rewarding career. You will be joining an international, innovative digital bank and working in a stimulating environment where you can grow both as an individual and as a professional.

Our purpose, empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and in business, represents our belief in people’s potential. We do not judge, coach or tell people how to live their lives. We empower people and businesses to realise their own vision for a better future.

#doyourthing is our brand direction. It is how we articulate our purpose and our promise to make banking frictionless. “Do your thing” is about people being free to live the life they want to live, knowing they can make their world a little better for it.

The Benefits Of Joining ING

• Super flexible smart working
• Competitive base salaries and performance-based bonuses
• Diverse cultures and innovative mindsets
• International environment
• Commitment to sustainability
• Many training and development opportunities to help you grow

Our Commitment

Diversity is a fundamental element of our corporate culture, and we are fully committed to creating a safe and inclusive environment based on mutual respect and the value of diversity, offering equal job opportunities to all qualified candidates.