Technical Product Manager

Office Location
Sweden – Malmö

Employment Type
Permanent

Full Time/Part Time
Full Time

Who we are
At Ikano Bank, we believe work should feel meaningful and inspiring. Together, we create a great place to work where people are inspired to be the best they can be while contributing to a better life for our customers and the long-term success of the Bank. Guided by our Swedish heritage and values: common sense and simplicity, working together and daring to be different, we keep things straightforward and down-to-earth. If you like the idea of being part of a team that works hard, enjoys solving challenges together and dares to do things a little differently, you will feel right at home here.

Digital is the driving force behind the bank’s technology and innovation. We deliver secure, reliable, and competitive products that keep the bank ahead, while enabling growth and expansion into new markets. Digital is not just about keeping systems running—it’s about shaping the future of banking. This is where technology meets opportunity, and where talent drives global impact.

Purpose of the Job
The Technical Product Manager is responsible for translating business and regulatory needs into clear, technically feasible product priorities and backlog items, ensuring effective delivery together with, and through, the development teams. The role secures high-quality technical product ownership, strong backlog governance, and alignment between business objectives, architecture, and delivery execution.

Responsibilities of the Job
- Own and manage the technical product backlog for one or more development teams, ensuring backlog clarity, quality and readiness.
- Break down requirements into technically feasible backlog items with clear acceptance criteria.
- Balance new development, technical health, risk remediation, and unplanned work (e.g. incidents, defects).
- Prioritize backlog items based on business value, technical risk, regulatory requirements and delivery capacity.
- Contribute actively to sprint planning and ensure priorities are clearly communicated to development teams.
- Track progress, scope and dependencies throughout the delivery cycle.
- Work closely with Architects, Chapter Managers, Delivery Leads, and business stakeholders to ensure alignment and business intent.
- Act as the key technical product counterpart in delivery forums and governance settings.
- Support cross-team and cross-domain alignment where dependencies exist.
- Safeguard technical health, quality and long-term maintainability of delivery solutions.
- Ensure compliance, risk, and architectural requirements are embedded in early product development.
- Act as escalation point for backlog, scope, or prioritization conflicts related to the technical product.
- Represent and continuously refine ways of working for the technical product ownership and technical product management.
- Contribute to improved delivery models, team structures, and product governance practices.

Education Level
Bachelor's Degree

Experience/Demonstrated Competencies
- Previous experience working as Product Owner, Product Manager, or similar role in a technology-driven environment.
- Demonstrated experience in backlog ownership and prioritisation.
- Experience working closely with development teams in an agile setting.
- Experience within financial services or regulated environments is an advantage.

Language Competencies
- Fluency in English.
- Swedish or other Nordic languages are an advantage.

Knowledge required
- Understanding of software development lifecycles and technical solution design.
- Knowledge of agile/and or scaled agile delivery frameworks.
- Can demonstrate knowledge about backlog management, prioritization techniques, and refinement practices.
- Understanding of regulatory, risk, and compliance considerations within banking.
- Proven knowledge around technical debt, quality metrics, and system lifecycle management.

Capabilities for this job
- Able to align multiple stakeholders around clear technical priorities.
- Can lead the decision-making with defined mandates.
- Demonstrates skills related to analytical and problem-solving capability in technical delivery contexts.
- Ability to translate complex requirements into technically actionable backlog items.
- Clear demonstrable experience of strong stakeholder communication and prioritisation skills.
- Capable of presenting and explaining technical priorities to non-technical audiences.

What motivates you?
- Strength of ownership – takes full accountability for the technical product backlog, quality, and delivery outcomes, ensuring clarity and focus in complex delivery.
- Always committed to delivery – consistently drives progress, prioritization, and follow-through to ensure reliable delivery of technical solutions aligned with business and regulatory needs.
- Passion for building sustainable technical solutions – motivated by improving technical health, reducing risk, and enabling long-term maintainability of systems and products.
- Highly collaborative – thrives in close collaboration with development teams, architects, and stakeholders, fostering shared understanding and alignment across organizational boundaries.
- Inspirational in how you create clarity and direction – brings structure, transparency and confidence to teams by translating complex requirements into clear, actionable, technical priorities.

Ready to apply?
If this sounds like your kind of workplace, we would love to hear from you. You do not have to tick every single box. What matters most is your drive, your ideas and your willingness to grow with us. Our application process is simple. Just click on the Apply Button and we will get in touch with you soon. Apply today and let us build something different together. You want to know more about Ikano Bank? Check out our videos about culture, social/corporate responsibility and everyday working at the bank. For any questions, feel free to contact us at Se e-mailadresse på jobbank.dk .

Salary (per annum)
According to the market

Ikano Bank Benefits
Annual Social Day for all Employees
Favorable Conditions for Ikano Bank Products

Applications Close Date
23 Oct 2026