Software Development Capability Lead, Common Data Warehouse

Job ID: 28580 
 

We are looking for an energic and data driven leader for Software Development Capability Lead position in the CDW domain, leading team of highly passionate data engineers working on building modernized cloud based data warehousing solution for the bank.

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. 

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

We are responsible for building bank’s Common Data Warehousing solution using state of the art cloud solutions. We add value by providing expert data engineering capabilities and expertise in the data warehousing and data integration areas for many solutions in the bank based on cloud based technologies like Snowflake, and many other modern technologies. As the Software Development Capability Lead, you’ll play a valuable role in taking part of an exciting and ambitious journey towards a modern, resilient target state.

Our team collaborates with several different stakeholders, and we value our good team spirit. You would join in truly international cross-country team as we are located in Nordics and Poland. Working with international teams in an inspiring & work-life balanced based working environment, you will have lots of opportunities to expand your skills and advance your career. 

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the team of skilled snowflake developers working across locations - Nordics, Poland and India
• Managing and leading the interface to key Business & Technology stakeholders including ensuring continuous alignment with Technology Business Strategy (workforce, partnerships, standards), as well as with Common Frameworks, guidelines and Tech Standards
• Leading our journey towards developing and modernizing our data warehousing platform
• Championing technology strategies and creating awareness of technology trends and opportunities

As the Leader you have a crucial role in:

• Empowering people by identifying individual development opportunities to support growth and encourage them to share own ideas, concerns and learnings
• Developing teams by nurturing a dynamic team culture, that emphasises trust and respect to ensure that everyone understands their unique value and contribution
• Developing and supporting your team members to reach their aspirations and unleash their full potential
• Develop further data driven approach and capabilities to steer our teams and people

Who you are

Your background and skills include:

• Have leadership experience and know how to both set direction & challenge the status quo for the greater good of Nordea
• Have strong communication and people skills, have the ability to inspire, motivate and engage
• Are role model for collaboration, empowering own team, inspiring the “Can Do” attitude
• Good at Stakeholder Management at all levels of the bank
• Are result oriented, taking ownership, reaching out and “making things happen”. Basically being customer centric mindset actively seeking value-creation opportunities through technology
• Experience and/or high interest to data driven leadership
• A preferred candidate with an IT technical background (Data warehousing, Databases, Snowflake) enabling the candidate to understand the technical context of the area
• Have strong skills within transformation and project/program management creating proven changes in complex financial environments
• Have knowledge of DevOps preferably from working within financial services institutions

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.

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 with CV and Cover letter no later than 23/02/2025.

The recruitment process consists of the following steps:  

• Preliminary CV selection  
• First phone/online interview with hiring leader
• Second online interview with the hiring leader and team member
• Online Assessments and follow up HR Interview with recruiter and hiring leader
• Background checks

 
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:

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