About the opportunity N26 is looking for a Head of Product - Core Banking Systems to partner with our Engineering, Treasury, Risk, and Banking Operations teams. In this role, you will own the Core Banking Systems product roadmap and lead a team of product & business managers delivering foundational capabilities that power N26 — from rapid product configuration to balance sheet infrastructure and regulatory reporting. You will work at the intersection of Core Banking architecture, financial data integrity, and compliance on one side, and real-world banking and product challenges on the other. Your mission is to transform Core Banking Systems from a cost center into a composable platform that enables product managers to configure and launch products in days, embeds compliance by design, and lays the foundation for growth beyond N26. You will be the connective tissue between technical platform excellence and business outcomes, ensuring that our core engine powers flawless banking across N26 and eventually external financial institutions. In this role, you will: Own and drive the Core Systems product roadmap across Product Enablement (lending, deposits, payments gateway) and Balance Sheet Infrastructure (financial data products, treasury, books & accounting), balancing near-term execution with long-term strategic horizons. Partner closely with N26 Product Segments and functional stakeholders across Treasury, Credit Risk, Risk Controlling, Accounting, and Regulatory Reporting on priorities, planning cycles, and shared OKRs. Lead the end-to-end product lifecycle for Core Banking initiatives — from self-service product enablement and third-party vendor in-housing through migration, platform scalability, and iteration. Define and roll out core platform best practices across the organization — including product configuration standards (Product Factory), ledger data integrity, evaluation frameworks, and progressive rollout guardrails. Contribute t
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About us N26 is Europe’s leading digital bank with a full German banking license. Headquartered in Berlin and operating across more than 20 markets, we are now entering our next stage of maturity. Our focus is on our growth engine while we strengthen robustness, scalability, and operational excellence. With new senior leaders joining to guide this phase, we are sharpening how we build, ship, and sustain products at scale. As we continue to keep a strong product pulse. Our growth is driven by expanding into adjacent services like mobile connectivity and recently launching cards designed for kids. Our core strategy focuses on empowering customers to switch to N26 as their primary account. By embedding financial tools that are reliable and resilient, we ensure N26 is an essential part of everyday life. To lead this, we need a Director of Marketing [Paid] who understands how to communicate
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About us N26 is Europe’s leading digital bank with a full German banking license
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