Nationwide
Data & Design Lead

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Role Overview
In this role, you’ll be an integral part of the newly formed Business Data team, working within the broader Business Banking function. You’ll work collaboratively with key stakeholders across the Society to manage data across Business Banking as a whole, understand problems and opportunities, and build out data and analytic solutions and insights. This is with the context of internal goals, innovation, and external insights, whilst identifying opportunities and supporting the development and execution of Society & Business Banking strategies. This is a new role and you’ve an amazing opportunity to leverage your strengths and help shape our future success.
Responsibilities
What you’ll be doing
- Leading a team and supporting the broader function with initiatives, activities, integration and transformation, while developing and maintaining strong working relationships within the broader Society.
- Developing a range of activities associated with understanding and optimising Business Banking data, using advanced analytical skills and technologies to provide accurate, timely and insightful analysis of data.
- Developing solutions to improve strategies and personalisation, ultimately providing data-led, transformative valuable analytics.
- Designing and implementing complex solutions into efficient, controlled and auditable BAU processes.
- Managing business scope areas and critical data including identifying, assessing, preventing and mitigating risks and issues.
- Exploring the responsible adoption and use cases of AI within the function and wider organisation.
About You
We need you to have:
- Demonstrable experience of people leadership.
- Knowledge and experience of Financial Services and Data Management risks, controls, products, propositions, organisational structures, systems, processes, operations and data landscape.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills, with the ability to convey complex messages and ideas to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience in designing, building, monitoring and optimising complex strategies/solutions and data analytics with high levels of automation and controls.
- Expertise in logically analysing and interpreting data, backed by a high-level qualification in a relevant discipline or a strong track record within the field (particularly SAS/SQL, modelling and reporting techniques).
- An understanding of AI with appetite to learn more.
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Our Customer First Behaviours
- Feel what customers feel: We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind.
- Say it straight: We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand.
- Push for better: We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development.
- Get it done: We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes.
You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.
Qualifications
The Extras You’ll Get
- 25 days holiday, pro rata.
- Access to private medical insurance.
- A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement.
- Access to an annual performance-related bonus.
- Training and development to help you progress your career.
- A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme.
- Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death.
- Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
- Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year.


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Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society
We forge our own path at Nationwide.
As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.
If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.
At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community, we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers, communities, and broader society.
We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstoppably Nationwide.
What to do Next
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