Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Salary Competitive

Do you want to be part of creating one common state of the art payments platform in the Nordic countries? This is your chance to make an important contribution to P27 Nordic Payments reaching its vision to build the world’s first real-time, cross-border payments system in multiple currencies.


About this opportunity

P27 Nordic Payments is looking for a Chief Information Officer (CIO) who will play a very important role in P27’s digital transformation journey. This by being responsible for the IT strategy and delivery, as well as assuring a well maintained and managed outsourcing delivery by different service providers.

The IT function is a growing unit within our organisation and is expecting to add several new members to the team in the next few years. You will have the chance to build the team, and people leadership is an important part of your role.

The CIO will be part of the Executive Management team and report directly to the CEO. The location is either Copenhagen, Stockholm, or Helsinki.


About the role

Your responsibility will be to lead and ensure a secure, stable and cost-efficient IT delivery, in close collaboration with vendors regarding development, maintenance and operations. In your role, you will inform, advise and provide recommendations on all matters relating to IT to help ensure the organisation reach its business targets, whilst mitigating IT risk and staying compliant with relevant laws and regulations.

As CIO you will:

  • Secure a stable IT delivery by applying relevant governance to ensure collaboration, monitoring and control of outsourcing service providers. Set up and implement the Business and IT strategy including setting up and managing IT processes, relevant IT risk controls and IT governance.

  • Analyse P27’s IT needs based on the business strategy to identify opportunities, vulnerabilities, and boost productivity and efficiency supporting business goals.

  • Direct and organize IT-related projects.

  • Continuously evaluate, enhance and increase efficiency in processes, from refinement to deployment and handling incidents in a proactive and risk-based manner.

  • Evaluate new technologies and suppliers and stay updated on IT trends and emerging technologies within the industry.

  • Maintain a stable IT delivery of internal applications and infrastructure.

  • Work continuously with compliance and risk management and align all risk activities on the principles, processes and methods defined by the risk control function.

  • Set up, maintain and manage proper Information Security and Cyber Security in close corporation with the P27 CISO.

  • Communicate and follow up on our IT vision, its targets and overall delivery to internal and external stakeholders, including supervisory authorities.

 

About you

To succeed in this role, we expect that you

  • Are an ambitious, pragmatic and problem-solving leader with an eye for regulatory context and boundaries.

  • Have a positive, critical, proactive and result-oriented attitude.

  • Deliver timely, high-quality services which enable strategic decision making.

  • Are a skilled communicator who knows how to make your point clear and are not afraid to speak up or escalate.

  • Are a skilled people leader and a team player.

The values that guide us in P27 are Together - Excellence - Trust - Courage. We assume that you share these values with us.


Your experience and background

  • More than 5 years of relevant professional experience as Head of IT, CIO or similar.

  • Proven knowledge of managing outsourcing service providers in a multi-sourced environment.

  • A relevant educational background within IT with general knowledge and interest in information and cyber security.

  • Knowledge and experience from working within Banking and finance, its laws and regulations.

  • Knowledge of applied laws, financial regulations and guidelines issued by financial authorities and Euro Banking Association.

  • Understanding the benefits of assessing IT risk and applying a risk-based approach to manage risk and increase efficiency over time.

  • Fluency in English and one of the Nordic languages is required.

 

Next steps

Please apply by sending a cover letter together with your CV in one document no later than 20 February.

Interviews can be initiated before the application deadline if the right candidate applies so please send your application as soon as possible.

Background checks are an integrated part of our recruitment process. The role as CIO is placed in security class and is subject to register control.

For more information or questions please contact us at linette.emborg@nordicpayments.eu

Perks and benefits

This job comes with several perks and benefits

Flexible working hours
Flexible working hours

Time is precious. Make it count. Morning person or night owl, this job is for you.

Free coffee / tea
Free coffee / tea

Get your caffeine fix to get you started and keep you going.

Near public transit
Near public transit

Easy access and treehugger friendly workplace.

Pension plan
Pension plan

We take care of you, even when you are old and wrinkly.

Healthcare insurance
Healthcare insurance

Break a leg! Seriously, we got you covered in our company healthcare plan.

Skill development
Skill development

We want to take you from good to great.

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Working at
P27 Nordic Payments

P27 Nordic Payments is building the world’s first real-time, cross-border payment system in multiple currencies. P27 will enable real-time, batch, domestic and cross-border payments to be carried out quickly and at low cost on a secure and versatile platform. The platform will initially allow payments to flow instantly between people and businesses within the countries of Denmark, Finland, and Sweden, something that will benefit growth and development in the region. The platform will be designed to be expandable to allow for payments across the rest of the Nordics as well, which will contribute to the strengthening of the Nordic payment’s ecosystem. P27 is a joint initiative by Danske Bank, Handelsbanken, Nordea, OP Financial Group, SEB, and Swedbank.

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