Strategic Initiatives Manager

Job Description

We’re recruiting for aStrategic Initiatives Manager to join us. We’re offering a competitive base salary plus 12% car allowance.

Join our Retail Retirement team as a Strategic Initiatives Manager, where you’ll help shape and deliver the strategic vision for Retail Annuities and Home Finance. This is a high-impact role, working closely with senior leaders and teams across the business to support commercial priorities, customer needs, operational effectiveness and strong governance.

We’re looking for someone who enjoys bringing people together, using insight to guide decisions and turning strategy into clear, practical action. You’ll be part of a collaborative environment where inclusive thinking, strong stakeholder engagement and a genuine focus on good customer outcomes are central to how we work.

• Shaping the Retail Retirement strategy and key initiatives in partnership with the leadership team
• Building insight into the market, wider environment and customer needs to inform strategic decisions
• Developing strategic content for senior stakeholders, committees and planning forums
• Working with colleagues across the business to embed the strategic vision clearly and consistently
• Monitoring the performance of strategic initiatives against financial targets and business objectives
• Establishing and facilitating effective governance across key meetings, forums and decision-making processes
• Managing the preparation of papers, minutes and action tracking for important business forums
• Ensuring customer outcomes and Conduct Risk principles are considered in day-to-day activity

• Experience in financial services, ideally within pensions, retirement, annuities or home finance (Desirable)
• Knowledge of product and proposition design, product management and governance
• Understanding of the regulatory environment relevant to pensions and retirement markets
• Experience developing and delivering product or business strategy
• Confidence using data, market awareness and insight to support business decisions
• Experience working in an Agile delivery environment
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders
• A degree, MBA or comparable practical experience would be helpful, but is not essential

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net‑zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in‑person experience