Senior Project Manager

Job ID: 21580

 

This is an opportunity for you to join a highly professional and dedicated team and become part of a large and Agile organization at the forefront of Nordea's Digital transformation in an exciting job with excellent opportunities for personal and professional development.

 
At Nordea, we’re committed to being a partner to our customers and society can count on us. Compliance and integrity go hand in hand. Joining us means you’ll have an impact on how we do banking – today and tomorrow. So bring your ideas, skills and unique background. With us, you’ll be in good company with plenty of opportunities to collaborate, grow and make your mark on something bigger.

 

About this opportunity

We are looking for an Experienced Project Manager to join One Digital Delivery in our offices in Helsinki, Finland. While we are primarily doing Agile development, we still have a need to run important projects in execution.
 
Project could be:

• Projects in- and outsourcing business-critical applications
• Managing one-off projects in compliance, development, improvements etc. across the One Digital organisation
• Systemic data analysis to help the organisation understand, improve and develop

 
Your responsibilities will encompass various activities in the scope of project initiation and deployment of appropriate governance.

 

What you’ll be doing:

• Scope and plan projects/changes in a self-driven and independent way to maximise return on investment, and ensure ambitious targets and realistic expectations
• Proactively utilize and develop appropriate project solutions/methodologies & consultancy skills to ensure that the strategic targets will be reached by high quality deliverables
• Deliver well-structured, high-quality work through thorough analysis, creative problem-solving, good stakeholder management and strong process facilitation to contribute to overall and long-term stakeholder satisfaction
• Ensure programme plans are developed, signed-off and continually maintained
• Ensure risks and interdependencies are exhaustively identified, reported, owned and managed through to resolution throughout project lifecycle
• Ensure status reports are submitted to senior management on predefined cadence, accurately reflecting project progress
• Develop and deliver robust stakeholder engagement plans in order to establish and maintain strong relationships and clear lines of communication with all participants
• Schedule and lead status meetings, ensuring that all attendees are readily briefed and furnished with appropriate reading material well in advance

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. 
 
To succeed in this role, we believe that you:

• Have strong communication and facilitation skills to effectively collaborate & drive cross-functional teams
• Have excellent stakeholder management skills, are able to navigate and collaborate with all stakeholders at different levels
• Are a self-driven, structured professional with proactive attitude and strong drive, show good judgement and the ability to think ahead
• Have analytical skills and enjoy dealing with ambiguous complex challenges, and can provide structured resolutions

 
Your experience and competencies:

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree or equivalent of work experience in a relevant field
• Previous management consulting experience is an advantage
• Previous experience in programme management activities and a strong delivery approach
• Knowledge and experience within a credit risk function and/or internal risk models
• Fluency in written and spoken English
• Proficiency in MS Office, Excel and PowerPoint skills at superior level

 

If this sounds like you, get in touch! 
 

Next steps 

 

Please note that we will start screening applications already before job opening closes, submit your application as soon as possible, no later than 24/02/2024. For more information, you’re welcome to contact John Skov, john.skov@nordea.com.

 

If you have any questions about recruitment steps you may contact our tech recruiter joonas.kori@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 customers and communities. So please come as you are. 

 

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