(Senior) Business Developers - Strategy and business development

Changing the future of banking takes strong personalities. Do you want to join the leading Nordic bank and tech adventure on our growth journey? Do you want to develop new customer solutions and offerings for Norwegian retail customers? Then this might be the next step in your career!

Arbeidssted: Oslo

Søknadsfrist: 6. juni

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We are looking for two (Senior) Business Developers to join our strategy and business development department in Personal Banking Norway. You will report to Team Lead for our Digital and Daily Banking team (Trond Inge Østbye) or Team Lead for our Growth, Care and Cross-sales team (Martine Aarrestad).

At Nordea, we see that our customers’ needs are changing and so does the expectation to us as a bank. Our customers want to solve many of their errands on their own, through a few clicks in our digital channels. At the same time, many customers appreciate personal advice when going through bigger life events such as buying a home, getting married or getting divorced. That’s why we are building an omnichannel banking experience where we combine the best of both worlds. We need your skills, ideas and unique background! With us, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to grow and make your mark on something bigger.

About this opportunity

As a Business Developer in Personal Banking Norway, you’ll hold an influential position driving and implementing some of our strategic projects. What you’ll be doing:

• Lead and/or contribute in strategic projects in Personal Banking Norway
• Attract and retain customers in all customer segments
• Ensure we have relevant and competitive products and value propositions
• Ensure we have a high customer satisfaction
• Optimize and remove pain points in our customer journeys within housing, savings, daily banking and consumer lending
• Drive commercial activities in close collaboration with our branches and relationship houses, Digital Sales and Marketing and Communications to deliver on our country targets
• Analyze and synthesize business- and customer insights
• Conceptualize and develop new customer concepts and offerings. Test and prototype Measure impact and learn
• Follow up implementation and business case fulfilment

The role is based in Oslo.

Who you are

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. The four key values that guide us in being at our best and that we expect all our colleagues to be committed to.

To succeed in this role, we believe that:

• You focus on how we can solve real customer problems through creating market leading products, services and customer offerings
• You have an analytical mindset. You know how to use data and insights in finding optimal solutions and decision making
• You communicate well with all stakeholders. Upwards, sidewards, downwards and with our customers.
• You build relationships that gives you influence, respect and execution power. You motivate others to join your mission and do their best
• You are commercially oriented, you keep yourself updated on new trends and competitors in the market and you see opportunities even in complex and challenging situations
• You are structured, self-driven and results-oriented. It does not help what you have in your head, if it doesn’t result in real business and customer value
• You are creative and have an experimental mindset. You consider yourself as an intra-entrepreneur that has the ability to turn insights into new business ideas and concepts
• You love learning and trying out new things and your excited to bring your ideas to the table. You enjoy giving and receiving feedback. You constantly want to improve your competencies and develop yourself as well as your team

Your formal experience and background:

• You have a Master degree in strategy, finance/economics, technology, analytics, design, marketing, leadership or psychology or other relevant field
• You have 3-5+ years of experience from management consulting, project management, service design, business development and/or product ownership/product management
• You have hands on experience with both quantitative and qualitative methods (e.g. surveys, interviews, prototyping) to be able to go from hypotheses to development to testing and learning
• You can document that you have led or contributed in projects where you have solved real customer problems
• You have strong communication skills, both orally and written, and you provide your arguments in a structured way. You are fluent in both Norwegian and English.
• You preferably have experience working in cross-functional teams and you know how to work with colleagues from different backgrounds and functions (e.g. sales, IT development, design, marketing, product units and executive management)
• You preferably have experience in agile methodologies and ways of working
• You are preferably located in Oslo.

What’s in it for you?

• You will join a highly talented and diverse team of customer-centric business developers.
• You will get responsibility for your own projects from day one and close support from your team/immediate manager. With us you will get plenty of opportunities to grow and develop your career, and make your stamp on something bigger!
• You will get flexible working hours
• You will get 6 weeks of paid holiday
• You will get a competitive salary and favourable pension schemes
• You will get a good treatment insurance
• You will get favourable prices on a number of products and services in our employee bank (e.g. mortgage loans)
• You will get access to a large internal job/mobility job market across the Nordics

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

Next steps

Submit your application no later than 06/06/2021.

For more information about the position, you are most welcome to contact Martine Aarrestad martine.aarrestad@nordea.no +41653733 or Trond Inge Østbye trond.inge.ostbye@nordea.no +47 91381314.

At Nordea, we know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable workplace. We deeply believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us better at serving customers and communities. So please come as you are.

Please be aware that any applications or CVs coming through email or direct messages will not be accepted or considered.