At ING Hubs Spain we are looking for a Market Data Specialist – Financial Markets
Your role and work environment:
Financial Markets (FM) is the Bank’s gateway to the professional markets around the world. Our primary function is to service the needs of ING’s clients with products, services and guidance. FM aims to be a significant player in our market leader and challenger markets, with an additional presence in all the major international markets and specialist expertise in selected emerging markets and products.
The FMGT Tribe is the change delivery department of Financial Markets (‘FM’) and Group Treasury (‘GT’), realizing client ambitions by connecting them to global markets, providing financial solutions, and delivering lasting value.
Within FM, in Competitive Pricing area, we have ING Pricing Architecture (IPA) asset, which consists of multiple components that enable real-time and batch calculations of financial risk metrics and simulations (e.g. XVA,PFE, Value at Risk, Expected Shortfall, Bilateral Margining, pre-deal derivatives Pricing) which are driven by new banking regulations as well as advanced Risk analysis on the derivative product portfolio of Financial Markets (interest rates, credits, foreign exchange). This asset is in the heart of the IT landscape for our global dealing rooms and risk managers in Asia, Europe and Americas, with aprox. 30 scrum teams spread across 4 locations (Amsterdam, Brussels, Bucharest and Singapore), cooperating to evolve it towards target ING Financial Markets IT vision.
Your key responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Trading Risk Management, Front Office Traders and Front Office Quants to gather requirements and help improve FMGT’s Market Data infrastructure.
- Support Trading Risk Management in their role of Market Data Steward with system specific implementation details.
- Contribute to building a roadmap, spanning across different departments and stakeholders.
- Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, focused on understanding their challenges and opportunities.
- Maximize business value by providing clear and developer-ready content for user stories in the squad backlog and facilitate alignment of delivery teams with businesses/user groups.
- Translate and explain the “What” so that IT engineers can determine the appropriate “How.”
- Structure, simplify, and solve issues on processes and systems. Lead end-to-end refinement and solution design sessions.
- Work independently and ensure that implications of decisions are thought through and addressed.
- Create an environment of open dialogue that encourages expertise development through collaboration and idea-sharing.
- Accumulate and collect knowledge, keep it up to date, and make it accessible for all parties. Take initiatives for sharing knowledge.
Together with your customer journey expert colleagues in Bucharest, Amsterdam, Brussels and London, you will:
- Build and maintain sustainable relationships with key stakeholders (Trading, Risk Management, IT), focusing on understanding their challenges and opportunities to improve overall experience
- Combine market and system knowledge, product management, and business expertise to take a leading role in successfully delivering change initiatives.
- Represent the voice of the business to the squads.
- Gain valuable knowledge of Financial Markets, IT Systems development, and banking processes, providing a solid base for career opportunities inside the Tribe and elsewhere in ING.
What are we looking for?
Talent for taking initiative and making things happen, enthusiasm for helping others succeed, and a knack for staying ahead. Bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast-changing, complex environment. Naturally collaborative, investing in others to achieve common goals. Challenge the status quo and propose creative solutions. Stay curious, keep learning, and take on responsibility. In return, we’ll back you to develop into an even more awesome version of yourself.
- 5+ years background in Financial Markets and/or Treasury
- Bachelor’s degree completed.
- Experience in Financial Markets or Risk Management.
- Proven experience with Market Data (usage, sourcing, transformation, governance).
- Good understanding of Financial Markets products and their data needs.
- Affinity or interest in IT and technology-driven environments.
- Experience with product or project management is a plus.
- A problem-solving mentality.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills (in English) across various levels of expertise and seniority.
- Good stakeholder management skills.
- Flexibility and adaptability to a changing environment.
- Enjoy working in a diverse and multi-cultural environment spanning international locations, trust others, and be trusted.
- Strive to bring fresh ideas to life and embrace challenges in a fast-changing and complex environment.
- Foreign languages: English (excellent level)
- Education: Completed education at Bachelor/Master level
What do we offer?
The time you spend at work, the challenges you face or the lessons you get are very important, but… What about your personal life? At ING we want your work to fulfill you in every way, and that is why we take care of even the smallest details.
Check out what is waiting for you!
Be flexible my friend.
Our model is all about flexibility and accountability. Keeping both our customers and our colleagues needs in mind, you determine together which days you work at home and which you come to ING MAD to offer your best self. Do your thing.
Restaurant card.
So that thinking about what to have for lunch doesn’t take up your time or your cravings.
Our house will be your home.
In our offices you can find electric mobility solutions, doctor, hairdresser, gym, The Good Service (to help you with your errands) and much more!
Health insurance.
For you and all your family (spouse/partner and children).
Life insurance.
We help you protect what matters most to you.
Flexible remuneration.
In addition, you will enjoy our flexible remuneration model, through a more tax-advantaged way, you will be able to access other services such as nursery, transport card, training aids…
Transport allowance.
It doesn't matter where you live, we’ll help you get to the office.
Pension plan.
You can benefit from our pension plan after 1 month with us!
Discover ING Hubs Spain
We’re building something exciting—and we want you to be part of it.
ING is launching the new member of ING Hubs in Spain, an integral part of ING in charge of designing and delivering important technological and operational solutions to make banking frictionless for our customers. ING Hubs play a key role in our ‘Growing the difference’ strategy to become the best European bank. This will be our sixth global hub, joining a network of over 13,000 professionals in the Philippines, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Türkiye and Spain.
What makes us different?
We have a tech-first mindset: We’re not just a bank—we’re a tech company that happens to do banking. Our new hub will be a center of excellence for scalable, fast, and secure technology.
We have global impact: You’ll be working on solutions that serve more than 34 million of customers in over 38 countries.
We are agile: ING was the first bank to adopt agile at scale. We continue to evolve with a collaborative, cross-functional way of working.
Sustainability at the heart of what we do: We have a role to play in defining new ways of doing business that align economic growth with positive environmental and social impact.
At ING, we believe in diversity, inclusion, and belonging. We’re proud of our international teams and are committed to creating an environment where everyone can thrive. We value authenticity, collaboration, and continuous learning.
We’re looking for curious minds, bold builders, and passionate problem-solvers. If you’re looking for a place to find new ways to drive efficiency and provide superior customer value, where your ideas matter, and where you can grow with purpose—we’re looking forward to meeting you.
