Software Engineer
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Erste Group was founded in 1819 as the first Austrian savings bank and today it is one of the largest banking groups in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). As an attractive employer, Erste Group offers interesting career opportunities in an international environment.
As part of Erste Group’s IT Strategy & Transformation team, the central governance and steering function within Group IT, you will play a key role in shaping the future of technology governance and management across a complex banking environment. You will drive the development of IT governance frameworks, organizational architecture, operating models, and strategic technology capabilities that support the Group’s digital and business objectives.
Working closely with CIO-level stakeholders, technology providers, and internal delivery organizations, you will help define how technology services are governed, owned, and managed across the Group. You will contribute to ensuring effective oversight, regulatory alignment, and continuous improvement of technology services, while supporting the evolution of a high-performing and well-governed IT organization. This is a highly visible role with significant exposure to senior management and strategic decision-making.
Your Tasks Governance & Operating Model
Develop and evolve the EG CIO Governance Capability Model.
Design governance frameworks and IT operating models, strengthening the retained organization of the EG CIO towards external and captive providers.
Drive adoption of the IT governance frameworks across EG and local IT delivery organizations
Support governance improvements driven by regulatory and supervisory expectations.
Technology Capability Management
Act as CIO counterpart for strategic technology capabilities with providers, supporting alignment between business demand and technology services.
Support governance of infrastructure, cloud, platform and core IT service capabilities.
Contribute to service governance and capability portfolio management.
Executive Stakeholder Management
Represent the Holding CIO organization towards EGB and regulatory governance bodies.
Facilitate alignment across business, technology and governance stakeholders.
Prepare and support executive decision-making forums.
Posted July 24, 2026