Lead Project Leader Operational Stability & Resilience Transformation
Who you are
This is the right role for you if: you are a delivery-oriented leader who can combine hands-on project execution with disciplined programme management support. You create structure and momentum in a complex environment, work effectively under the direction of an appointed Programme Manager, and take ownership of initiatives from planning through implementation. You communicate clearly with senior stakeholders, coordinate across organisational boundaries and turn programme priorities into practical delivery outcomes.
Your background and skills include:
- Proven track record of leading complex technology projects and strategic initiatives in large organisations.
- Experience supporting multi-workstream programmes through integrated planning, governance coordination, reporting, RAID management, action tracking and decision support.
- Strong experience in operational stability, service reliability, operational resilience or enterprise technology transformation.
- Experience coordinating delivery across technology, service management and business domains.
- Strong understanding of incident, problem and change management, monitoring and observability, service recovery and root-cause remediation.
- Ability to translate programme priorities and operational trends into executable project plans and measurable outcomes.
- Experience preparing high-quality materials for governance forums, steering committees and senior stakeholders.
- Experience managing complex dependencies, risks, issues, delivery commitments, budgets and resources.
- Strong ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment across organisational units and technology domains.
- Experience defining and tracking outcome-based metrics, benefits and performance indicators.
- Understanding of technology resilience, application reliability, operational readiness, security and regulatory requirements.
- Proven ability to proactively identify delivery risks, resolve impediments and drive successful outcomes in complex environments.
- Very good financial and resource management skills.
- Very good analytical skills and attention to detail.
- Advanced presentation skills, especially PowerPoint and Excel.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent English skills, both spoken and written.
- Can-do attitude.
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.
Core Technology Change & Delivery is seeking an experienced Lead Project Leader to support the execution of Nordea’s operational stability and resilience transformation. Functionally reporting to the appointed Programme Manager, you will lead selected projects and initiatives within the programme while also providing structured programme management support.
You will work across technology and business domains to turn programme priorities into executable plans, coordinate delivery activities and dependencies, and ensure transparent reporting of progress, risks, issues and outcomes.
The role combines hands-on project leadership with programme coordination and governance support, contributing to initiatives focused on preventing service disruptions, detecting incidents earlier, restoring services faster and addressing the structural causes of recurring incidents.
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
Core Technology Change & Delivery is responsible for project and programme management, execution and governance of technology change initiatives. We work across business and technology teams to ensure that strategic commitments are delivered predictably, transparently and in line with the Core Technology Operating Model and Nordea Delivery Guide.