Experienced IT Analyst Certified Pega Business Architect (CPBA)

Job ID: 31610

We are seeking a Pega Lead Business Architect (LBA) (job description Expert IT Analyst) to join our growing team within the Corporate Loans Service Domain. You will play a central role in delivering large-scale digital transformation initiatives for our corporate customers, focusing on process optimization, workflow automation, and customer experience enhancement.

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 inspiring environment to create great solutions for our customers while meeting the expectations Nordea has towards its stakeholders. You’ll have many opportunities to learn and grow as you build your career with us.

About our team  

Welcome to the Service Area Corporate Technology. Our team, Requirements & Analysis, within Corporate Loans Service Domain, focuses on delivering digital solutions for corporate lending.

We create value by designing and developing future-ready tools within the Pega platform for the corporate loans domain. Working closely with internal stakeholders and experienced consultants, you will play a key role in ensuring our solutions meet today’s business needs and can adapt to rapidly changing customer demands and technological advancements.

What you’ll be doing:

• Lead business architecture and functional design for Pega applications within the corporate lending and credit lifecycle domains.
• Collaborate with Product Owners, business stakeholders and technical teams to translate business requirements into Pega features & user stories.
• Ensure solutions align with enterprise architecture, banking regulations and business objectives.
• Guide and mentor junior Pega Business Architects on best practices & frameworks.
• Develop and maintain detailed business process models, data mappings, and use cases.
• Support backlog grooming, sprint planning and user acceptance testing in an Agile (Scrum) environment.
• Act as a liaison between business users and technical delivery teams, ensuring clarity and alignment throughout the project lifecycle.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in business architecture and solution design.

You’ll join a small but highly dedicated team of professionals, that welcomes fresh ideas and thinking. This role may be tailored somewhat based on your competences and capabilities. Location is Stockholm (Lindhagen) or Copenhagen (Taastrup) and we work on hybrid model.

Who you are

As the Lead Business Architect, you will bridge the gap between business and technology—supporting the Product Owner, defining business requirements, and ensuring alignment between business needs and Pega application design. You’ll be a key contributor in an Agile delivery setup, working closely with cross-functional teams to deliver high-impact solutions.

Your background and skills include:

• Pega Certified Business Architect (CPBA)
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in Pega platform delivery, with at least 2 years in a Lead Business Architect (LBA) role.
• Strong background in business process re-engineering and workflow automation.
• Proven experience working in Agile environments (Scrum/Kanban).
• Great communication, stakeholder management and documentation skills.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with business, IT and vendor teams in a hybrid delivery setup.
• Demonstrated proactivity and ownership: You take initiative and own outcomes.
• Previous work experience in international company.
• Fluent English skills.

It is beneficial if you also know/have:

• Solid understanding of corporate lending, credit origination, loan servicing, and related banking processes.
• Demonstrate proactivity and ownership by taking initiative and being accountable for outcomes.
• Focus on delivering practical, business-oriented solutions that improve speed, transparency, predictability, efficiency, quality, and compliance.
• Worked to shorten customer waiting times; ensured status updates are always available, and the ability to manage expectations.

Please give practical examples of your skills and motivation on the cover letter/CV.

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 05/12/2025. For more information, you’re welcome to contact hiring leader Alessandro Messina at alessandro.messina@nordea.com. Please note that we will proceed with potential candidates already during the application period.

Shortlisted candidates will have an introductory call with the hiring leader. Last meeting is based on personality and ability tests, before background checks. If you have any question about recruitment steps you may contact our recruiter Sanna Frisk at sanna.frisk@nordea.com. 

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.

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