Job Description

Job ID: 4099

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 Programme Manager in SD International Corporate Branches, who will play a vital role in orchestrating changes to create outstanding customer experience and advance our digital transformation agenda.

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 International Corporate Branches team. Our role is to support Nordea customer groups with their international banking needs across UK, US, Canada, Mexico and Mainland China.

What you'll be doing

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Drive and facilitate Nordea’s strategic programme, organise efficient ways of working in close collaboration with key stakeholders
• Ensure programme objectives, roadmaps and scope are agreed and continually prioritised in alignment with Nordea strategy and deliverables are completed within agreed time and budget
• Define and maintain programme governance, provide supporting structures for effective communication, ensure financial and risk management and reporting
• Build alliances and effective networks, serving as a project ambassador and representing the initiative towards stakeholders
• Foster collaboration and steer teams towards culture of continuous improvement, knowledge sharing and the adoption of relevant tools and practices

Who you are

This is the right role for you if you are a superb communicator with a proven track record of IT programme and project management in complex global initiatives (10+ years), proactive, resilient and goal oriented person who role-models the right behaviours and helps others grow.

Your background and skills include:

• Demonstrable experience in leading complex IT initiatives with globally distributed multi-disciplinary teams
• Successful management of software go-live efforts with good understanding of systems development lifecycle, including technology best standards and relevant best practices.
• Complete command of agile methodologies, traditional ways of working and core project management processes
• Proficiency in financial management, forecasting, reporting, vendor and risk management
• Fluent English

It would be ideal if you also:

• Have experience of working in financial industry
• Have Master’s degree in IT-related field

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 30/04/2026. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Nadija Barkar-Reszczyńska at nadija.barkar-reszczynska@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.