Head of Programming Frameworks and SecDevOps

Job ID: 28670

 

Welcome to Group Technology, where we pride ourselves on engineering solutions and direct Nordea’s transformation by providing a holistic technological view and structured understanding of the bank, and its surrounding environment to enable the Customer Vision and the Business Strategy.

 

We are now looking for a leader to head the Programming Frameworks and SecDevOps team in Observability Engineering.

 

Nordea is a place where traditions meet tomorrow. We’re not just a bank; we’re a tech employer on a mission to evolve finance securely and responsibly. Together, we impact millions of people’s daily lives by ensuring they can access our solutions anytime, anywhere, while safeguarding their personal data and wealth. Join us in making an impact on the banking industry.

About our team

 

Welcome to the Programming Framework and SecDevOps team. We build, develop and operate a significant part of the developer tools in Nordea. We are also responsible for tools related to secure developer, IDEs, languages and QA engineering. We provide tools to the entire bank at scale and are responsible for the day-to-day and the long-term development of these tools. Because of this we have a large contact surface across technology.

 

What you’ll be doing

 

As a leader you are expected to deliver excellence though your team. The team is staffed with lots of experience and knowledge. As the leader it will be your role to ensure that the deliveries are aligned to our overall strategy. You will also be a key part in our quarterly planning, where you will align and prioritize withing the unit and with all our stakeholders. On top of this you are the HR responsible for the team and will help set targets for the team members and help them grow.

 

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Lead the team effectively
• Be the main contact point for escalations, priorities, quarterly plannings etc.
• Help building the roadmap for the development the central QA platforms (LoadRunner, Qtest etc.) together with the QA community
• Help manage IDEs in Nordea (VScode, Jetbrains products etc.). We are especially focused on developing a model for plug-ins
• In this role you will be the owner and provider of Python in Nordea, which is growing rapidly. A key delivery will be a governance model for packages
• You will also be the primary voice in several communities on topics related to developer tools, manage our vendor relations (together with supplier services) and manage budgets

 

The role can be based in Finland, Poland, or Sweden. We have a hybrid working model that ensure we get together in the office while also allowing for some flexibility.

 

Who you are

 

You can come from many backgrounds for this role. The key is being a visible and inspiring leader, that can help build good roadmaps and manage conflicts in priorities. We expect this to be a dynamic role that will lead the team through significant changes in how services are delivered.

 

Your experience and background:

• Experience in leading and managing a team (preferably in IT/technology) or the willingness and motivation to become a leader
• Experience in translating strategy into understandable and clear targets for the team
• Experience in stakeholder management including talking to senior management
• Experience in transformation projects or large projects is a plus
• Knowledge of SecDevOps practices and developer tools like IDEs is a plus
• Knowledge of QA engineering is a plus

 

This is an opportunity to help run a central team in CTO and deliver value across the bank.

 

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

 

Next Steps

 

Submit your application no later than 26/02/2025. For more information, you are welcome to contact Sune Dalby (sune.stougaard.dalby@nordea.com) for this opportunity related queries and Ritu Mittal (ritu.mittal@consult.nordea.com) for HR related matters.

 

What we offer

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.

People are driven by many different factors. 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.

 

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.

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don’t apply for jobs unless they tick all the qualification boxes. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

 

Only for candidates in Finland: A security clearance will be performed for the person selected for this position.

 

Only for candidates in Sweden: For union information, please contact Finansförbundet at finansforbundet@nordea.se or SACO at SacoNordea@nordea.com.

 

Only for candidates in Poland: Please include permit for processing personal data in CV as following:

 

In accordance with art. 6 (1) a and b. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) hereinafter ‘GDPR’. I agree to have: my personal data, education and employment history proceeded for the purposes of current and future recruitment processes in Nordea Bank Abp.

 

The administrator of your personal data is: Nordea Bank Abp operating in Poland through its Branch, address: Aleja Edwarda Rydza Śmiglego 20, 93-281 Łodź. Your personal data will be processed for the recruitment processes in Nordea Bank Abp. You have a right to access your personal data, right to rectify and right to delete. Disclosing the personal data in the scope specified by the provisions of Polish Labour Code from 26 June 1974 and executive acts are mandatory. Providing personal data is necessary to conduct the recruitment processes. The request for the deletion of your personal data means resignation from further participation in recruitment processes and causes the immediate removal of your application. Detailed information concerning processing of your personal data can be found at: https://www.nordea.com/en/doc/nordea-privacy-policy-for-applicants.pdf.

 

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