Lead Product Manager

This is a great opportunity for an individual who wants to develop their career in Intermediaries & Partnerships. As a leader within our Mortgage Partnerships team, you'll play a key role in shaping the future of our strategic mortgage partnerships, owning and driving the performance of these relationships while ensuring they support Nationwide's broader mortgage and intermediary strategy.

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 spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Northampton or Bournemouth office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.

Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process.

If you're a colleague on long-term absence (for example, on parental leave) or a temporary worker, please use your personal email address to submit an application.

Uncompromisingly Customer, whatever our role

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

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 be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.

We're not just guided by data, we're driven by the real experiences of our people. We're a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level.

That's why we're constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion. Whatever your needs, we're here to support you. If you need any additional support throughout your application journey, email our team at Recruitment Support.

You'll be responsible for leading a team of product professionals covering mortgage partnerships, fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration and customer focus, while driving positive commercial, operational and customer outcomes through our external partnerships. You'll lead the teams responsible for managing external mortgage partnerships, ensuring suppliers perform in line with contractual commitments, Nationwide's Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) Framework and expected customer outcomes.

As a people leader, you'll be accountable for team priorities, workload management and resource allocation, ensuring the successful delivery of strategic, operational and regulatory objectives.

A key part of the role will involve overseeing supplier governance and relationship management. You'll ensure multiple suppliers are managed in accordance with Nationwide's SRM Framework and that contractual obligations are understood,…