Product Manager - Sustainable Finance Manager

Description

Do you want to have an influence on making the UK a more responsible business market, helping our business customers to decarbonise and make their business more responsible?

Following the acquisition of Virgin Money, Nationwide is on a bold journey to build a credible, relationship‑led Business Bank, combining strong customer advocacy, deep sector and local knowledge, sustainable growth and disciplined risk management aligned to the benefits of being a modern mutual.

Business Banking is seeking a Product Manager – Sustainable Finance Manager to manage our responsible business programme and support Nationwide to deliver responsible business banking as we bring the mutual model to the UK SME market.

The role will help set the direction and monitor progress of key initiatives such as the Responsible Business Club, the Sustainable Finance Framework, data enhancements and Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) disclosures.

The role sits within the Business Management function which oversees delivery across Business Banking by coordinating priorities, unblocking issues, and driving pace, focus and execution across the leadership agenda. The team is responsible for driving Business Banking performance, sustainability and engagement, strengthening connection, clarity and capability.

The Product Manager – Sustainable Finance Manager is a new role – with an opportunity for the successful candidate to shape and evolve the role – with an overarching ambition to help our business customers with their sustainability ambitions.

Working as part of a small team, the role holder has an opportunity to shape and influence how we deliver responsible business banking, in a style that reflects Nationwide’s values: customer‑first, inclusive, collaborative and principled.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this role, you will be part of our growing Business Banking team, meeting with and supporting customers across your assigned region. As such, you can be based anywhere across the mainland UK, provided you are able to travel regularly to meet clients within your region. Additionally, there will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues through collaboration events at one of our office locations.

These are currently expected to take place monthly in Glasgow or London, although locations may vary. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will share further details on how this will work in practice. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

The role will help set and steer a 2030 roadmap of actions in collaboration with the Senior Manager for Sustainable Finance, ensuring this work feeds directly into the Group’s overarching Climate Plan.

It involves working closely with the Sustainable Finance Industry Managers to monitor and manage progress across the Group Transition, providing oversight of Business Bank deliverables and ensuring alignment with wider organisational objectives.

In partnership with the Senior Manager for Sustainable Finance, the role helps to bring together the various components of the organisation’s responsible business proposition, ensuring a coherent and compelling narrative is presented at Board and Executive Committee level.

The role provides guidance and support to the Sustainable Finance Senior Specialist across reporting, insight and analysis, and communications, helping to maintain high‑quality outputs and effective stakeholder engagement.

The role includes full end‑to‑end product management of the Sustainable Business Coach, ensuring it remains effective, relevant and aligned with the organisation’s wider sustainability objectives. It also carries responsibility for contract management relating to the partnership with Trinity AgTech, maintaining strong governance and ensuring the partnership continues to deliver value.

In addition, the…