Head of Unit in SD High Risk and SD C&I

Job ID: 3910

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 looking for a Senior Engineering Leader to drive delivery and operations of a core system supporting a key business area, while leading engineering transformation to create simpler, more reliable, and sustainable solutions. 

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 SD High Risk and SD C & I team. Our role is to support the lending business by providing technology solutions for credit assessment, credit decision, and ongoing loan servicing and monitoring.

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Lead and develop the engineering team, establishing a culture of accountability, end-to-end ownership, and continuous improvement, underpinned by strong engineering discipline 
• Take ownership of operational excellence, ensuring production operations are stable, efficient, and maintainable, with consistently high standards
• Take ownership of delivering the business book of work, ensuring the right balance between speed, quality, operational stability, and long-term sustainability 
• Drive simplification of the technical landscape to reduce complexity and cost of change, ensuring long-term maintainability   
• Establish technical standards and ensure compliance. Drive adoption of modern software development practices and the use if AI-assisted tools

Who you are

This is the right role for you if you thrive on simplifying complex technology solutions, driving operational excellence, and leading a team to deliver high-quality and sustainable solutions. 

Your background and skills include: 

• Senior software engineering leader with strong track record managing complex technology solutions 
• Strong track record of driving operational excellence, including reliable production operations and robust processes and standards. Ability to balance ongoing operational stability with delivery of new initiatives 
• Ability to work closely with Business, product and other technology teams to translate requirements into solutions that last, not just work     
• Experience in change management and transformation, leading teams through re-platforming, modernization, and major process improvements
• Solid expertise in software engineering practices

It would be ideal if you also have an AI and automation experience, understanding how AI, ML and automation can be applied to improve engineering productivity and the quality of engineering outcomes 

What we offer

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

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 31/05/2026. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Ieva Bak at ieva.bak@nordea.com.

The recruitment process consists of the following steps:

• Preliminary CV selection
• Phone conversation with the recruiter
• Online interview with the 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.

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.