IT Application Owner (f/m/x)

For over 150 years, our dedication to being the Global Hausbank for our clients has been driven by our people – in around 60 countries and across more than 150 nationalities.

Their deep understanding, insights, expertise, and passion help our clients navigate an increasingly complex world – be it in our Corporate Bank, our Private Bank, our Investment Bank or our Asset Management division.

If you are motivated to take the initiative and collaborate with colleagues around the world; if you want to be part of a community where you can grow, both professionally and personally - join our team.

Together we can make a great impact for our clients home and abroad, securing their lasting success and financial security. 

As an IT Application Owner (ITAO), you will act as the custodian of critical applications, ensuring compliance with IT policies and security standards throughout the application lifecycle. You will be the single point of contact for audits and governance, driving operational resilience and risk management.

• Provide leadership and guidance to a team of IT Application Owners, fostering a strong culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.

• Ensure that all assigned applications comply fully with security controls, regulatory requirements, and internal IT policies, while driving timely remediation of outstanding tasks and proactively escalating risks with clear recovery plans.

• Take full ownership of end-to-end application governance, including lifecycle management, documentation, strategic planning, audit readiness, and comprehensive risk management.

• Oversee operational stability and performance by monitoring reliability, availability, and security posture, coordinating with infrastructure and vendor teams to resolve incidents, manage vulnerabilities, and implement enhancements.

• Act as the primary liaison for business stakeholders and external vendors, translating business priorities into technical requirements, managing service-level agreements, and ensuring alignment between IT deliverables and organizational objectives.

• Emotionally and mentally balanced: We support you in dealing with life crises, maintaining stability through illness, and maintaining good mental health. Our corporate culture promotes dialogue and encourages sharing opinions and feedback (speak-up culture).

• Physically thriving: We support you managing your physical health by taking appropriate preventive measures and providing a workplace that helps you thrive. As an example, you can benefit from health care options and bike lease available through Flex Benefit Plan, standing desks, medical check-ups, training and keynotes on well-being, etc.

• Socially connected: We strongly believe in collaboration, inclusion and feeling connected to open up new perspectives and strengthen our self-confidence and well-being. We offer a flat organizational structure with close collaboration and open communication between teams; a dynamic, innovative work environment in which our employees and customers are central;

• Financially secure: We support you to meet personal financial goals during your active career and for the future. We offer you an attractive remuneration package (meal vouchers, hospitalization insurance, group insurance, flexible reward plan, ...), tailored to your experience, as well as the opportunity to develop yourself at every stage of your career. We also propose corporate benefits via our partner network (promotions on travel, interior, utilities, etc.).

Deutsche Bank was certified as a Top Employer 2025 in Belgium for the fifth year in a row.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.