Senior/Lead Risk Expert, Technology Risk and Continuity Oversight

Job ID: 6668

Would you like to help senior technology leaders make better informed risk decisions? Do you enjoy thinking about the different ways technology can fail? Are you technical person that wants to learn risk management? Then this can be a great opportunity for you. We are now looking for a Senior or Lead Risk Expert, to join Chief Security Office. This is a diverse team helping ensure that Nordea remains a safe, resilient, and trusted bank. We deliver this mandate by constructively challenging and supporting on the risk decisions, controls, and risk practices in technology.

About our team

Meet the Business Continuity Oversight team. We are part of Nordea’s second line of defence (2LoD) in Chief Security Office (CSO). We provide oversight on business continuity and crisis management, with a key focus on all things technology. Our team consist of passionate Experts located in Helsinki, Stockholm, Copenhagen and Warsaw. We are a dynamic and talented group driving pragmatic and risk focused oversight of Technology Resilience and Continuity, contributing to operational resilience of the bank.

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.

What you’ll be doing

Main responsibilities in this role:

• Provide subject matter expert views on potential issues about technology risks, and the root causes of past incidents.
• Advise Nordea’s technology leadership on good practices on technology controls and evolving regulations about technology.
• Support and challenge the risk management activities at a strategic level for Business Continuity & Resilience risks across the Group.
• Monitor the risk mitigation progress and control effectiveness.
• Lead and perform oversight activities in the area of Continuity & Resilience risks across Nordea's Business Areas and Group Functions (1st line of defence).

Who you are

This is the right role for you if:

• Are a self-driven, result-oriented team player.
• Have analytical skills with the ability to solve problems and drive tasks to completion.
• Have a passion to analyse the different ways technology and controls can fail and advise practical mitigations to technology leaders in the 1st line of defence.

Your background and skills include:

• Understanding of technology or operational risk management framework, Business Continuity and IT Continuity.
• A passion for resilience and reliability and emerging technologies.
• IT architecture or resilience (e.g. solution architecture, site reliability engineering, engineering lead etc.).
• Ability to communicate with stakeholders on different levels and areas of the organisation.
• Business continuity planning and disaster recovery.
• Proactive approach, self-driven and capable of focusing on several deliveries.
• An understanding of the regulatory landscape in the financial sector.
• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in a relevant field.
• English spoken & written (advanced level).

It would be ideal if you also have:

• Good interpersonal skills, an ability to build and maintain trusted relationships among a range of colleagues and stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of technology and/or operational risk management practices and frameworks.
• A growth mindset.

What we offer

People come here when they want to get somewhere. 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.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

Submit your application no later than 16/11/2026.

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.

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

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