Arealead Frontend foundation

Rabobank; Utrecht; Hybrid; EUR 115,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Thirteenth month

Holiday allowance 8%

Employee Benefit Budget 10%

Development budget

Hybrid working

Mobility budget

Pension contributions

Job summary

Rabobank is seeking an Area Lead Frontend Foundation to steer the frontend engineering backbone through the Rabo Online Platform (ROP). You will empower 160+ frontend squads to build and deploy digital solutions quickly, securely, and consistently.

You will lead an area of ~100 professionals with ten squads and five product managers, shaping design systems, frontend services, platform performance, accessibility, and deployment.

Qualifications

• Proven technical understanding of frontend engineering capabilities.
• Experience with Agile leadership and high-performing teams.
• Data-driven mindset and digital literacy.

Responsibilities

• Translate the Tribe and Retail NL strategy into actionable roadmaps for the frontend area.
• Deliver on the expansion of frontend requirements from the Growth Accelerator and other strategic initiatives.
• Drive wide and deep adoption of frontend standards across tribes and domains.
• Improve and expand standardized frontend capabilities to enable the growth ambitions of the bank.
• Expand standardized frontend capabilities to reduce complexity and tech maintenance across all CPO squads.
• Ensure continuity, security, and reliability across all managed services.
• Ensure developer success by engaging with our creator community and providing reliable, controlled and secure building blocks.
• Develop high performing teams with a clear focus on outcomes and delivery.
• Managing GD-2/-3 stakeholder relationships across CPO, IT, Architecture and CRO.

Skills

Frontend engineering

Agile leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Security & compliance

Education

Academic education / Masters level

Job description

• Salary: Gross monthly salary between EUR 10,330 and EUR 14,757 (senior kader A)for a 40-hour work week.
• Extras: a thirteenth month, 8% holiday allowance, and a 10% Employee Benefit Budget.
• Development budget: EUR 1,400 development budget per year for your growth and development.
• Hybrid working: a balance between home and office work (possible for most roles).
• A mobility budget: with this, you can tailor your transportation according to your own needs. For example, by leasing a car or receiving the full amount and arranging your own transportation.
• Pension: decide for yourself the amount of your personal contribution.

As Area Lead Frontend Foundation, you are responsible for the area that provides Rabobank’s frontend engineering foundation through the Rabo Online Platform (ROP). Your mission is to enable 160+ frontend squads to deliver better digital solutions by offering standardized frontend building blocks, our design system, and performance services. Doing so enables the growth ambitions of MT Retail and ensures consistent, high quality experiences for our customers. You lead an area of ~100 professionals with ten squads and five direct reports and serve as a key member of the Tribe Digital Platform leadership team.

You & Your role

Your leadership directly enables thousands of engineers and influences the digital experience of millions of customers. You empower the Area to deliver Rabobank’s frontend engineering foundation through the Rabo Online Platform (ROP) — a platform of reusable services and components that enables more than 160 frontend squads to build and deploy digital solutions quickly, consistently, and securely. The focus is on design systems, frontend & native development services, platform performance, accessibility, and enabling fast, controlled deployment. By reducing repetitive work and offering standardized building blocks, this area accelerates delivery for all front-end teams in CPO and ensures a high-quality customer experiences across all digital Rabobank channels. The past years have focused on building our current FE stack and community. For the coming years, we need someone who can confidently lead the CPO FE community to next-level usage and impact across CPO and enable agentic software development. This requires you have a solid understanding of our technical landscape and delivery process and can translate this to the needs of developers, designers and PO’s. You also bring strong organizational sensitivity and stakeholder management skills to effectively align and steer Area Triangles across different Tribes.

Top responsibilities

• Translate the Tribe and Retail NL strategy into actionable roadmaps for the frontend area;
• Deliver on the expansion of frontend requirements from the Growth Accelerator and other strategic initiatives;
• Drive wide and deep adoption of frontend standards across tribes and domains;
• Improve and expand standardized frontend capabilities to enable the growth ambitions of the bank;
• Expand standardized frontend capabilities to reduce complexity and tech maintenance across all CPO squads;
• Ensure continuity, security, and reliability across all managed services;
• Ensure developer success by engaging with our creator community and providing reliable, controlled and secure building blocks;
• Develop high performing teams with a clear focus on outcomes and delivery;
• Managing GD-2/-3 stakeholder relationships across CPO, IT, Architecture and CRO.

Facts & Figures

• 40 hours per week;
• Impact millions of customers (internal and external);
• Lead an area of ~100 professionals, 10 squads and 5 direct reports (product managers);
• Oversee frontend capabilities used by 160+ frontend squads.

Together we achieve more than alone

We believe strongly in the power of different perspectives. By combining people’s differences, we become an even better bank. We are curious about what you’ll add to our team within Tribe Digital Platform. At Digital Platform we create excellent customer experiences across our sites, apps and even third-party service providers. Our broader purpose is to create hyper-personalised experiences at scale by delivering a flexible ecosystem powered by standardized solutions for our users and creators. Working together is how we operate; as one goal-oriented team at Rabobank, we drive innovation and excellence. Our team culture is open, inclusive, and focused on continuous improvement.

You and your talent

You bring:

• Ability to drive strategic change in a complex stakeholder field;
• Entrepreneurial mindset and the ability to execute with impact;
• Proven technical understanding of frontend engineering capabilities;
• Experience with Agile leadership and high‑performing teams;
• Strong communication skills and organizational sensitivity;
• Experience with compliance, risk, and security requirements;
• Data‑driven mindset and digital literacy;
• Academic education / Masters level.

You and the job application process

Are you the Area Lead Frontend foundation we’re looking for? Are you ready to help shape Rabobank’s digital backbone and empower hundreds of engineering teams across the bank?

We look forward to receiving your application in Utrecht, the Netherlands.

Good to know

• Applications are open until Sunday 8 November 2026.
• There will be three interview rounds as part of the process. The first interviews are scheduled for November 2, 3, and 4, followed by the second and third interview rounds between November 16 and 20.
• Assessments may be part of the selection process;
• We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, identities, and perspectives