Programme Manager
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- The extras you’ll get
- There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
- 30 days holiday, pro rata
- 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 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.
- What to do next
- If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.
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- Disability Confident
- 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.
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- Proven experience leading at least one complex technology programme with a total value of more than £10 million, including accountability for delivery plans, financial management, governance, risks and outcomes.
- Extensive experience in both programme management and enterprise architecture within a large and complex organisation.
- Demonstrable experience solving complex technical integration challenges involving multiple systems, platforms, data flows, technology teams or business areas.
- Working knowledge of enterprise and application architecture principles, with the ability to understand technology landscapes, integration patterns, dependencies, and architectural constraints to support integrated delivery planning, governance, and decision-making across complex change portfolios. Able to collaborate effectively with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Engineering Teams, and Platform Owners to ensure programme delivery aligns with target-state architecture, technology strategy, and organisational standards.
- Proven experience identifying and managing cross-programme dependencies, architectural constraints, critical paths and delivery sequencing across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Exposure to a consulting background where you have practical experience designing or implementing operating model, technology strategy and end-to-end process transformation, with measurable improvements to delivery, efficiency, control or customer outcomes.
- Practical experience designing and implementing AI-enabled solutions, including AI agents, custom automation applications, and intelligent workflows using technologies such as Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, Copilot Studio, Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Demonstrated ability to build agentic solutions, automate business processes, orchestrate complex workflows, generate insights from organisational data, and improve operational and delivery outcomes. Experience applying effective prompting, AI governance, and low-code/no-code development to deliver measurable business value.
- Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
- Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
- Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
- Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes
- You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.
Responsibilities
- What you’ll be doing
- On a typical day, you’ll bring together architects, engineers and programme leaders to work through issues that cannot be resolved within a single team or programme. You’ll get hands-on with complex technical challenges, applying enterprise architecture concepts and structured frameworks to understand root causes, assess options and develop practical solutions. You’ll review how systems, platforms, data and processes connect, identifying where changes to architecture, integration, delivery sequencing or resources are needed. You’ll turn this analysis into clear recommendations that help senior leaders make informed decisions and enable teams to move forward. You’ll also work with teams to redesign processes and introduce artificial intelligence-enabled tools and ways of working that deliver measurable improvements.
- About you
- To be successful in this role, you’ll demonstrate:
- Proven experience leading at least one complex technology programme with a total value of more than £10 million, including accountability for delivery plans, financial management, governance, risks and outcomes.
- Extensive experience in both programme management and enterprise architecture within a large and complex organisation.
- Demonstrable experience solving complex technical integration challenges involving multiple systems, platforms, data flows, technology teams or business areas.
- Working knowledge of enterprise and application architecture principles, with the ability to understand technology landscapes, integration patterns, dependencies, and architectural constraints to support integrated delivery planning, governance, and decision-making across complex change portfolios. Able to collaborate effectively with Enterprise Architects, Solution Architects, Engineering Teams, and Platform Owners to ensure programme delivery aligns with target-state architecture, technology strategy, and organisational standards.
- Proven experience identifying and managing cross-programme dependencies, architectural constraints, critical paths and delivery sequencing across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Exposure to a consulting background where you have practical experience designing or implementing operating model, technology strategy and end-to-end process transformation, with measurable improvements to delivery, efficiency, control or customer outcomes.
- Practical experience designing and implementing AI-enabled solutions, including AI agents, custom automation applications, and intelligent workflows using technologies such as Azure AI Foundry, Microsoft Fabric, Copilot Studio, Power Platform and Microsoft 365 Copilot. Demonstrated ability to build agentic solutions, automate business processes, orchestrate complex workflows, generate insights from organisational data, and improve operational and delivery outcomes. Experience applying effective prompting, AI governance, and low-code/no-code development to deliver measurable business value.
- Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:
- Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind
- Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand
- Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development
- Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes
- You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.
Preferred Qualifications
- Access to an annual performance-related bonus
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