Global Head – Digital Distribution | S3 | Santander Navigator | London

Santander; London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Santander as the Global Head of Digital Distribution, where you will lead a digital strategy that empowers SMEs to navigate international trade. With your strategic mindset and expertise, you will foster partnerships and deliver innovative solutions essential for accessing global markets. This role offers competitive compensation, hybrid work patterns, and the chance to make a real impact in the world of digital trade.

Benefits

30 days holiday plus bank holidays

£6,000 car allowance per year

Company funded individual private medical insurance

Discretionary performance-related annual bonus

Pension contributions up to 12.5%

Qualifications

• Experience with digital trade tools and platforms.
• Established network in global digital trade.
• Excellent communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Designing and delivering a digital trade strategy and roadmap.
• Building partnerships across sectors.
• Identifying and activating tools for SMEs.

Skills

Strategic mindset

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder engagement

Knowledge of digital trade trends

Education

Relevant higher education degree

Job description

Global Head – Digital Distribution | S3 | Santander Navigator | London

Country: United Kingdom

Join our community:

We’re a fast-paced, innovative business area, revolutionising the way people trade internationally. We are looking for a talented and passionate editorial assistant/sub-editor to help us take our digital international trade platform to new global heights.

Navigator Global is here to help SMEs take on the world of international trade and win. SMEs that operate across borders are often more resilient, more profitable, and grow faster than those that stick to domestic markets. However, for many businesses, the time, cost, and risk of going global can stand in the way of success. Owned by Santander and supported by the global transformation capabilities of dentsu, Navigator Global is launching a world-first platform and ecosystem delivering intelligent insight, coaching and connections to help SMEs tackle the complexity, risk and cost of doing business across borders.

As Head of Digital Trade Enablement, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping how we help SMEs tackle the complexity, risk and cost of trading internationally in the digital age. You’ll lead the development of a compelling digital and electronic trade proposition, build trusted partnerships and activate the ecosystem that makes global growth accessible for every business on our platform.

If you’re passionate about breaking down barriers to international trade, thrive on driving innovation through digital solutions, and want to make a real difference to SMEs worldwide, we want to hear from you.

The difference you’ll make:

• Designing and delivering a clear digital and electronic trade strategy and roadmap aligned to SME needs and global trends

• Building a strong ecosystem of partners, providers and collaborators across the public and private sectors

• Identifying and activating digital tools and solutions that help SMEs overcome cross-border trade barriers, particularly in the food and beverage, consumer goods, manufacturing, and industrial sectors.

• Collaborating with internal teams to integrate digital and electronic trade enablement into our wider proposition and platform

What you’ll bring:

These are the essential requirements you need to be successful in this role:

(Strategic mindset with strong commercial acumen, able to translate vision into actionable roadmaps and identify digital tools, products and services that drive SME success

• An established network of senior contacts and collaborators in the global digital trade, online marketplace, or international trade policy space

• Excellent knowledge of digital trade trends, technologies and regulatory frameworks, as well as familiarity with emerging technologies and tools such as cross-border e-commerce, digital platforms and ecosystems that help SMEs trade across borders

• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with experience building relationships across public and private sectors

It would also be nice for you to have:

• Experience developing and delivering digital trade propositions, tools and platforms that enable SMEs to access global markets more efficiently

• Experience working within or alongside relevant public or private sector bodies – such as government trade departments, chambers of commerce, trade associations, or international digital trade and e-commerce solution providers

• Solid understanding of international trade and the practical barriers and opportunities facing SMEs and an understanding of global market dynamics to ensure propositions resonate with SMEs across markets and sectors around the world

What else you need to know:

• This role is based in Triton Square.

• We want our people to thrive at work and home and be able to deliver the best outcomes for our customers and to help each other develop. To support this, we offer site-based contracts with a hybrid working pattern and our expected level of attendance in an office is at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles).

• If you apply for this role in this location, it’s important you consider your travelling distance, time and cost from your home to the office location.

• We are happy to discuss specific working patterns and arrangement within this hybrid approach during the recruitment process.

Inclusion

At Santander we’re creating a thriving workplace where all colleagues feel they belong and are supported to succeed. We all help to make Santander a workplace that celebrates diversity and attracts, retains and develops the most talented and committed people through living our values of Simple, Personal, and Fair.

How we’ll reward you.

As well as a competitive salary, you’ll enjoy a benefits package that you can tailor to your needs.

• Eligible for a discretionary performance-related annual bonus.

• We put 8% of salary into your pension, even if you don’t contribute yourself. We’ll pay in up to 12.5% of salary, if you contribute as well, and you can take some of our contribution in cash if you prefer.

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, which increases to 31 days after 5yrs service, with the option to purchase up to 5 contractual days per year.

• £6,000 car allowance per year.

• Company funded individual private medical insurance.

• Voluntary healthcare benefits at discounted rates such as private medical insurance for your family, dental insurance, and health assessments.

• Protection for you and your family, with company-funded death-in-service benefit and income protection insurance, and the option to take advantage of discounted rates for additional life assurance and critical illness cover.

• Share in Santander’s success by saving or investing inour shareplans.

• As a Santander UK employee, you are able to request staff versions of our products like our Edge Current Accounts and Credit Cards with no fees, as well as apply to many other deals and discounts in Santander products and services

What to do next:

If this sounds like a role you’re interested in, then please apply.

If there’s anything we can do in the recruitment process to help you achieve your best, get in touch. Whether it’s a copy of our application form in another format or additional assistance, we’re available through email. You can contact us at [e-mail].