Head of Asset and Wealth Management Architecture

Nordea is a leading Nordic universal bank. We are helping our customers realise their dreams and aspirations – and we have done that for 200 years.

Job ID: 10681

At Nordea, we know our customers’ needs are changing – and we’re deeply committed to meeting them with the financial solutions of tomorrow. We’re creating an agile environment where we’re harnessing the power of technology – one where you can make an impact. So bring your skills, ideas and unique background. With us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow and make your mark on something bigger.

About this opportunity

Welcome to Group Architecture. We support and direct Nordea’s transformation by providing a holistic architectural view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy. As Head of Asset and Wealth Management Architecture, you’ll play a valuable role in directing and governing the architecture for our Asset and Wealth Management business and leading a talented team of architects that provide architectural services to support and guide development initiatives in the area. You will report to the Head of Group Architecture, as a member of the Group Architecture Leadership Team, and represent Asset and Wealth Management in architectural matters.

What you’ll be doing:
* Provide strategic leadership where you will be facilitating the process, together with stakeholders, of identifying the changes needed to stay competitive and the architectural building blocks required to do so
* Provide architectural leadership to guide and steer the portfolio of initiatives, where you must be able to interpret the current state context, articulate benefits and drawbacks of various options and recommend approaches and solutions
* Build capability in the organisation by helping to recruit, attract and retain talent, and managing your team to secure team performance and the success, and development of individuals
* Provide expert knowledge and advice on topics for areas requested, bringing together knowledge from across Group Architecture and the broader organisation, with validation through external sources as appropriate
* Present complex material to stakeholders targeted appropriately to their role and level of understanding and supporting others to do so
* Collaborate and interact with a variety of stakeholders and with colleagues in Group Architecture, to secure architectural deliveries and outcomes that are aligned across the enterprise and realise Nordea’s strategic objectives

The role can be based in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway or Poland.
Who you are
Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in being at our best – and that we imagine you share with us.
To succeed in this role, we believe that you:
* Are a hands-on leader who achieves results through others by setting direction and securing delivery and also drives and delivers themselves
* Are driven to build a high performing culture and develop others further
* Are used to working with and managing diverse stakeholders with divergent needs
* Are open, honest, structured and act as a role model for others
* Are above all focused on delivery of high quality, sustainable change in alignment with the business strategy
* Have the ability to work with other architects, developers, delivery leads, as well as C-level executives to deliver on and demonstrate Group Architecture’s value proposition
* Communicate, influence and build effective relationships at all levels of the organisation and communicate complex concepts in clear and understandable ways to build understanding
* Guide and advise stakeholders to resolve architectural issues to support the implementation of the target state
* Drive strategic discussions for evolving the architecture to deliver improved customer experience, reduced complexity, cost efficiencies, improved agility, reduced risk, or improved business capabilities
* Keep focus on your own continuous development and learning, as well as mentoring others to build knowledge and improve their overall effectiveness

Your experience and background:
* Lead architect with 10+ years experience in banking and financial services and areas related to Asset and Wealth Management, such as Advisory, Portfolio Management, Investment Management, Asset Management, Trading, Savings Products, Life Insurance, Pensions or Funds Management
* 5+ years experience in leading and managing architecture teams, delivery and team performance, within a multi-national organisation
* Demonstrated ability to span the full spectrum of architecture practice, working with strategy and delivery, and with business capabilities and processes, information, data, information security and technology. Public cloud experience (Azure/AWS) is desirable

If this sounds like you, get in touch!
Next steps

Submit your application no later than 15/08/2022. For more information please contact Head of Group Architecture Joshua Green at joshua.green@nordea.com or +45 29437669.

We reserve the right to reply only to selected applications.