Head of Sector – Real Estate (w/m/d)

Your expertise in real estate is only surpassed by your skill in building up your colleagues and team members? Are your guiding principles taking the initiative, making things happen, and having a vision for the future? And a company that values diverse backgrounds, mutual learning, and a healthy work-life balance is exactly what you are looking for? Perfect! Apply now with your CV and challenge the status quo with us.

Your Tasks

• You take charge of our local Real Estate (RE) sector, whether it’s monitoring and developing (non)financial KPIs, driving revenues and Return on Capital or managing relationship management and origination teams.
• Your business acumen and leadership skills steer us in the right direction, aligning both local and global long-term plans and strategies.
• Establishing and managing the RE portfolio, client onboarding and relationships or risk appetite and management – you handle it all with consummate ease, coordinate with relevant stakeholders, and always have an eye for specific local and global procedures and policies.
• You lead a high-performing team, further strengthened by your exemplary leadership, to tackle all challenges in our Real Estate sector head-on.
• With your excellent market and client knowledge, you effortlessly formulate well-founded RE-strategies for both countries and clients, aligning them with the interests of local and global stakeholders. Generating innovative ideas for capital efficient growth, RWA reduction, sustainability, and Capital Velocity is right up your alley.
• You seamlessly integrate all the pieces: From overseeing deal structuring, credit analysis & approval, and negotiating term sheets to acting as point of contact for local and global Risk Management, internal and external supervisors to ensuring flawless cooperation between different Sectors and teams.
• And of course, you share your expertise enthusiastically, represent ING RE at conferences and networking events, keep yourself and the (global) RE & Wholesale Banking franchise up-to-date on all relevant developments and foster an environment of continuous learning and improvement.

Your Profile

• Master’s degree in economics or an equivalent academic qualification
• Extensive professional experience in banking / lending products within an international environment
• Good knowledge of the real estate market, with proven expertise in originating and executing transactions across a range of products
• Excellent analytical skills, with proficiency in credit and financial modelling as well as people management and interpersonal abilities
• Attentive to compliance and governance issues
• In tune with clients, authentic and confident presentation and communication skills
• High level of self-motivation, commercial drive and business acumen
• Team player with a leadership mindset and a coaching spirit to support people and talent development
• Fluent German and English, written and spoken

We offer many benefits

• Company pension plan, capital-building offers, free Deutschlandticket & bicycle leasING, company restaurant
• Hybrid working: In addition to working in the office, you can also work remotely – within operational, regulatory and legal requirements.
• Individualized work schedule models, sabbatical, subsidization of nursing & childcare costs
• Personal budget for continuing education and development as well as health; plus, a personal budget to set up your mobile working space

Ready for a new job?

At ING we are colorful and diverse: different personalities with different perspectives - an international culture where we value and appreciate each other. We believe in substance over style, people instead of labels.

This describes you to a T?

Simply apply online - your resume is all we need to get to know you, a cover letter is optional!