Technical Product Manager

About the opportunity

We are seeking a Technical Product Manager to support us in the journey of designing compliance as a product. We want to make sure our ways of working at N26 are fully compliant and we approach the challenge by focusing on the customer. You will join our Technical Operational Resilience (TOR) team to help us set the standard for FinTech resilience practices.

In this role, you will:

• Solve Complex Compliance Challenges: Translate complex regulations into clear, actionable guidance, ensuring compliance is seamlessly integrated into product teams’ daily work and decision-making.
• Create Smart, Frictionless Processes: Design and implement user-centred compliance processes that are intuitive and efficient. Coordinate closely with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure these processes are well-aligned across teams.
• Monitor Process Effectiveness: Continuously assess the impact and adherence of compliance processes, working to refine and improve them based on feedback and performance data.
• Build the bridge between compliance and product development: Foster close partnerships with engineers, product managers, and team to embed an agile, product-centric approach to compliance. You’ll empower teams by providing clarity on regulatory and operational compliance requirements while ensuring they can work effectively 
• Educate on and drive change: Design engaging, educational resources tailored to IT compliance for engineers, product managers, and agile coaches, ensuring they have the knowledge and tools necessary to meet compliance standards effectively.
• Build Automated Reporting & Monitoring: Develop semi-automated compliance reporting and data-analytics solutions that provide continuous visibility into IT security and operational resilience. Act as the data gatekeeper, ensuring that information is accurate, accessible, and actionable.
• Ensure Alignment with Defense Lines: Coordinate all IT compliance activities with the bank’s 2nd and 3rd Lines of Defense to maintain consistency and readiness across internal audit functions.
• Establish Metrics: Build meaningful KPIs to communicate compliance status and readiness across the organisation, ensuring clear visibility for senior stakeholders.

What you need to be successful:

• Strong Communication & Product Mindset: Excellent communication skills combined with a deep product focus, enabling you to translate compliance into actionable steps for engineering teams.
• Technical Background: Background in Software, Platform Engineering, or Product Management, with familiarity with cloud infrastructure architecture, DevSecOps, and software development supply chains.
• Experience in Agile & Engineering Environments: Proven experience working with Agile teams, including Engineering Managers, Product Owners, and Developers. You understand Agile best practices and have a knack for coordinating across interdisciplinary teams.
• Project & Program Management Skills: Strong organisational abilities to manage complex compliance initiatives, track deliverables, and ensure alignment across departments.
• Fluent in English: Proficient in both written and spoken English to communicate effectively across teams.
• Self-Starter: Confident in navigating shifting priorities with ease and taking the initiative in complex environments.
• Results-Oriented: Not afraid to experiment, learn from mistakes, and make meaningful progress.
• Team Player: Collaborative by nature, actively supporting team members in reaching their goals.
• Continuous Improvement Mindset: Continuously seeks improvement, challenging the status quo and embracing feedback.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience with security and regulatory standards, such as ISO 27001, SOC2, NIST, COBIT, and Operational Resilience.
• Familiarity with European regulatory frameworks, including GDPR, the Cybersecurity Resilience Act, and DORA, as well as German banking regulations (MaRisk, KWG, KRITIS - BSI).
• Experience documenting processes in regulated environments.
• Knowledge of our products and enthusiasm for fintech and the banking industry.

If you’re driven to bridge complex regulatory needs with cutting-edge product development, join us as we redefine compliance in a fast-paced, Agile tech environment.

What’s in it for you:

• Accelerate your career growth by joining one of Europe’s most talked about disruptors 🚀.
• Employee benefits that range from a competitive personal development budget, work from home budget, discounts to fitness & wellness memberships, language apps and public transportation. 
• As an N26 employee you will have access to a Premium subscription on your personal N26 bank account. As well as subscriptions for friends and family members.    
• Additional day of annual leave for each year of service.  
• A high degree of autonomy and access to cutting edge technologies - all while working with a friendly team of peers of diverse nationalities, life experiences and family statuses. 
• A relocation package with visa support for those who need it.

Who we are

N26 has reimagined banking for today’s digital world. Technology and design empower everything we do and it’s how we are building the global banking platform the world loves to use. We've eliminated physical branches, paperwork, and hidden fees for an elegant digital experience and supreme savings. Giving people the power to live and bank their way is what gets us out of bed in the morning and inspires the work that we do.  We are headquartered in Berlin with offices in multiple cities across Europe, including Vienna and Barcelona, and a 1,500-strong team of more than 80 nationalities.

Sounds good? Apply now for this position.

Equal Opportunities:

We recognize that our strength lies in our people and the varied perspectives they bring to our workforce. We strive to build talented and diverse teams to drive our business success and empower our people to reach their full potential. We genuinely welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, genders, sexual orientations, abilities, neurodiversities, and ages. We're committed to creating an inclusive workspace where everyone feels valued and respected, free from harassment and discrimination. If there's anything you need to make the application process work for you, please let us know by reaching out to candidate.exp@n26.com.  Visit our website to learn more about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion at N26.