IT Governance Lead

Ready to build something from the ground up? As our first IT Governance Lead, you’ll get a clear mandate to shape how IT Operations handles risk, compliance and control. You’ll bring structure where it matters most, make everyday work easier for many colleagues and set the standard for the future. Your work will reduce manual effort and strengthen our regulatory standing as a bank, and you’ll influence how we govern IT for many years to come.

We are IT Operations at NOBA. As a bank, we work under continuous audit scrutiny and evolving regulatory demands, including DORA. That’s why we’re now establishing a dedicated IT Governance function to bring structure, alignment and scalability to how we manage compliance, risk and asset governance. You’ll report to the Head of IT Operations and work closely with all our domain leads.

About the role:
As IT Governance Lead, you’ll combine strategic ownership with hands-on delivery: you set the direction, own the outcomes and dive into the detail when needed. You’ll be the go-to person for governance across IT Operations, reporting to the Head of IT Operations.

Your main responsibilities:

• Build and implement a structured Governance, Risk and Compliance operating model

• Manage and implement new regulations affecting IT Operations

• Coordinate recurring obligations such as DR testing, exit plan testing and policy renewals, so nothing critical is missed

• Drive audit finding management, from identification through remediation and evidence

• Lead and facilitate AI governance

• Develop the asset and license governance framework, setting the standard and consolidating the overall view

• Manage the IT Operations risk control register together with relevant legal, compliance and risk organizations, to ensure controls are reviewed and updated continuously

Who we're looking for:
You enjoy building and creating order where none exists yet. You’re structured, curious, take initiative and find it easy to collaborate and build trust with many different colleagues. With your commitment, you help people pull in the same direction.

In addition, we’re looking for you who:

• Have experience in IT governance, risk or compliance, ideally within financial services or another regulated industry

• Are familiar with DORA, GDPR or comparable regulatory frameworks

• Have a builder’s mindset and are comfortable establishing structure where little currently exists, rather than maintaining an established function

• Have strong stakeholder management skills and enjoy working closely with every domain lead in IT Operations

• Have experience with GRC tooling, which is a plus, though your first task will be building the operating model itself

In addition to this, it is important to us that you recognize yourself in our values: we are wholehearted, we collaborate and we take the lead.

Have you heard of NOBAVERSE?
In our NOBAVERSE, we value openness, trust, and diversity. Here, you can influence your own development and have fun along the way to achieving our goals – all in a workplace that’s a little extra bubbly! ✨
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We look forward to receiving your application! 🙏✨

With a diversified offering through three brands – Nordax Bank, Bank Norwegian and Svensk Hypotekspension – as well as two million consumers, we have the size, skill, and scalability to enable healthier finances for even more people. NOBA creates specialized, customer-centric financial offerings that are sustainable for individuals, the bank and society at large, today and tomorrow. NOBA Bank Group AB (publ) (“NOBA”) is owned by Nordic Capital Fund IX, Nordic Capital Fund VIII and Sampo. Today the NOBA group has approximately 630 employees and is active in eight countries.

As of March 31, 2024, lending to the public amounted to SEK 114.4 billion and deposits totaled SEK 105.2 billion.

Founded in 2003

Employees: 600+