Senior Sales Manager, Derivatives Sales, Nordea Markets

Job ID: 31169 

Senior Sales Manager, Derivatives Sales, Nordea Markets (Oslo, Norway)

Are you ready to advance your career in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and help drive the Derivatives business forward? We are looking for a Senior Sales Manager to join Nordea Markets and Derivatives Sales.

The world is changing fast – and at Nordea we want to stay ahead of the curve. That’s why we’re deeply committed to providing the financial solutions of tomorrow to our customers. We’re creating an agile environment where we experiment, learn, and grow together – and we need your ideas and energy. With us, you’ll be in good company and will have the opportunity to drive our derivatives business and impact our customer experience towards our Large Corporates.

About the Team

Welcome to Derivatives Sales  NO. We are a sales team of 8 highly skilled and strongly motivated colleagues. We  make it possible for customers to manage their interest rate risk. We assist with relevant Derivatives instruments, top quality advice, proactivity and seamless execution.

The team is located at the heart of the Nordea Markets trading floor in Oslo, where you will work in a dynamic environment together with some of the most dedicated and skilled people in the industry.

You will be part of a high-performing team, playing a critical role in growing the business by nurturing close relationships to our corporates and stakeholders towards our Large Corporates.

What you’ll be doing:

• Build and strengthen relationships with Large Corporate clients through proactive engagement and close follow-up
• Identify, structure and execute customized derivatives solutions to help clients manage interest rate risk, based on their needs and ambitions
• Drive revenue growth by expanding Nordea Markets’ presence in the Large Corporate segment
• Collaborate closely with Trading, Research, and Coverage teams to deliver holistic and relevant solutions to clients

Who you are

To succeed in this role we believe that you are/have:

• Proactive, curious and eager to learn in a fast-paced environment
• Energetic towards customer interactions and derivatives
• A strong interest in financial risk management, financial markets, derivatives and client interaction
• Work well independently but thrive in a collaborative team setting
• Excellent communication skills and a service-oriented mindset

Your background and skills include:

• Passionately identifying and understanding customers challenges and bridge these with our broad line of solutions
• Proven and impressive sales record
• Proactive and forward-looking
• Thrives with customer interactions
• A degree in Finance, Economics, Business, or a related field
• Experience with financial risk management, and/or corporate or institutional customer interactions and sales
• Understanding of financial markets and macroeconomics is a plus
• Strong analytical and numerical skills
• Fluency in Norwegian and English

What we offer

People come here when they want to get somewhere. 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.

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. So please come as you are. 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 28/10/2025. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Head of Derivatives Norway; Berna Breirem at Berna.breirem@nordea.com or +47 48 24 70 99.

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

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.