Expert IT Architect - Data Product Architecture, Mortgages

Job ID: 1586

Join Group Technology at Nordea, where we drive technological transformation and deliver holistic solutions to support the bank’s customer vision and business strategy.

The current IT landscape and organizational structure at Nordea present a challenge, as multiple organization entities contain the same data per country (account, loan, mortgage), and there is a need to consolidated it into one authoritative source. In the Mortgage domain we have got the exciting challenged to do this.

Hence, we seek an Expert IT Architect to drive and make solid architecture from various providers system into one authoritative source with the challenges that comes such as:

• Integration pattern
  
• Completeness
  
• Data Quality

Providing technical leadership and mentoring to teams and bridge the gap between business needs and technical implementation, focusing on data governance, quality, and the strategic use of data to create innovative data products. This is a full-time, permanent role.

About our team

You will join a dedicated team of six, located across Denmark, Sweden, Poland, and Norway, focused on elevating our technology and data estate, enabling scalable solutions, and partnering with business units to deliver customer value efficiently. 

What you'll be doing

Main responsibilities in this role: 

• Lead the Tech & Data strategy for Mortgages, designing and implementing scalable data product architectures, including defining the technical direction for data products and platforms
• Ensure solutions comply with Data Reference Architecture and Nordea Group Architecture standards 
  
• Collaborate with Group Data Architecture and agile teams to refine solution designs and manage dependencies and risks 
  
• Guide and govern architectural principles and best practices, building consensus among stakeholders 
  
• Drive strategic architectural discussions to reduce complexity, improve agility and cost efficiencies, reduce risks, and enhance business capabilities
  
• Assess stakeholder needs and keep a comprehensive view of both current and future application and IT infrastructure landscapes, identifying any gaps. Use this insight to develop architectural visions and roadmaps that align with and advance the organization’s strategic goals.

Who you are

This is the right role for you if:

• Strategic, structured, and able to operate at tactical and operational levels 
  
• Proactive, decisive, and comfortable with ambiguity 
  
• Strong communicator and negotiator, able to challenge decisions for optimal outcomes 
  
• Skilled in facilitation, problem-solving, and translating business needs into technical requirements 
  
• Understands the interplay between technology, data, and business 
  
• Effective in high-autonomy, fast-paced environments 
  
• Ability to provide technical oversight and guide development teams.
  
  
  

Your background and skills include: 

• 15+ years as an architect, with expertise in the financial industry and loan domain 
• Strong communication, project management, and stakeholder management skills 
• Proficient in conflict resolution, quality control, and critical thinking
• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture, data modelling and governance
• Experience conceptualizing and deploying data products 

It would be ideal if you also: 

• Experience in financial services or banking, and with data products 
• Familiarity with modern APIs, database technologies, and cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, Snowflake) 

What we offer

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

People are driven by many different factors. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

​Submit your application no later than 25/05/2026. 

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don’t apply for jobs unless they tick all the qualification boxes. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

For candidates in Finland: A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.

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