Lead Project Leader - AWS AI

Nordea Bank ABP is a financial institution combining traditional banking with a strong technological focus on secure and responsible transformation. The Core Technology Change & Delivery team manages project and programme delivery, governance, and execution of change initiatives aligned with Nordea's Core Tech Operating Model and Delivery Guide.

• Proven track record of leading complex technology programmes in AWS Cloud environments.
• Strong experience in AWS platform governance, cloud operating models, landing-zone implementation, and platform evolution.
• Ability to scope, drive, and govern AWS AI platform initiatives for scalable AI adoption.
• Experience delivering AWS-native AI, machine learning, and data services with understanding of platform capabilities.
• Strong understanding of AI enablement platforms including Generative AI, large language models, agentic or orchestration frameworks, and model lifecycle management.
• Experience coordinating delivery across architecture, cloud engineering, security, identity and access management, network, data, and platform teams.
• Ability to translate AI and AWS platform roadmaps into executable programmes, milestones, and delivery plans.
• Strong understanding of platform-oriented delivery including shared services, reusable components, automated onboarding, and self-service capabilities.
• Experience establishing governance frameworks, delivery standards, and operating models for large-scale cloud transformations.
• Understanding of cloud security, resilience, scalability, operational excellence, and cost-management principles.
• Strong stakeholder management skills including engagement with senior leaders and facilitation of decisions.
• Very good financial, resource, risk, and dependency management skills.
• Very good analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Advanced presentation and reporting skills using PowerPoint and Excel.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English.
• Proactive, pragmatic, and solution-oriented attitude.

• Lead end-to-end delivery of AWS AI platform initiatives from scope definition and planning through implementation, operational readiness, and handover.
• Establish and maintain delivery plans covering milestones, dependencies, resources, financials, risks, and expected outcomes.
• Coordinate delivery across cloud engineering, architecture, security, identity and access management, network, data, platform engineering, and business teams.
• Drive the evolution of AWS cloud foundations required for scalable AI adoption, including landing-zone capabilities, deployment pipelines, runtime environments, connectivity, and platform resilience.
• Enable reusable AWS AI services and platform components supporting multiple AI use cases and teams across the organization.
• Ensure alignment between business needs, AI use cases, platform capabilities, enterprise architecture, and technology roadmaps.
• Facilitate governance and approval processes following internal policies, regulatory requirements, and the Nordea delivery framework.
• Establish clear decision-making forums, delivery standards, operating models, and reporting practices.
• Proactively manage delivery risks, issues, and cross-domain dependencies, escalating when required to maintain predictable execution.
• Drive operational readiness including support models, service ownership, resilience, security, cost management, and transition to operations.
• Engage senior stakeholders and provide concise, decision-oriented updates on delivery status, risks, financials, and required actions.
• Promote a strong delivery culture based on ownership, transparency, collaboration, and continuous improvement.