Portfolio Delivery Manager - CTO Change & Delivery Initiatives

Job ID: 27205 
 

Are you a self-driven, top performer and committed professional with high integrity looking for new challenges? Then we have the perfect role for you! We are looking for a highly experienced Portfolio Delivery Manager to join the Change & Delivery Team  in our CTO Organization. This is an opportunity for you to grow and be part of an ambitious journey to shape and deliver the future of Technology in the bank.

In today’s world, change is the one thing you can count on. That’s where you come in. Working with dedicated colleagues in an exciting and inspiring environment, creating great solutions to meet the needs of our customers, and at the same time to meet the expectations that Nordea has towards its stakeholders. This means you’ll have many opportunities to learn and grow as you build your career with us.

About this opportunity 
 

What you’ll be doing:

• Design and implement coherent frameworks on how we deliver our change agenda with focus on Lean and agile practices, building highly effective Solution and Agile Trains
• Support in building solution delivery at scale facilitating cooperation between Agile Release Trains as well traditional projects, suppliers, customers, and stakeholders, including underpinning execution structures with strong customer focus, lead large-scale transformation and steer change management activities
• Build & run the capability & tools that will enable your colleagues in our delivery units to select, prioritise, optimise & govern multiple projects & initiatives across the organization, connected to agreed ways of working & demonstrating clear value back to business
• Guide how Agile Release Trains shall work together with an aligned mission to build some of the world’s largest and most critical systems
• Facilitate portfolio level prioritization and planning events and ceremonies, driving agile execution of strategies and managing Portfolio Backlog
• Partner with senior executives to provide support and guidance, in particular, help translate portfolio objectives and KPIs into actionable initiatives 

Role is based in Helsinki or Stockholm.
 
Who you are
 

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best– and that we imagine you share with us.

To succeed in this role, we believe that you:

• Are a strategic thinker with excellent analytical skills and are able to interpret a wide range of information to form recommendations
• Are self-driven and a strong communicator who can also produce superior presentations and communication material for executive audiences
• Possess deep interest in technology, particularly within IT Infrastructure 
• Are a true team player with great stakeholder management and interpersonal skills and solid organisational savviness enabling you to interact and navigate effectively at all levels and across different business areas to bridge diverse perspectives and formulate an opinion
• Have good experience in successfully delivering across a complex, matrix environment with multiple stakeholders 

Your experience and background: 

• Proven delivery track record, as Solution Train Engineer and Programme Delivery Manager leading highly complex initiatives within technology to reach organizational & strategic goals 
• Experience in facilitating Portfolio level prioritization, planning and follow-up across different delivery methodologies – Agile, Waterfall, hybrid, etc.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management experience, preferably in financial services industry
• A good understanding of change/transformation programmes and project delivery
• The ability to find answers by confidently reaching out to stakeholders including senior executives
• Have the courage to escalate when needed and resolve issues in great manner
• Strong communication skills & analytical ability and a proactive approach
• Fluent proficiency in English, both in speaking and writing

If this sounds like you, please get in touch!

Next steps

Submit your application no later than 11/12/2024. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Ivy Tenni.

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.

Please be aware that any applications or CVs coming through email or direct messages will not be accepted or considered.

Only for candidates in Sweden: For union information, please contact Finansförbundet at finansforbundet@nordea.com or SACO at SacoNordea@nordea.com.