Senior Business Continuity Manager

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. We want to make a real difference for our customers and the communities where we operate – by being a strong and personal financial partner.

Job ID: 278 
Job Country: Denmark; Norway; Sweden 
Job City: Copenhagen; Oslo; Stockholm 

Are you ready for the unexpected? Would you like to help Nordea prepare for disruptive events? Do you want to make a difference in the business and uphold the most critical processes?
Then we have the perfect role for you! We are now looking for a  Senior Business Continuity Manager to strengthen our Business Continuity & Crisis Management unit. This is an opportunity for you to grow and be part of an interesting journey, working with some of the most important and interesting parts of the bank.

At Nordea, we protect the continuity of business services to customers with relevant controls, business continuity plans and proven continuity arrangements. 

About this opportunity

Welcome to the Business Continuity Management team. As Senior Business Continuity Manager you will work together with the team in  embedding the business continuity strategy in one or more selected business areas. This is a key role responsible for providing insights and support for the leadership in the business area of responsibility.

You are required to develop a deep understanding of Nordea, drivers, risks, regulators and complexity in the business functions and will work collaboratively with leadership and risk functions to ensure that the operational resilience framework requirements are embedded and integrated into a business driven agenda.

What you’ll be doing:

* Provide operational resilience expertise to the business area of responsibility and strategic guidance on the best possible implementation across organizational and functional lines
* Lead and influence the inclusion of operational resilience considerations into business plans
* Actively encourage the use of Nordea best practice throughout the business area of responsibility
* Develop deep understanding and collaboration in the line of business to create positive working relationships and influence operational resilience embedding and integration


Your focus area will depend on your specific qualifications, but would as a minimum include the following tasks and/or activities:

* Be the lead for one full or a part of a business area (BA) responsible for assistance and guidance to that area
* Train, support and guide the counterparts in the business area or group functions of your responsibility on key resilience related issues
* Demonstrate awareness of all resilience related audit and regulatory engagements of the area of your responsibility
* Build strong SME networks and encourage stakeholder engagement for the resilience agenda, with minimal supervision
* Support the further integration and the daily usage of our new tool, Clearview
* Perform and solve a variety of day-to-day ad hoc tasks


You will be a part of a highly experienced team of 14 BCM and Crisis Management professionals today sitting in Stockholm, Copenhagen and Oslo. The position is located in either of these capitals.

Who you are

To succeed in this role, we believe that you have these key capabilities:

* Drive for excellence using robust diplomacy skills
* A tenacious and persistent problem solver
* Are commercially aware
* Always aim to simplify and make life as easy as possible for the business counterparts
* Have excellent communication skills in English as well as one or more Nordic languages
* Possess the ability to explain and convey complicated content in a practical and an easy to understand manner
* Hold a relevant professional education or certification, or you are looking to pass it



If this sounds like you, get in touch!


Next steps

If you see yourself in this role, then apply as soon as possible through our online system. We are conducting interviews on a running basis.
At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. so please come as you are!

Submit your application no later than 15/12/2021. For more information, you’re welcome to contact Egil Blaabjerg