Senior Product Manager, Residential

Do you want to use your knowledge and experience to make a real impact in the housing sector? Then put your expertise to work to develop and optimise the best housing and mortgage solutions for our customers. Are you a strategic thinker with a keen eye for market trends, and do you have a passion for developing and implementing new ideas and products that will enable us to serve our customers even better? 

As a Senior Product Manager for Residential Banking, you will develop and optimise the strategy for product, pricing and distribution, with a focus on mortgage products. You will monitor and improve existing and new products from a technical, financial, commercial and legal perspective, in line with customer needs and market developments. 

You will work closely with the Housing Manager and a number of other internal and external stakeholders. You will keep a close eye on trends, regulations and the competition. 

Duties and responsibilities: 

• You identify and capitalise on market and product opportunities. 
• You enjoy developing new propositions (product strategy) and optimising existing products. 
• You will regularly report on your analysis by gathering information on customer needs, the competition and regulatory requirements, in order to inform strategic decisions;
• You keep a close eye on changes to legislation and regulations and implement the necessary adjustments;
• You will manage the product lifecycle within the Housing sector;
• You define the product roadmap;
• You will be responsible for the project management of product-related projects;
• You will liaise with interest groups and regulatory bodies.

Job requirements 

• You have a higher vocational education (HBO) or university (WO) level of thinking; a master’s degree is an advantage; 
• Project management skills;
• Several years’ recent experience in a similar role at a mortgage lender; 
• Knowledge of legislation and regulations relating to housing and mortgage products.

Competencies 

• You are a team player with strong communication skills and a positive attitude;
• You are enterprising, pioneering and creative; 
• You are ambitious and keen to achieve your goals; 
• You have strong analytical skills and good judgement; 
• You’re good at stakeholder management. 

Employment conditions 

• Gross annual salary between €80,000 and €99,000, depending on qualifications and experience;
• A high-quality pension scheme based on the average earnings scheme, offering a guaranteed return with a very low employee contribution of 2% of the pensionable earnings;
• Various employee insurance schemes relating to the WIA, etc., which are paid for in full by Argenta;
• Internet allowance: €50 net per month;
• A meal allowance of €100 gross per month;
• Home working allowance;
• Travel expenses; 
• Wellbeing; €500 gross/net benefit per year (e.g. for a gym membership);
• 35 days’ holiday per year (27 to be taken at your discretion, 8 included in your Employee Benefit Budget). In addition, Argenta has a further 4 collective bank holidays. This brings the total to a remarkable 39 days off;
• In practice, Argenta has an unlimited budget for training and development;
• There is a great deal of focus on achieving a healthy work-life balance. 

​​​​​About Argenta  

Argenta is an independent bank specialising in mortgages and wealth creation. As we are not listed on the stock exchange and do not pay out bonuses, we are able to reinvest the majority of our profits back into our services. This means our customers benefit directly from our growth.
With a strong network of independent financial advisers and smart digital solutions, we make banking accessible, transparent and affordable. For over 70 years, Argenta has stood for stability, reliability and a personalised approach.

Argenta. A bank that understands you!