Head of Agile Guild at Anti Financial Crime

Looking to lead a team of knowledgeable agile specialists driving an agile transformation while contributing positively to society? Join us on this fun-filled journey towards an exciting future where innovation meets agility at the department responsible for the Financial Crime Prevention, Security, and AI Portfolios at Swedbank.


In Swedbank you have the opportunity to:

- Lead and develop a fun, diverse and knowledgeable international team of agile specialists - including Scrum Masters, RTEs and Portfolios Leads - in an expanding department

- Drive the scaled agile transformation journey across the portfolios responsible for Financial Crime Prevention, Security as well as AI and support the movement towards increased agility across Swedbank

- Infuse the organization with agile powers to grow the agile culture and mindset through coaching, mentorship, and training to teams and roles across different levels of the organization, including senior managers and stakeholders

- Continuously improve and evolve organization and ways of working in accordance with agile principles and best practice in order to increase flow of value

- Provide training, coaching, feedback, and advice on portfolio and ART (VDE) level to enable dependency and problem resolution within and across the organization

It will not always be a smooth operation; we are a big organization with different perceptions of agile. But as a team we have each other’s backs, and there is an enterprise-wide momentum providing great opportunities to drive change. We are convinced that this journey will be nothing less than extremely fun and stimulating with unique opportunities for growth and learning!

What is needed in this role:

- Degree from relevant field (or a good reason not to have one) and expertise in Agile Development frameworks and extensive experience working in a Scaled Agile environment (certifications are a +)



- Demonstrated (formal or informal) leadership prowess and excellent communication skills (to both technical and non-technical audiences)



- Experience coordinating IT processes and/or initiatives spanning several business areas and teams



- Ability to build networks and work collaboratively in a geographically distributed and diverse environment



- Experience leading change with a solution-oriented and customer-centric mindset



- A mindset of relentless improvement and a curiosity to explore and internalize industry best practices



- Experience coaching people and teams in lean and agile principles on different organizational levels enabled by a toolbox of agile practices and techniques



- Experience from agile transformation journeys, preferably in a large organization context (finance and related domains are a +)



- Belief in the power of motivated teams, seeing failure as a learning opportunity and enjoyment in challenging and engaging high level stakeholders with the agile mindset, methodologies, and principles for success

What we offer when you join us:
- An open, simple and caring culture
- Opportunity to create the best experience for our customers
- An international, sustainable and inclusive work environment
- Development opportunities and advancement in your career
- Flexible working options
- Access to Group performance program, company pension plan, optional health insurance, and other benefits (https://www.swedbank.com/work-with-us/compensation-and-benefits.html)

Join our team and...
be part of a cross-national, skilled, and innovative team of professionals, who jointly deliver a wide spectrum of business-critical products utilizing technology to shape the future of Financial Crime Prevention, Security and AI at Swedbank”. Peter Åsmyr, your future manager

We look forward to receiving your application by 22.10.2023.
Location: Stockholm, Umeå, Göteborg, Vilnius, Riga or Tallinn

Contacts

Recruiting manager: Peter Åsmyr, +46725510828

SACO: Henrik Joelsson

Finansförbundet: Jonas Nyström +46 70 6745736

If you are employed in Estonia, please note that the salary offered for this position ranges from 4750-7150 EUR gross i.e. before taxes. Read more here.

If you are to be employed in Latvia, please note that the salary offered for this position ranges from 4500-6800 EUR gross i.e. before taxes. Read more here (https://jobs.swedbank.com/pages/employment-in-latvia-and-lithuania?preview=true).

If you are to be employed in Lithuania, please note that the salary offered for this position ranges from 5550-8350 EUR gross i.e. before taxes. Read more here (https://jobs.swedbank.com/pages/employment-in-latvia-and-lithuania?preview=true).

We may begin the selection during the application period, so we welcome your application as soon as possible.

We have made our choice regarding recruitment media and therefore kindly decline contact with ad sellers or sellers of other recruitment services.

Swedbank does not discriminate anybody based on gender, age, sexual orientation or sexual identity, ethnicity, religion or disability - everybody is welcome.

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