SAFe Product and Epic Owner to Group Data Management (Lead Change & Process Specialist)

Job ID:  28262 
  

We are looking for a colleague to drive and manage change initiatives in the Data Warehousing Change team. Focus on data in the financial industry is increasing by the minute, and your experience and drive is what we need to deliver on data related change and improvement initiatives. With us, you’ll be in good company with plenty of opportunities to support the data agenda in Nordea, and to utilize your drive and commitment to improve the Nordea’s vast data estate.

 

As an Epic Owner and SAFe Product Owner you’ll play a valuable role in driving change from idea to implementation. You drive change delivery from maturation of scope and business requirements to delivery in production and improved business processes. The role entails collaboration with multiple business and technology stakeholders to be able to create roadmaps and plans. You focus on maturing scope, set requirements, and manage the business prioritisations for the Agile Release Train,  and support the scrum teams in delivering as per the business expectations.

  

About our team   
  

Meet the Data Warehousing Change team. Our role is to improving Nordea’s data and drive data related change initiatives. Team also focuse on driving change and improvements in data related initiatives for Nordea common data team.

Our team focus primarily on change activities in Nordea’s Common Data Warehouse (CDW), with the purpose to ensure that our data is considered safe and trusted. We work to provide complete, well protected, and high quality data to our data consumers. Data from CDW is used for various types of use cases, and is the key pillar in Nordea’s risk, regulatory, and financial reporting. CDW also provides data for capital, business, and management reporting as well as data used by all of the Business Areas in Nordea.

  

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.    

  

What you’ll be doing  
  

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Leading change initiatives from idea to realized value, involving both business and technology
• Driving Epics through the different phases from maturation and scoping to delivery
• Aligning with business strategies, set business objectives, priorities, direction and liaise with business stakeholders and Subject Matter Experts 
• Being part of the Product Management function and lead agile teams as SAFe Product Owner in the Data Warehousing Agile Release Train (DW ART)
• Supporting the incremental development of our way of working and SAFe structures

 

Who you are  
  

This is the right role for you if you:

• Have a strong can-do attitude and ability to drive and follow-through 
• Have capacity to manage high complexity scope, and to coordinate and manage multi-facetted initiatives
• Like to collaborate with many different types of stakeholders
• Enjoy leading, coaching, and empowering others
• Are open minded and enjoy to continue learning
• Approach issues and challenges in a constructive way and are willing to speak up when there is opportunity to improve

 

Your background and skills include:

• A proven track record of delivering on change initiatives in areas touching technology
• Successfully managed team members in a project manager role or similar
• Experience with data and / or reporting  
• Fluency in English 

  

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 no later than 10/03/2025. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Helena Eklund at helena.eklund@nordea.com.

 

For union information, please contact Finansförbundet at finansforbundet@nordea.se or SACO at SacoNordea@nordea.com.

 

The recruitment process consists of the following steps:

• Preliminary CV selection
• 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.