Senior Migration Strategy Lead - Dress Rehearsals (Hybrid)

Santander Group; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 72,000 - 108,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days holiday + bank holidays

£6,000 car allowance per year

Private medical insurance

Death in service

Share plans

Staff product discounts

Wellbeing program

Family leave options

Volunteering opportunities

Global career development

Job summary

Santander UK is seeking a Migration Approach & Dress Rehearsal Lead in London or Milton Keynes for an 18-month FTC/Secondment. You will shape the migration approach, define wave plans, and lead dress rehearsal strategy across customer and product migrations.

You will drive strategic design, governance, and readiness, ensuring alignment with regulatory commitments, customer outcomes, and delivery milestones.

Qualifications

• Large scale Retail Banking migrations experience.
• Leadership across business & technology.
• Migration testing and dress rehearsal strategy.
• Knowledge of regulatory requirements and Part VII awareness.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic design of the migration approach: objectives, results, CSFs.
• Define guardrails, segmentation, wave approach, and timelines.
• Develop detailed dress rehearsals blueprint and ensure alignment with regulatory commitments.
• Maintain readiness and governance framework for migration programs.

Skills

Wave design

Migration guardrails

Runbooks

Entry/exit criteria

Regulatory awareness

Senior leadership

Executive facilitation

Structured decision making

Ambiguity tolerance

Challenge evidence

Education

Degree or equivalent experience

Resilience/test qualifications

Job description

Santander UK is seeking a Migration Approach & Dress Rehearsal Lead in London or Milton Keynes for an 18-month FTC/Secondment. You will shape the migration approach, define wave plans, and lead dress rehearsal strategy across customer and product migrations.

You will drive strategic design, governance, and readiness, ensuring alignment with regulatory commitments, customer outcomes, and delivery milestones.