Experienced Scrum Master Local Systems

Nordea; Stockholms kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,100,000; Full time

Job summary

Nordea invites seasoned Scrum Masters to join the Local System Capability Team in Stockholm. You will grow cross-functional, self-organized teams delivering customer value within a SAFe framework. You’ll be coached by peers and contribute to agile maturity.

The role emphasizes leadership, strong communication, and stakeholder management, with English fluency and a track record of coaching teams in challenging environments.

Qualifications

• At least 10 years of experience as Scrum Master or Project Manager/Driver in IT.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate scrum events (daily stand-up, sprint planning, retrospective and refinement).
• Build solid relationships with the team and create a trusting environment.
• Inspire others and encourage self-organization and ownership.
• Drive complex deliverables across teams with stakeholder management.

Skills

Coaching

Leadership

Communication

Agile SAFe

Tools

Jira

MS Teams

Excel

SharePoint

Confluence

Job description

About Our Team

You’ll join a great Agile Release Train of professional and experienced Scrum Masters and Release Train Engineer working in versatile assignments across Local System Technology. Most of our deliveries are organized according to SAFe and agile methodology. You will join Local Systems execution team developing features in Local Systems Sweden.

What We Offer

Welcome to the Local System Capability Team in Sweden. You will join a great team of professional and experienced Scrum Masters and IT Developers.

We’re creating an agile environment where we’re able to harness the power of technology – environment where you will make a difference. Bring 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

We are responsible for the existing core systems in Nordea Technology organisation. We add value by delivering stable core services for all of Nordea and thus enabling among others digital banking services. As a Scrum Master you will be working with one or two teams depending on their maturity, complexity and size. You will contribute to raising agile maturity in Local Systems Sweden by growing cross-functional, self-organized, empowered teams that deliver customer value. In this role you will be supported and coached by peer Scrum Masters and Release Train Engineers in our active community.

What you’ll be doing

• Facilitate scrum events (daily stand-up, sprint planning, retrospective and refinement)
• Build solid relationships with the team and create a trusting environment
• Inspire others
• Encourage self-organization and ownership
• Learn a lot and encourage continuous improvement
• Driving a great communication and cooperation among all stakeholders
• Drive complex deliverables across teams which require additional attention or stakeholder management.

Who You Are

We imagine that you enjoy learning and are excited about bringing your ideas to the table. You are dependable, willing to speak up – even when it’s difficult – and committed to empowering others. You are a great listener with experience or interest in coaching, a good team builder, open and honest, and proven ability to work on team dynamics and morale.

Your profile and background

• At least 10 years of experience working as a Scrum Master or Project Manager/Driver in IT, preferably in financial sector
• Technical background from mainframe
• Good understanding of agile methodologies (SAFe/Scrum) and preferably also traditional project/program management
• You have experience in business development and working in an agile environment
• Analytical skills and ability to deal with complex and demanding issues
• Understanding of IT processes and software development lifecycles
• You have proven experience in risk and dependency management
• Experience of building strong stakeholder relationships
• Excellent English skills, both verbal and in writing
• Good to have; Jira, MS Teams, Excel, SharePoint and Confluence experience

To succeed in this role, we believe that you

• Have great People leadership skills, are able to coach, mentor and empower team members
• Have genuine interest in the business context and the solution area
• Have excellent communication and facilitation skills
• Have capability to handle multiple tasks at the same time in written and spoken English.
• Have strong problem-solving skills and feel comfortable in challenging situations
• Have growth mindset and want constantly to improve yourself and others

This role is based in Stockholm, Sweden. This is a new permanent, full-time position and preferred starting time is during Q3 2026.

If this sounds like you, get in touch!

What We Offer

Collaboration. Ownership. Passion. Courage. These are the values that guide us in how we work and how we make decisions – and that we imagine you share with us.

People are driven by many different factors. For some, it’s to take their career to the next level. For others, it’s to break new ground within their area of expertise – in other words, with us, you will always move forward.

A culture that fosters performance and growth in one of the largest Nordic banks, offering various opportunities to evolve, develop and learn from brilliant colleagues with diverse backgrounds in a vibrant working environment.

Hybrid working model – we believe in the value of bringing people together and at the same time we embrace the freedom of flexibility.

Diversity and inclusion are a natural part of our daily work. We know that an inclusive workplace is a sustainable one. We genuinely believe that our diverse backgrounds, experiences, characteristics and traits make us stronger together. Every day we strive to find new ways to improve diversity and inclusion within our community e.g. we have signed the European Diversity Charters in the countries where we operate to show our commitment and engage with others to continue learning and improving.

We enable dreams and aspirations for a greater good.

We build relationships. We add a personal touch to everything we do – when advising our customers, collaborating with colleagues, and meeting our potential candidates.

We learn and develop. We take pride in being experts and thinking ahead. We use our expertise to meet our customers’ needs, from the simplest to the most complex. We bring a growth mindset to our work that enables us to focus on a broader perspective in our daily challenges.

We lead change. We are responsible and aware of the impact of our decisions, both for our customers and for our local and global communities. Mindful of our responsibility towards current and future generations, we have made sustainability an integrated part of our business strategy.

We are Nordea. We have a 200-year history of supporting and growing the Nordic economies and our values are deeply rooted in these open, progressive and collaborative societies. As one of the biggest employers in the Nordics, Poland and Estonia, you have excellent opportunities to evolve, develop and move forward with us.

Studies show that members of underrepresented communities don’t apply for jobs unless they tick all the qualification boxes. If this is part of why you hesitate to apply, we would like you to reconsider and give it a chance. Maybe your profile fits our needs much better than you think.

For union information, please contact Finansförbundet at [e-mail] or SACO at [e-mail].