Data Assessment Expert and Secretary of Committee

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: 15322 

For the Data Change Support & Assessment team, within Group Data Management Office (GDMO), we are now looking for you with experience in the challenges of implementing world class data architecture and data governance, as well as enjoy to coach and inspire others. 

You will play a valuable role in the further development of the Data Adherence Committee in Nordea – established by the Head of Group Business Support and Data & Technology Committee (DTC), being part of the highly prioritised work of moving Nordea into a truly data driven enterprise. The purpose of the Data Adherence Committee (DAC) is to pursue that changes pertaining data simplifies Nordea’s data landscape, rather than continuing to add complexity to it – or in other words “stop polluting the well”.

The position we offer

As a Data Assessment Expert you will have key roles in the Data Change Support & Assessment team, in DAC as Secretary and in the DAC working group. The latter is a joint working group across GDMO and Group Architecture, assessing whether selected initiatives adhere to data architecture and data governance targets and requirements.
You will:
* Be secretary of the DAC, with the key role of writing meeting minute, manage action- and decision log, and owner of JIRA board.
* Assess if data-related changes and initiatives, to extent possible, drive towards our long-term data governance and data architectural targets.
* Collaborate with the initiatives on how to improve the data dimension in their solution. 
* Monitor and report status on Data gaps issued by DAC.
* Contribute to other team tasks like Nordea’s Group-level Data Roadmap and work related to Golden sources.
* Contribute to the Data Governance (and Data Architecture) discipline in the Nordea Group.
Communicate to drive cultural change to influence people in Nordea to move in the strategic direction.

You will report to the Head of the Data Change Support & Assessments and work closely with other teams members.

The position can be located in Poland or any of the four Nordic countries.

The qualifications you need

We are looking for you who are recognised as a high performer and acknowledged for your independent drive and structured way of working. You are passionate about data and have strong analytical skills to identify impact and possible improvements in a complex data landscape. 

You are comfortable in networking with the ability to collaborate with people in all parts of the organisation on different levels. You enjoy to work with people and to motivate others by understanding their perspective.  

In addition it is beneficiary if you:
* Have experiences in working as management partner, in a PMO role or as secretary of a committee. 
* Have experience reading and interpreting enterprise / data architecture documents and capture the relevant topics from a data perspective. 
* You are not afraid of being part of more technical discussions of data sharing between different applications and data stores.
* Have experience working with data from a business perspective.
* Have experience in project/programme work and recognise the project phases / SAFE approach.
* You have a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience working with data implementation / maintenance / governance and/or architecture related roles.

If you have experience in data governance processes and have a holistic view on data, both logical and technical levels, it will be considered as a clear advantage.
Next steps

Submit your application no later than 15/01/2023. If you have questions to this job, please feel free to contact Henrik Søholt on +45 22697954. 

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