Senior Manager, Product – Product Strategy & Operations

United Kingdom

Join us as a Senior Manager, Product – Product Strategy & Operations and play a pivotal role in shaping a brand-new function at the heart of Retail Products. This is a unique opportunity to help define cross-product strategies and customer propositions, influence how products are delivered across the business, and drive innovative thinking that improves both customer outcomes and commercial performance.

Working alongside a team of experienced leaders, you will help establish and grow a function designed to bring greater efficiency, effectiveness and strategic focus across our products and customer journeys.

As an experienced people leader with a strong background in product management, strategy and proposition development, you will be instrumental in building and developing a high-performing team while setting the direction for and delivering key strategic initiatives. Drawing on your leadership experience and understanding of the financial services market, you will shape cross-product agendas, deliver proof-of-concept initiatives that demonstrate customer and commercial value, and bring ideas to life through clear, compelling communication.

This role offers the chance to make a visible impact, influence senior stakeholders and help create a function that will play a critical role in the future success of our Retail Products business.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.

The working hours (per week) for this role can be between 28 and 35 hours.

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 job you'll be located at our nearest regional office or hub. There will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration and in some locations you’ll be expected to spend at least two days a week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, in the office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

Uncompromisingly Customer, whatever our role

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• Private medical insurance
• A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement
• Access to an annual performance-related bonus
• Training and development to help you progress your career
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death
• Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to…