Associate Project Manager

Job Description

Are you ready to launch your career as a project manager within a leading financial institution? Danske Bank offers a unique opportunity to enter the world of project management, gaining valuable experience including exposure to senior leadership teams.

Join Danske Bank’s Delphi PMO Team

We are looking for an entry-level project manager in our Program Management Office (PMO) to maintain oversight of and prepare management information for one of our key strategic programmes within debt collection. This role offers a great opportunity to develop your skills in a dynamic environment and gain insight into working with strategic change at Danske Bank.

About Debt Management Development

Our goal is to offer ‘Debt Collection as a Service’, providing a seamless and supportive journey for customers facing financial difficulties. We are organised in a tribe (a group of squads with a shared vision and purpose) where business and IT professionals collaborate in a cross-functional setup. We believe in equipping squads to make informed choices to thrive in a dynamic and consistently evolving market environment. We are building the future debt collection solution, a cornerstone of Danske Bank’s ‘Forward ‘28’ strategy, focusing on digitalisation, data, and compliance to enhance customer support, processes and customer journeys.

“We celebrate multiple approaches and points of view. We believe diversity drives innovation.”

You will:

• Support the execution and monitor progress of project plans, timelines and risk
• Coordinate meetings, preparing presentations for stakeholders and document outcomes
• Collaborate with our agile teams to ensure efficient project delivery
• Provide administrative support, including data management and entry
• Participate in project reviews and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives
• Communicate effectively with teams and stakeholders to enhance transparency of our program
  
  

About you:

• Relevant university degree, e.g. within business, engineering or similar
• Keen on building agile project management skills from the bottom through learning on the job
• Have a proactive and structured approach to problem-solving
• Taking on practical administrative tasks within our Program Management Office to assist our senior leadership in overseeing one of the bank’s most highly prioritised strategic programmes
• Demonstrate attention to detail while maintaining overview and the ability to manage a versatile range of tasks
• Upper-intermediate English skills, both written and spoken
• Exhibit a willingness to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment
• Any relevant experience within project management, finance, debt management or a similar area are considered a plus but not a prerequisite
  
  

We offer:

Monthly salary range from 2240 EUR to 3360 EUR gross (based on your competencies relevant for the job).

Additionally, each Danske Bank employee receives employee benefits package which includes:

• Growth opportunities: professional & supportive team, e-learnings, numerous development programs; (incl. professional certificates); 100+ professions for internal mobility opportunities.
• Health & Well-being: a diverse, inclusive, work & life balance work environment; additional health insurance; mental well-being practices; partial psychologist counselling compensation; silence and sleep zones at the office; game rooms.
• Hybrid working conditions: Work from home up to two days a week; home office budget (after the probation period); modern Danske Campus workplace developed with anthropologist for the best employee experience.
• Additional days of leave: for rest, health, volunteering, exams in higher education institutions, and other important activities. Moreover, for seniority with Danske Bank.
• Monetary compensation package: accidents & critical diseases insurance; financial support in case of unfortunate events, travel insurance; IIIrd Pillar Pension Fund contribution.
  
  

See all the benefits HERE .

Your title in job contract will be Project Manager, Associate.

Are you eager to learn from the ground up how strategic programmes are managed within a large financial institution? Do you want to understand how we keep key stakeholders informed and engaged while supporting project managers with analysis and change work? This role offers you the opportunity to learn the practical side of tracking our most important asset—our team members—and ensuring adherence to budgets, planning cycles, and executing the strategic direction set by executive leadership. It could be your first 'real' job after completing your studies, or a chance to change your career path.

If you're interested in this role and joining my team, feel free to contact me – Christian Ridler LinkedIn or email [email protected] , and I will answer your questions!

About Us

Danske Bank is a Nordic bank with bridges to the world around us. For 150 years, we have supported people and businesses in releasing their potential. A career with us is an opportunity to join a community of 22,000 colleagues in a culture where we are committed to Teaming Up, Owning It and Being Open. Together, we are on a journey to transform Danske Bank into a better bank. For our customers, our employees and the societies around us.