Strategy and Innovation Manager, Director

Join us as a Strategy & Innovation Manager

• If you're passionate about innovation, particularly within the finance industry, this exciting role could suit your interests
• You'll be supporting all aspects of strategy and innovation activities, helping us to build our bank of the future
• In return, you’ll enjoy lots of exposure to our executive and senior management teams
• We are offering this role at director level

What you'll do

As Strategy & Innovation Manager, you'll drive and deliver the strategy of innovation projects through all stages of the innovation lifecycle, including design, build and test. With strong communication and collaborative skills, you’ll lead commercial discussions and decisions to bring innovative solutions to our customers and front-line colleagues.

Additionally, you’ll be:

• Planning, organising, and delivering projects individually or through project teams
• Sourcing and prioritising innovative ideas to build a pipeline that is aligned to and supports the business strategy and our customers' needs
• Analysing business performance, competitor activity, potential business opportunities and customer behaviours
• Preparing reports for executive and board audiences
• Driving the development of an innovation culture and capability

The skills you'll need

You’ll already have significant change management experience, alongside a background as a project management practitioner, preferably in using Agile methodologies.

If you have a formal project management qualification, this would also be an advantage.

You’ll also need:

• Experience of working with financial services sector and ideally working on AI / ML projects
• The ability to deliver a variety of individual / portfolio of projects utilising Agile approaches
• Knowledge of innovation, particularly within financial services
• A background of working in a customer experience or customer design-led environment
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to work with a range of senior stakeholders and influence and challenge constructively

Hours

45

Job Posting Closing Date:

18/08/2025