Customer Operations Change Manager

Starling Bank Limited; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Starling Bank is seeking a Customer Operations Change Manager to enhance customer experience and drive operational efficiency. The ideal candidate will manage change initiatives, ensuring they are effectively scoped and implemented, leading a team of change partners. This role integrates strategic objectives with change management processes, providing an opportunity to influence the bank's operational success.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus public holidays

Extra day’s holiday for your birthday

16 hours paid volunteering time per year

Salary sacrifice and enhanced pension scheme

Private Medical Insurance

Generous family-friendly policies

Perkbox membership for discounts

Cycle to Work initiatives

Qualifications

• Experience managing change and transformational projects in banking.
• Excellent project management skills.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Change Partners and provide coaching.
• Lead and deliver end to end change initiatives.
• Own the change management approach and stakeholder engagement.

Skills

Project Management

Interpersonal Skills

Problem Solving

Analytical Skills

Change Management

Job description

Hello, we’re Starling. We built a new kind of bank because we knew technology had thepower to help people save, spend and manage their money in a new and transformative way. We’re a fully licensed UK bank with the culture and spirit of a fast-moving, disruptive tech company. We’re a bank, but better: fairer, easier to use and designed to demystify money for everyone. We employ more than 3,500 people across our London, Southampton, Cardiff and Manchester offices.

About the role:

The Customer Operations Change Manager is responsible for managing a small team of change partners and leading and delivering change initiatives that support the Bank and Customer Operations' strategic objectives. The role ensures that change initiatives are effectively scoped, planned, implemented, and embedded across Customer Operations - enhancing customer experience, driving operational efficiency, and maintaining regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities:

• Manage a team of Change Partners and provide coaching and development to enhance skills and knowledge.
• Lead and deliver end to end change initiatives
• Own the change management approach, including stakeholder engagement, business readiness plans, and post implementation support.
• Develop and manage detailed project plans, identifying critical milestones, resource needs, risks and dependencies.
• Collaborate with cross functional teams (Customer Operations and the Bank) to solve problems.
• Track and report on change outcomes
• Act as Customer Operations lead on a number initiatives and coordinating with the rest of the business areas to shape and influence the delivery of change.

Applications will close on Monday 9th June at 9am.

• Experience and understanding of managing change and transformational projects within banking or financial services (desired)
• Excellent project management skills
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to influence others at all levels
• Experience working in cross functional teams
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and adapting evolving priorities
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills and risk management

• 25 days holiday (plus take your public holiday allowance whenever works best for you)
• An extra day’s holiday for your birthday
• Annual leave is increased with length of service, and you can choose to buy or sell up to five extra days off
• 16 hours paid volunteering time a year
• Salary sacrifice, company enhanced pension scheme
• Life insurance at 4x your salary & group income protection
• Private Medical Insurance with VitalityHealth including mental health support and cancer care. Partner benefits include discounts with Waitrose, Mr&Mrs Smith and Peloton
• Generous family-friendly policies
• Incentives refer a friend scheme
• Perkbox membership giving access to retail discounts, a wellness platform for physical and mental health, and weekly free and boosted perks
• Access to initiatives like Cycle to Work, Salary Sacrificed Gym partnerships and Electric Vehicle (EV) leasing

About us:

You may be put off applying for a role because you don't tick every box. Forget that! While we can’t accommodate every flexible working request, we're always open to discussion. So, if you're excited about working with us, but aren’t sure if you're 100% there yet, get in touch anyway.We’re on a mission to radically reshape banking – and that starts with our brilliant team. Whatever came before, we’re proud to bring together people of all backgrounds and experiences who love working together to solve problems.

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