Lucian Iancu

Defined and executed the product strategy for the Static Data Management (SDM) platform, as part of the ING's enterprise Pricing Architecture (IPA).

Positioned SDM as the definitive source of truth for static and reference data, serving mission-critical Wholesale Banking functions including Trading, Treasury, Risk, and Finance.

Contribution:

• Discovery & Definition: Spearheaded a cross-platform initiative to map all static data flows within the IPA ecosystem, identifying critical dependencies and uncovering key opportunities for data consolidation and simplification.
• Agile Transformation & Backlog Health: Overhauled the team's Agile ceremonies, introducing standardized story templates and quality gates that eliminated a multi-year legacy backlog and significantly improved delivery forecast accuracy.
• Stakeholder & Dependency Management: Led complex negotiations and secured alignment across multiple senior stakeholder groups for strategic, high-stakes initiatives. Skillfully shielded the team from shifting priorities, ensuring continuous delivery on the most critical business objectives.
• Team Enablement & Performance: Fostered a product first culture through coaching and one-on-one sessions, successfully aligning the team with a clear product vision and boosting overall engagement and output.
  
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Strategic Achievements:

• Global Limits Platform (Product Launch): Directed the end-to-end lifecycle of a new, bank-wide platform for trading and credit risk limits. Assembled and led a cross-functional squad (2 Feature Engineers, 3 Developers) from the ground up, spearheading discovery, user interviews, ideation, and development to establish the definitive golden source for limits management across ING.
• SDM MicroMesh (Technical Modernization): Led the strategic re-platforming of the core SDM application - migration from a monolithic architecture to a modern, containerized microservices approach. This technical initiative was prioritized to enhance scalability, improve system resilience, and accelerate future feature development velocity.
  

Initiatives:

• Conceptualized and executed a "Data Validator" hackathon, uniting 60+ engineers, quants, BAs, and architects to design and prototype a novel data validation tool in a 2 day event. Led the multidisciplinary team from idea refinement to POC definition and event execution.
• Keynote speaker for ING's internal "Product Days" conference, presenting the complex Pricing and Financial Markets product landscape to a broad audience to drive cross-departmental alignment and understanding.
• Served on the organizing committee for the internal Product Manager Academy, a strategic up-skilling program designed to mentor and develop the next generation of product talent within the organization.

Served as a senior Feature Engineer in the Global Markets Database (GMDB) squad, ING's central market data platform. GMDB acts as the single point of entry for all market data, serving over 70 internal applications and business units via APIs, file transfers, and a dedicated portal. My hybrid role encompassed feature ownership, data analysis, and scrum leadership to ensure both technical excellence and efficient delivery.

Product & Feature Management
• Drove feature development from conception to delivery by leading discussions with Product Owners, stakeholders, and clients to define business needs and architect technically sound solutions.
• Translated business requirements into a strategic roadmap by breaking down features from the Quarterly Business Review (QBR) process into actionable user stories for the development team.
• Managed key relationships with third-party data vendors, internal client platforms, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and smooth integration.
• Proactively initiated improvement features to modernize legacy functionality, reduce operational costs, and satisfy internal audit requirements.

Data Analysis & Integrity
• Ensured the accuracy and reliability of the central market database by identifying and resolving data integrity issues.
• Continuously improved the data model and associated validation processes to enhance data quality across the platform.
• Authored and maintained comprehensive documentation for data models and validation processes.

Agile Leadership & Process Optimization
• As Scrum Master, guided the team to consistent delivery by facilitating all scrum ceremonies, resolving bottlenecks, and monitoring key metrics like team capacity and velocity.
• Owned the Sprint Retrospective
• Improved the team's agile framework, including the Definition of Ready, Definition of Done in order to ensure clarity and organizational alignment.

Strategic Initiatives & Leadership
• BA Dashboard: Conceptualized a web-based application to automate repetitive tasks for the functional team. This personal "stretch ambition" evolved into a full-fledged development project after I defined its purpose, created a Figma prototype, and built an implementation roadmap, securing development team resources.
• Business Guild (Organizational Enablement): Co-founded an internal guild to improve financial literacy among technical colleagues. I defined the guild's structure, recruited speakers from across the ING Group, and personally hosted podcast-style sessions on investing, macroeconomics, and personal finance, bridging the gap between technology and business.

Senior member of the local Treasury/ALM team, managing daily liquidity risk and steering while also leading the local implementation of a strategic, group-wide regulatory data platform.

Group Liquidity Database Project (Regulatory Implementation)
• Led the local implementation of critical managerial liquidity reports (e.g., Daily/Weekly LCR, Adjusted NSFR) for a global, regulatory-driven database project designed to centralize ALM/Treasury indicators.
• Executed data testing and validation, identifying key data quality issues and proposing robust checks to ensure the accuracy and integrity of regulatory calculations.
• Served as the primary liaison between the group-level project team and local counterparts, ensuring alignment on requirements and timely resolution of issues.
• Developed and maintained the documentation framework for local data models and reporting processes to satisfy both project and audit requirements.

Core Liquidity Management & Steering
• Actively managed and steered key liquidity indicators and oversaw the daily management of the bank's liquidity buffer portfolio to maintain regulatory compliance and financial stability.
• Played an integral role in the end-to-end liquidity limit setting process, participating in negotiations with business lines and managing all related documentation.

Part of ALM/Treasury function, responsible for both steering the bank's liquidity buffer portfolio and leading the implementation of regulatory projects. Proven expertise in translating complex regulations and business needs into actionable technical specifications and market strategies.

Regulatory & Systems Implementation Projects
• Basel III LRI Implementation: Led the local implementation of new Basel III regulatory requirements for liquidity risk. Authored technical specifications, executed testing on the Basel algorithm, and continuously updated documentation to reflect new regulatory developments.
• LCR Dashboard Development: Drove the creation of a new LCR Dashboard from concept to deployment. Defined business requirements, designed the calculation algorithm, and established a periodic testing framework to ensure ongoing accuracy and reliability.
• QlikView ALM Platform Implementation: Managed the end-to-end requirements process for a new QlikView reporting platform. Elicited business needs, authored user stories, designed UI mockups, researched DWH data sources, and conducted user acceptance testing (UAT.

Liquidity & Portfolio Management
• Liquidity Buffer Portfolio Strategy: Co-developed the monthly investment strategy for the liquidity buffer portfolio. Conducted in-depth market analysis, generated actionable trade ideas, and formulated portfolio positioning recommendations presented in strategy meetings.
• Portfolio Optimization: Engineered and executed a portfolio optimization process, creating ideal portfolio allocations based on various yield curve scenarios and risk parameters to maximize risk-adjusted returns.
• ALCO Reporting & Monitoring: Monitored and managed internal liquidity limits, providing analysis and contributing key insights and materials for the monthly Asset & Liability Committee (ALCO) presentation.

Negotiate interest rates for big tickets, contribute to the management of short term liquidity, prepare regular reports for ALCO, NBR.

Contribute to financial reports, budgets and product analysis for management decision making.