Lead Project Leader - AWS AI

Nordea is a large Nordic bank involved in transforming finance securely and responsibly. The role is within the Core Technology Change & Delivery team responsible for project and programme management, delivery, and governance 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 providing reusable capabilities for scalable AI adoption.
• Experience leading delivery of AWS-native AI, machine learning, and data services with understanding of platform capabilities enabling business use cases.
• Strong understanding of AI enablement platforms including Generative AI, large language models, agentic/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.
• 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.
• Knowledge of cloud security, resilience, scalability, operational excellence, and cost-management principles.
• Strong stakeholder-management skills to engage senior leaders, facilitate decisions, and influence cross-functional teams.
• Very good financial, resource, risk, and dependency-management skills.
• Very good analytical skills with ability to convert complex information into clear recommendations and actions.
• Advanced presentation and reporting skills, especially with PowerPoint and Excel.
• Excellent communication skills with ability to bring clarity in written and verbal communication.
• Excellent English skills, both spoken and written.
• A proactive, pragmatic, and solution-oriented attitude.

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

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