Tribe Lead Global Infrastructure Data Centres

ing; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

ING is seeking a Tribe Lead Global Infrastructure Data Centres to transform ING's global hosting in data centres and edge footprints. You will drive a resilient, secure, and standardised infrastructure platform that supports innovation across the bank, leading a global tribe of engineers and technology leaders.

You will shape the enterprise-wide data centre strategy, converge and standardise platforms, and drive investments.

Qualifications

• Experience leading large-scale infrastructure, cloud, platform engineering, or technology operations teams in international environments.
• Ability to turn vision into measurable actions and outcomes using data and insights.
• Proven track record in strategic planning, budgeting and investment decisions.

Responsibilities

• Shape ING's global data centre strategy and ensure a resilient, future-ready infrastructure foundation.
• Lead enterprise-wide vision and roadmap for data centre and edge capabilities.
• Drive standardisation and convergence to reduce complexity and create scalable infrastructure.
• Create automated data centre services to accelerate delivery and improve efficiency.
• Oversee portfolio priorities, financial performance, risk management and regulatory compliance.
• Build partnerships across countries to align demand, capacity, and priorities.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Change management

Stakeholder management

Team development

Commercial acumen

English communication

Cloud/ infrastructure leadership

Job description

As Tribe Lead Global Infrastructure Data Centres, you will lead the transformation of ING's global hosting in our data centres and edge footprint, creating a more resilient, secure and standardised infrastructure platform that supports innovation across the bank. This is a unique opportunity to influence enterprise-wide strategy, drive large-scale change and leave a lasting impact on ING's global technology landscape.

The team

You will form part of the Global Infrastructure management team. Global Infrastructure is the technology backbone of ING, providing the platforms, networks, cloud services, and core technology foundations that power digital banking across the world. Automation & Orchestration sits at the heart of this landscape, defining how infrastructure is designed, automated, secured, and operated at scale.

You will lead a global tribe of around 173 engineers and technology leaders. The tribe is responsible for ING's hosting environments in our data centres and edge facilities worldwide, providing the secure, resilient and scalable environments that underpin critical banking services.

Working closely with senior stakeholders across technology, architecture, risk and operations, you will lead major convergence, automation and resilience initiatives while fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, learning and engineering excellence.

Roles & Responsibilities

• In this role, you will shape ING's global data centre strategy and ensure the bank has a resilient and future-ready infrastructure foundation.
• Leading the enterprise-wide vision and roadmap for data centre and edge capabilities, aligning business ambitions, resilience requirements and technology strategy.
• Driving global standardisation and convergence, reducing complexity and creating a modern, efficient and scalable physical infrastructure footprint.
• Creating reusable, automated data centre services that accelerate delivery, improve operational efficiency and support innovation at scale.
• Overseeing portfolio priorities, investment decisions, financial performance, risk management and regulatory compliance across the domain.
• Building strong partnerships across countries and infrastructure domains to align demand, capacity planning and strategic priorities.
• Embedding a product-led operating model across infrastructure services, ensuring platforms are managed through clear customer outcomes, adoption measures, value creation and lifecycle accountability.
• Developing high-performing engineering teams, strengthening capability, engagement and long-term organisational effectiveness.

How to succeed

We hire smart people like you for your potential. Our biggest expectation is that you'll stay curious. Keep learning. Take on responsibility. In return, we'll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself. To succeed in this role, you bring:

Leadership Profile

• Strategic thinker with a strong external perspective and a proven ability to turn vision into results
• Trusted and influential leader who drives alignment across diverse stakeholders, builds strong partnerships, and mobilises people towards common goals
• Developer of talent and builder of strong, inclusive teams that consistently perform and grow.
• Courageous decision-maker who thrives in complexity and drives progress with clarity and confidence.
• Accountable leader who combines commercial acumen with a relentless focus on customer, people and business outcomes.
• Leader who leads with courage, integrity, and accountability, especially during periods of change and complexity.
• Authentic role model who leads with integrity, self-awareness, and a genuine commitment to learning and continuous improvement
• Creates an environment where people feel engaged, valued and empowered to succeed.

Competencies & Skills

• Bring deep experience leading large-scale infrastructure, cloud, platform engineering, or technology operations organisations in complex international environments.
• Use data and insights to drive decisions, assessing complex information, identifying trends and opportunities, and turning analysis into clear actions and measurable outcomes.
• Lead large-scale technology transformation, managing change effectively while maintaining service stability, performance and business continuity.
• Champion secure and resilient technology environments, ensuring infrastructure solutions meet regulatory, compliance, risk and cyber security requirements.
• Demonstrate strong commercial and financial acumen, making informed investment decisions, managing budgets effectively and optimising technology spend to maximise value.
• Drive strategic planning and execution, anticipating future technology needs and building roadmaps that strengthen organisational capability and readiness.
• Adapt quickly to emerging technologies and changing business needs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.

Technical Skills

Functional emphasis: Physical/hosting infrastructure