Strategic Growth & Corporate Development Manager

Santander; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 127,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive rewards

Wellbeing support and benefits

Enhanced family leave and childcare

Job summary

Santander UK plc is seeking a Senior Strategy and Corporate Development Manager to shape and evolve the long-term strategic plan for Milton Keynes operations in alignment with Group priorities.

You will lead strategic planning with senior leadership, track initiatives, perform market and macroeconomic analysis, and translate insights into actionable investments and transformation projects, with end-to-end ownership and clear communications to the Board and external stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Finance, Business Administration or Economics, or substantial demonstrable work experience supported by professional training (Required)
• High-level strategic thinking, problem solving, and executive engagement with deep sector knowledge in financial services (Required)
• Strong influencing skills with experience shaping senior-level decisions (Preferred)
• Proficient in creating clear, executive-ready deliverables using PowerPoint, Excel, Word and Outlook (Required)
• Experience with data mining and data-driven insights (Preferred)

Responsibilities

• Shape and evolve Santander's long-term strategic plan in alignment with business and Group priorities.
• Lead strategic planning with senior leadership and drive initiative prioritisation and resource allocation.
• Track execution of strategic initiatives, flag risks and adapt plans to ensure value realisation.
• Conduct deep market and competitive analysis to identify growth opportunities in financial services.
• Translate insights into actionable strategies for investment, growth, and transformation.
• Own end-to-end delivery of strategic projects and prepare materials for senior management and the Board.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Executive engagement

Financial analysis

Influencing skills

Data mining

Education

Undergraduate degree in Finance, Business Administration or Economics

Tools

PowerPoint

Excel

Word

Outlook

Data mining tools

Job description

Santander UK plc is seeking a Senior Strategy and Corporate Development Manager to shape and evolve the long-term strategic plan for Milton Keynes operations in alignment with Group priorities.

You will lead strategic planning with senior leadership, track initiatives, perform market and macroeconomic analysis, and translate insights into actionable investments and transformation projects, with end-to-end ownership and clear communications to the Board and external stakeholders.