Business Developer, Portfolio Management team

Helsinki, FI, 500 Oslo, NO, 0368 Stockholm, SE, 111 46 København S, DK, 2300

Job ID: 27007
We are looking for a Business Developer to join the Portfolio Management team to support running existing rituals and to continuously increase the maturity of our portfolio management (incl. utilization of OKRs, stakeholder engagement & leadership reporting). This is full-time and permanent position.

About our team
Meet the Personal Banking Portfolio Management team. We add value by driving systemic continuous improvement and by linking agile software development with business priorities. Our tasks include coordinating yearly development budgeting and quarterly leadership reporting on progress and benefits of digital development.

Our Nordic team currently has 4 members across Helsinki and Copenhagen. You will be joining a team of high-performers that has unique visibility at the crossroads of business and technology. Portfolio Management Team is part of Service Area Management organization under Personal Banking COO. Service Area Management combines tech portfolio management for change and run for Nordea’s largest Business Unit - Personal Banking. We work in a fully virtual (MS Teams enabled) cross-Nordic team while attending our local offices three days a week.

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.

Main responsibilities in this role:

• You will work closely with a senior expert to run the existing rituals (for example scheduling meetings, preparing agendas and materials)
• You will work with your own team and wide range of stakeholders to continuously improve different aspects of our portfolio management (incl. utilization of OKRs and benefit tracking, stakeholder engagement & leadership reporting)
• You will support in process development and driving change towards a new BizDevOps operating model, with the focus of combining run and change
• You will perform analyses and prepare decision material for senior technology and business leaders

Who you are
This is the right role for you if you have a continuous improvement mindset and are excited to work in a large and complex organisation between business and technology. Tolerance for mainly virtual interactions is a must for enjoying the role.

Your background and skills include:

• You can efficiently and independently plan ahead and coordinate tasks & and proactively ask your team members for help when needed (even if team members sit in different countries)
• You can communicate well in writing and speech and summarize complex topics into simple visuals, messages, and storylines
• You are comfortable with working with and drawing insights from numbers
• Suitable educational background with a university degree that shows keen interest in solving practical problems with analytical methods (Bachelor's or Master's degree)
• Around 2 - 4 years of relevant experience from e.g., agile software development, management consulting or business development roles

It would be ideal if you also have:

• Prior understanding of the banking industry
• Keen interest in modern digital development for consumers and the accompanying agile methods
• Suitable functional experience e.g. process or portfolio management, application portfolio management, working with SAFe framework, working with OKRs

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 17/11/2024. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Joonas Kallankari, tel. +358 451234104 or email [email protected].

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.

Only for candidates in Sweden: For union information, please contact [email protected] or [email protected].