Enterprise Architect for Corporate Platform
Nordea is hiring an Enterprise Architect to shape its corporate banking core platforms, with a main focus on payments, cash management and corporate lending. Day to day: defining target/transition architectures, governance and approvals, supporting delivery teams, evaluating new technology and coaching junior architects. Hybrid role based in Gdańsk or Helsinki.
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Gdańsk, PL, 80-309
- Work setup
- Hybrid
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Architecture
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Strong understanding of Corporate Banking, including lending, cash management, payments and trade finance
- Experience with corporate core banking platforms or large-scale banking systems supporting corporate customers
- Understanding of end-to-end corporate banking processes and how core platforms and integrations support them
- Strong understanding of payments as a business line for a large cross-border bank
- Solid background in technology disciplines
- Mastery of the architectural disciplines and ability to turn high-level business strategy into tangible, executable architectures
- Good knowledge of ITIL and TOGAF
- Good understanding of agile execution models, including SAFe, with experience working with them
- Bachelor's or Master's in computer science, engineering or similar, or another technology-related background with many years in architecture functions
- Strong communication and cooperation skills, including in English
- Team player who can also work independently when required
- Ability to work on several assignments concurrently and prioritise them according to agreed priorities
Nice to have
- Earlier certifications in ITIL and/or TOGAF
Full description
Job ID: 4939
Would you like to play a key role in shaping the future of Corporate Banking and our core banking platforms? We are looking for an Enterprise Architect to define and drive business and technology solutions in this critical area.
At Nordea, we are transforming our corporate core platforms to support scalable, resilient and future-ready banking services. This is a significant change journey – and you will be at the centre of it. Working closely with international teams, you will influence strategic direction, strengthen architecture practices and contribute to long-term value creation for the bank.
About this opportunity
Welcome to the Corporate and Transactions Architecture Team. We add value by working closely with senior management and all other stakeholders on the business side as well as the technology side on translating business trends and new regulation into actionable initiatives and fit-for-purpose solutions. As the Enterprise Architect, you’ll play a valuable role by understanding changing business strategies and requirements, by bringing your technology competence to the table and by merging these two into design of well architected, user friendly and cost effective solutions.
What you’ll be doing:
- Work with other architects, business and technology stakeholders on developing Architecture Visions and Target & Transition Architectures for various parts of the business and the technology landscape with a main focus on the payments related area
- Support the various execution structures and development teams building the solutions with architecture and governance/approval processes
- Join and/or run enterprise architecture assignments going across several Service Areas
- Represent Architecture in various steering committees and other governance foras
- Support proof-of-concept and procurement processes of new software and technology
- Manage the architecture elements of new technology adoption processes
- Support and coach less senior architects in the relevant areas
- Work with all four architectural disciplines and at all abstraction levels
- Work with all business lines related Corporate customers, but the main focus will be Corporate Banking and closely related areas like cash management and corporate lending
You’ll join an experienced team where the members combined have a broad and deep knowledge of the business, of technology and of all the architecture disciplines. This role is open in Helsinki or Gdańsk. We work in a hybrid model (60 % onsite, 40 % remote), combining office collaboration with flexible remote work.