Strategy & Innovation Manager, VP

As Strategy & Innovation Manager, you'll project manage and deliver the strategy of innovation projects through all stages of the innovation lifecycle, including design, build and test. With strong communication and collaborative skills, youll lead commercial discussions and decisions to bring innovative solutions to our customers and front-line colleagues.

Additionally, youll be:

• Planning, organising, and delivering projects individually or through project teams
• Sourcing innovative ideas to build innovation pipelines that are aligned to and support the business strategy and are based on customer needs
• Iterating and shaping propositions and projects, building on insight and testing with customers and commercial business needs
• Analysing business performance, competitor activity, potential business opportunities and customer behaviours
• Collaborating closely with colleagues and preparing reports for executive and board audiences

Youll already have twelve plus years of experience of working in innovation, particularly within financial services. Well also be looking for you to have the ability to rapidly deliver projects, preferably using Agile methodologies.

Youll also need:

• Proven responsibility of delivery of a variety of projects utilising Agile approaches and matrix management of project team
• Experience within the financial services sector and ideally working on AI/ML projects
• Experience in stakeholder and business management, building out and agreeing project ideas from ideation through to delivery, managing the customer experience whilst managing costs
• Should act as a translator between business and project / technical team