Nordea Graduate for Product & Business Development

Job ID: 3286

Join the Nordea Graduate Programme 2026!

At Nordea, we empower you to be the driver of your career while we support you in finding your path and reaching your aspirations. As a graduate, you will collaborate with highly competent and open-minded colleagues to continually improve your skills and expand your career horizons.

With the Graduate program, we want to attract and develop our future talents. With a wealth of opportunities to evolve and the expert support of leaders and colleagues, you can help us unlock Nordea's full potential simply by unlocking your own.

What you can expect from the Nordea Graduate Programme

The programme runs over 18-months, starting 1 September 2026. During this period, you will follow a dedicated plan working in various teams with clear learning objectives to support your growth. The Graduate programme is an impactful experience which can make a real difference to your career.

Check out our Graduate program page to learn more about being a Graduate at Nordea!

Being a Graduate in Product & Business Development

• We aim to be the best-performing financial services group in the Nordics accelerated by technology, data and AI.
• The Product & Business Development area plays a central role in identifying growth opportunities and creating value across Nordea’s products, services and customer segments.
• In this area you collaborate with colleagues from multiple functions to design innovative solutions, support strategic initiatives, and enhance customer experience. The role involves analyzing market trends, exploring new business models, and driving projects that strengthen Nordea’s competitive position.
• In this role you need to have strong analytical and problem-solving skills as well as curiosity and commercial awareness. It is an advantage if you have a basic understanding of finance, banking products, or business operations and the ability to communicate clearly and collaborate across teams.

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.

We are looking for you who:

• Proactively seek challenges and learning opportunities
• Thrive in ambiguity and change and applies critical thinking
• Are excited about AI and new technologies to enable new ways of working
• Understand importance of customer centric value creation
• Actively seek feedback and improvement

To be a qualified candidate for the Graduate programme, you have:

• A Master’s degree ready by 1 September 2026
• A maximum of 2 years of work experience after Master’s degree
• Excellent English skills

Excited about joining the Nordea Graduate programme? Then we look forward to hearing from you!

How to apply

Submit your application with a CV, Cover Letter and copy of latest grade transcript. Cover letter should be in English, have maximum 120 words and answer questions:

• Who you are?
• Why are you applying for Nordea Graduate Programme in Product & Business Development?

Submit your application no later than 28/02/2026. Please be aware that any applications or CVs (Curriculum Vitae) coming through email or direct messages will not be accepted or considered. For more information, you’re welcome to send an email to graduate.programme@nordea.com.

Recruitment process consists of the following steps: 

• Preliminary CV selection 
• Assessment test
• Case study
• Interview with hiring leader
• Background check 

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 Finland: A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position. 
 
Only for candidates in Sweden: For union information, please contact Finansförbundet at finansforbundet@nordea.se or SACO at SacoNordea@nordea.com. 
 
Only for candidates in Poland: Please include permit for processing personal data in CV as following:   

In accordance with art. 6 (1) a and b. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) hereinafter ‘GDPR’. I agree to have: my personal data, education and employment history proceeded for the purposes of current and future recruitment processes in Nordea Bank Abp. 
 
The administrator of your personal data is: Nordea Bank Abp operating in Poland through its Branch, address: Aleja Edwarda Rydza Śmiglego 20, 93-281 Łodź. Your personal data will be processed for the recruitment processes in Nordea Bank Abp. You have a right to access your personal data, right to rectify and right to delete. Disclosing the personal data in the scope specified by the provisions of Polish Labour Code from 26 June 1974 and executive acts are mandatory. Providing personal data is necessary to conduct the recruitment processes. The request for the deletion of your personal data means resignation from further participation in recruitment processes and causes the immediate removal of your application. Detailed information concerning processing of your personal data can be found at: https://www.nordea.com/en/doc/nordea-privacy-policy-for-applicants.pdf 
 We reserve the right to reply only to selected applications.