Strategic Partner in Technolgy

Job ID: 27344 

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

Welcome to Technology Strategy Team within Group Technology. We drive Nordea’s technology transformation and support our Head of Technology/Chief Information Officer in strategic initiatives across technology value chain. By providing a holistic view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment, we help enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy. We are a small team looking for an experienced, dynamic, and forward-thinking Strategic Partner to work with the development  and implementation of our existing technology strategy as well as future strategies. We support innovation and help the preparing the bank for new technologies.

The objective of the current strategy is a simplified technology estate allowing Nordea to increase customer satisfaction, reduce operational risks and achieve its benefits of scale. To create a fit for purpose technology capability ensuring the bank is ready for its next strategic move.

What you’ll be doing
 

The implementation work is focusing on streamlining our application landscape and on establishing enabling target technologies in the areas of infrastructure, data, cloud and AI. We are also working to align our operating model in Technology to support the strategy implementation by bringing technology and business closer together.

• As a Strategic Partner within Technology Strategy, in short-term, you will play an essential part in the implementation, and in longer-term our team will work to define Nordea’s strategies related to e.g. Cloud and AI. Take active part in shaping and implementing a brand new technology strategy in Nordea and the supporting operating model
• Manage implementation projects and streams

• Support in overseeing and reporting on the totality of the technology strategy implementation to our stakeholders and Executive Leadership

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.  
 

This is the right role for you, if you have a strong track record in working with multi-skilled teams and managing complex projects. You would like to be part of a leading Group Technology Strategy unit for one of the Europe’s biggest banks, where our institution prides itself on engineering solutions for our customers and colleagues, leveraging technology to deliver on Nordea´s ambitious strategy. You have passion for sustainability and are determined to include this in strategy and day-to-day decision making. You have solid experience in setting a strategic direction and project execution.

• Hands-on experience in technology, strategy development/portfolio management, and/or technology operating model design
• Strategic mindset and strong problem-solving capabilities
• Highly organized with a strong ability to create structure
• Experience in working with senior executives and stakeholders to align outcomes with Nordea’s strategic objectives
• Proven track record in leading large projects, capable of navigating a complex, matrix organization and to make things move
• Competitive with a strong drive to push things forward with a positive & solution-oriented mindset
• Excellent skills in relevant tools, such as PowerPoint and Excel

Your experience and background: 

• 5+ years of experience as a Management Consultant from a top-tier firm or similar roles in strategy development / portfolio management, preferably in technology
• Additionally, multiple years of hands-on experience in leading projects and/or programmes, preferably in technology, with excellent track record
• Exceptional strategic planning and business acumen, with a broad understanding of trends in the banking industry and technology
• Have superior interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, being able to navigate and collaborate  within a complex, matrix organisation
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills, with the ability to present technical information in a clear and understandable manner

What we offer
 

We offer a permanent employment with various benefits based on your location and position, which may include (- private health and life insurance, learning opportunities, holiday subsidies, bonuses and many more).

We treasure flexibility. That’s why we offer a hybrid working model, where you can experience both working from our offices and from home. 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 30/11/2024. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Head of Technology Strategy Henrik.Kronqvist@nordea.com or on recruitment process Senior Leadership Recruiter chhavi.palta@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.

If you are an external consultant interested in this role and wish to apply please contact the hiring people leader for separate instruction on how to apply.