Global Product Manager: Data Delivery

As part of Ikano Group, the Ikano Bank vision is to create possibilities for better living, with the goal to simplify the everyday life of the many people. The Digital organization is where the Data & Analytics, Product, Development and Customer Experience teams comes to together to drive the transformation of Ikano Bank and develop compelling propositions for our customers and partners.

We are currently looking for a colleague who shares our passion and energy to develop competitive, profitable and highly relevant products to bring to the market. You will be servicing our customer facing, as well as internal, products, with data & analytics propositions required to drive our digital transformation aligned with our strategic agenda and in accordance with our culture and values.

You will be part of Ikano Bank, where we create possibilities for a better living by delivering valuable financial services to both consumers and businesses through retailers, partnerships and directly. We do this with different perspectives, natural curiosity and long-term focus.

This is a unique chance to take great responsibility and create future opportunities for Ikano Bank. Let’s achieve great things together.

Let’s make a difference in finance for the many people

As Global Product Manager for the Data Delivery domain, you will work in close partnership with colleagues across our different markets, Delivery, Product, Customer Experience and other functions. You will be a key member of our leadership team within Data Management as well as a key member of the virtual Global Product Manager team. The primary purpose of the role is to lead the Data Delivery activities within our transformation programme, which is following a SAFe framework.

Key responsibilities include:

• Understand the strategy, vision and target state for all capabilities within the Data & Analytics domain and create / maintain the transformation driven roadmap for the Data Delivery sub domain.
• Communicate the strategy, vision, target state and roadmap to developers, partners and business stakeholders within the transformation.
• Manage and prioritize the flow of work for the Data Delivery domain within the transformation programme
• Ensure completeness in the deliveries (functional integrity) from the Data Delivery domain (and support in the identification of high-level dependencies for related domains)
• Work with representatives from the architecture / development community to understand technical enabler work and plan for it
• Define releases and program increments for the Data Delivery domain
• Play the product manager role in various governing bodies and in the SAFe defined forums (PI planning, demos, Inspect & Adapt, etc)

The role is currently focusing on the delivery / “Get it built” part of the SAFe defined product manager role, but it should be expected that it will evolve into a role that also will be covering “Meet Business Goals” (working with the value being created by the domain and the cost structure of the domain) as well as “Get it of the shelf” (aligning releases with the internal / external customers that will benefit from the release).

We offer you

Operating at the very core of Ikano Bank, you will have an active role in various decision forums, represent us to external partners and create a great foundation for further development.

This position is more than meets the eye. You will get the chance to push boundaries and are expected to challenge the status quo. All as part of a caring and open culture where we live our values, work hard, have fun and operate with a long-term perspective. Because here opportunities arise, and growth follows.

Are you the one for Ikano?

We are looking for an inspiring and authentic team player with a strategic mindset and a comprehensive understanding of data & analytics from a banking point of view.

We believe that we are looking for someone with the below background:

• Has several years of experience from leading larger change initiatives within data & analytics (not necessarily as a people manager)
• Has in dept experience in Datawarehousing, BI and Data Governance
• Has experience within / knowledge of Data Architecture and technical architecture for Data & Analytics
• Has experience from agile ways of working and preferably within SAFe
• Preferably has experience from the banking or financial services industry

And with emphasis on the below skills:

• Great stakeholder and facilitator skills
• Strong communication skills and can have discussions on different levels, ranging from developer to C-level.
• Takes ownership and takes pride in understanding your stakeholders and the business you support
• Fluent in spoken and written English.

We want our customers, partners and co-workers to choose us for what we stand for, what we deliver and how we deliver it. Three basic values guide our work: common sense and simplicity, working together, and daring to be different. These values should feel natural to you.

Join us now – together we will find a better way

In this role you will report to our Head of Data Management. As you will be working within a bank-wide scope, the role will require quite a bit of travelling (when the world opens up again) and virtual meetings. We would like this role to be based in our head office in Malmö, Sweden.

We look forward to receiving your application with a CV and cover letter prior to the 9th of April 2021, and please note that we are unable to accept applications via email.

We respectfully decline any contact from recruitment or advertisement agencies.

About us

Ikano Bank offers simple and attractive savings and loan products for consumers, sales support services for retailers, and leasing and factoring solutions for corporate customers. Ikano Bank has a presence in Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway, the UK, Poland, Germany and Austria. Ikano Bank is part of Ikano Group, who is an international group of companies operating in the areas of banking, insurance, residential and retail. At Ikano, our vision is to create possibilities for better living. We do this by working together to create simple and meaningful solutions based on fair terms that bring value to our customers. Ikano Group was established in 1988 and is owned by the Kamprad family. Find out more about us on www.ikanogroup.com