Lead Project Leader

Job ID: 28021

Welcome to Group Technology, where we pride ourselves on engineering solutions and direct Nordea’s transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy.

We are now looking for a Lead Project Leader to take a senior responsibility in delivery of Capital reporting solutions. In this role you will be responsible for leading the combined effort of all delivery teams in the Capital Management technology area and work closely with the Service Domain management, Product Management and Solution Delivery teams from Group Finance. The Delivery teams consist of people from Nordea and partners in a global delivery logic.

Nordea is a place where traditions meet tomorrow. We're not just a bank, we're a tech employer on a mission to evolve finance securely and responsibly. Together, we impact millions of people’s daily lives by ensuring they can access our solutions anytime, anywhere, while safeguarding their personal data and wealth. Join us in making an impact on the banking industry.

About our team

Meet the Capital Management and Financial Reporting Execution Leadership team. Our role is to lead various IT initiatives ensuring that Nordea fulfils relevant regulatory reporting requirements and that technology landscape in our domains will be continuously improved and developed to better meet the future needs.

As our Lead Project Leader, you will be working in the Capital management Technology area that is one of the largest service domains in the Finance Service area. We are delivering technology services and developing financial solutions to meet the future needs of the capital management. Through these services we support our business partners in regulatory reporting to deliver capital reporting to both authorities and internally for management decisions.

We believe in high-performing teams that foster collaboration and having a culture of knowledge sharing and continuous improvement. We want to create an energizing work environment built on trust, inclusion and good communication, and we’re looking for someone who wants to be part of this. The role is based in Stockholm, Sweden. Like our corporate language, our team language is English and most stakeholder meetings are held virtually.

Main responsibilities in this role include, but are not limited to:

• Lead the coordinated effort from all teams to deliver technology solutions in close cooperation with the Product Manager and Solution Delivery Lead from business, and ensuring translation of business needs to tangible team objectives and solutions
• Work closely with the Service Domain management to ensure that shorter term deliveries are well aligned with long term target architecture, and manage stakeholders and successfully orchestrate deliveries according to agreed scope and priorities in a predictable, and transparent manner
• Report on budget, progress, risks according to Nordea processes, as well as manage risks, dependencies and impediments to ensure teams efficiency
• Inspire, motivate and coach teams and team members, establish continuous improvements and encourage a growth mindset

Who you are

This is the right role for you if you are/have:

• Excellent communication and networking skills
• Good at driving collaboration across the value chain 
• A strong drive, are goal-oriented, structured, dedicated and thorough 
• Genuine interest in learning the business context and technology solution

Your background and skills include:

• 8+ years of professional experience and proven track record from complex IT project management or leading large and complex Agile initiatives, preferably from a Nordic financial institute or similar regulated market
• Firm grasp of agile methodologies (SAFe/Scrum) and traditional project management to be able to lead efficiently in the hybrid setups
• Can structure execution logic by leveraging relevant methods of delivery as appropriate - agile and more traditional
• Experience leading distributed and multi-faceted teams in a global environment
• A clear understanding of IT processes and the software development lifecycle, and experience in problem solving in complex initiatives

It would be ideal if you also have:

• Worked as a Release Training Engineer (RTE) or Leading Project Leader in a Nordic bank
• Experience working in the regulatory reporting area
• Experience as a SPC

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

We kindly ask you to submit your application as soon as possible, but no later than 03/11/2025. Any applications or CVs sent by email, direct messages, or any other channel than our application forms, will not be accepted or considered. If you have any questions about our recruitment process, please reach out to our tech recruiter and main point of contact anna.dahlstrom@consult.nordea.com.

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 our customers and communities.

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

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.