Project Lead

Nationwide Group; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

12-month secondment

Job summary

Nationwide Group is seeking a proactive, high-performing Project Manager to join the Change and Delivery team within Workplace, Property and Colleague Enablement. You will lead end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of change initiatives, adapting your approach to manage complexity and drive safe delivery at pace.

You will own delivery plans, governance, reporting, budgets and controls, and proactively manage risks, issues and suppliers.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of change initiatives from discovery to benefits realisation.
• Own delivery plans, governance, reporting, budgets and financial controls.
• Manage suppliers and third-party partners and coordinate with stakeholders.
• Contribute to strategic change roadmaps and quarterly planning cycles.

Job description

We are looking for a proactive, high-performing, driven Project Manager to join our Change and Delivery team within Workplace, Property and Colleague Enablement. This role will use appropriate frameworks, tools and techniques to shape, plan and lead the end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of change initiatives, adapting approach to manage complexity and drive safe delivery at pace.

The role will work with stakeholders and the supply chain to agree scope, outcomes, plans, dependencies and resourcing needs, ensuring the right capacity and capability are in place to deliver towards the overall change team Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) and manage expectations throughout. The role will act as a facilitator and leader who helps and supports delivery teams to perform at their best, aligned to agreed change practices, processes and governance.

Typically, you'll be managing the full lifecycle from discovery and planning through to implementation, close-down, and benefits realisation. Furthermore, you will ensure that delivery remains aligned with agreed objectives, timelines, and business outcomes.

Additionally, you will own delivery plans, governance, reporting, budgets, and financial controls, ensuring projects are delivered efficiently and provide value for money. Alongside this, you will proactively manage risks and issues, putting mitigations in place and escalating concerns where necessary to maintain successful delivery.

This role also includes managing suppliers and third-party partners, defining requirements, monitoring performance against agreed milestones and SLAs, and ensuring effective collaboration with internal stakeholders. Another key aspect is to contribute to strategic planning activities, including change roadmaps, prioritisation, and quarterly planning cycles.

Working closely with Delivery Support and wider teams, the successful candidate will help optimise resources, remove blockers, and promote a culture of accountability and high performance. They will also drive continuous improvement by applying lessons learned and enhancing delivery standards, methodologies, and ways of working

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.

This is a 12-month secondment opportunity.

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 role, you'll be based at your nearest regional office or hub. We value time spent together to connect with colleagues for collaboration so there will be a regular requirement to attend our Swindon site approximately once per quarter. If you are based at an office location, you'll be expected to meet our hybrid working requirement of at least two days a week, or 40% of your working time if part-time, in the office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works.

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.