Head of Payment Products at Swedbank

About the Position

Do you want to lead the development of future payment solutions at one of the leading banks in the Nordics?

Swedbank is looking for a senior leader who will take clear end-to-end ownership of our payment product portfolio – from strategy and prioritisation to delivery and measurable business outcomes. This is a role for someone who wants to deliver real value in a complex, highly regulated environment.

As Head of Payment Products, you are responsible for the payment products portfolio. Products included are domestic batch payments, single payments, international payments, bill payments, instant payments/Swish, and cash. In the role you are part of the Product Sweden management team, also including account products, connectivity, infrastructure, partner integrations, and business development. You set the direction, drive priorities, and ensure the bank delivers business and customer value, and regulatory outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Define, evolve, and realize the product strategy and roadmap for the payments domain
• Analyse and own decisions regarding direction, priorities, scope, and investments
• Drive and stand behind difficult prioritisation decisions and trade-offs in a complex environment
• Ensure strong execution across the full product lifecycle – from idea to realised value
• Be accountable for profitability, cost follow-up, and business outcomes
• Ensure regulatory compliance and drive regulatory initiatives
• Own product, regulatory, and operational risks within the domain
• Act as a clear owner and spokesperson for the payments domain, internally and externally
• Build strong collaborations with business, IT, and other key stakeholders
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of senior product owners

Requirements

• Proven experience leading product organisations within financial services (payments experience is highly valued)
• Strong ability to deliver results in a matrix organisation
• Experience working closely with technology in delivery-intensive environments
• Ability to navigate and make decisions in complex, regulated settings
• A structured and business-driven approach – you turn data into decisions and action
• Ability to prioritise, make decisions, and stand by them, even under pressure
• Experience collaborating with external partners and vendors (an established network is a plus)
• Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, both written and spoken
• A relevant academic degree in engineering, business, or similar
• We are looking for someone who combines strategic thinking with strong execution capabilities and thrives in roles with significant responsibility.
• As a leader, you are clear, confident, and have empathy – you set direction, create accountability, and build high-performing teams

We Offer

• Personal and professional growth through self-leadership and continuous development.
• Meaningful work that positively impacts our workplace, our customers, and society.
• An open and collaborative culture that encourages cross-functional teamwork and provides networking opportunities.
• A supportive and inclusive environment that promotes a balanced and sustainable work-life, with flexible working conditions when suitable for the role.
• Benefits such as our share-based reward program Eken, company pension plan, employee offer for banking products, health insurance.

About the Company

We serve local communities, where we are proud to play an important role as being a key part of the financial system.

We are dedicated to developing close relationships with about 7.3 million private and 553,000 corporate customers.

Our passion is to help people to save for a better future. We work every day to support people, businesses, and society to grow by promoting a healthy and sustainable economy.

Location: Sundbyberg, Stockholm

Recruiting manager: David Lidhagen

Please note that the selection process is expected to begin after the summer holiday period, applications will be reviewed from August onwards. We appreciate your patience and look forward to considering your application.

We would like to let you know that a background check and a drug test may be a part of the process for this role.

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Swedbank does not discriminate anybody based on gender, age, sexual orientation or sexual identity, ethnicity, religion, or disability – everybody is welcome.

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