Senior Change Leader - Governance and Risk (Hybrid)

Description This; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical insurance

Pension (competitive)

Annual performance-related bonus

Training and development

Salary sacrifice scheme

Life assurance

Wellhub health & wellness

Paid volunteering up to 2 days

Job summary

Nationwide is seeking a Senior Change Management professional to oversee a complex enterprise change schedule in a large technology environment. The role requires influencing senior stakeholders and balancing delivery with service stability and risk appetite.

You will operate in a hybrid model, spending significant time across Nationwide’s UK-wide estate, with at least two days per week at the Swindon office. The position emphasizes governance, risk management, and continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in Change Management within a complex technology environment.
• Leadership judgement and risk-based decision-making experience.
• Proven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders.
• Understanding of operational risk, service protection and change governance.
• Ability to assess the cumulative risk and service impact of concurrent change.
• A track record of driving accountability, governance and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic oversight of a complex enterprise change schedule, assessing high-risk and high-impact changes and identifying dependencies and risk.
• Collaborate across Chief Information Office areas, programmes and projects to influence implementation plans and change windows.
• Use incidents and operational outcomes to strengthen change governance and reduce future service risk.
• Work with Service Introduction, Configuration Management and Service Operations to ensure dependencies are understood and escalated when needed.

Skills

Change Management

Leadership judgement

Influence senior stakeholders

Operational risk & governance

Risk assessment of concurrent change

Accountability & continuous improve

Job description

Nationwide is seeking a Senior Change Management professional to oversee a complex enterprise change schedule in a large technology environment. The role requires influencing senior stakeholders and balancing delivery with service stability and risk appetite.

You will operate in a hybrid model, spending significant time across Nationwide’s UK-wide estate, with at least two days per week at the Swindon office. The position emphasizes governance, risk management, and continuous improvement.