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Project Manager Role - Virgin Money to Nationwide Retail Migration
This role sits within Core Banking as part of the Virgin Money Systematics Retail Migration, a transformation programme supporting the integration of Virgin Money into Nationwide. Working across Personal Current Accounts and Savings delivery teams, the programme will ensure systems, data, and processes are integrated safely and under governance.
This is an exciting opportunity to play your part in a major step in the Integration of Virgin Money into Nationwide, with the Migration of the retail Personal Current Accounts and Savings back books onto the Nationwide platform
Are you meticulous and methodical when it comes to planning a new piece of work with multiple workstreams? Do you thrive under pressure working within a fast-paced and challenging environment? Do you have an interest in mitigating risks and issues for complex scenarios? Can you quickly build lasting relationships with stakeholders? Can you work with ambiguity? If so, then this Project Manager role could be for you.
We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.
About the Role
At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.
For this job you'll be located at our nearest regional office or hub. There will be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration and in some locations you’ll be expected to spend at least two days a week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, in the office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works.
Nationwide is committed to the redeployment of our employees impacted by change, as such applications for redeployment candidates will be prioritised in this recruitment process. If you’re a colleague on long-term absence (for example, on parental leave) or a temporary worker, please use your personal email address to submit an application.
RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll be doing
This is an exciting opportunity within the Core team – on a day-to-day basis you will own and support the management of projects through the full lifecycle from inception through to close-down. This will involve supporting scoping, planning, estimating, and delivering the change.
You will take responsibility for the delivery and management of successful projects against agreed delivery plan(s) to time and quality, managing workstream plans and supporting the Senior Delivery Manager. This will involve business readiness, control development, monitoring and implementation. You must be adept at working with ambiguity and delivering at pace, providing timely updates and reporting to the Programme Lead/Senior Delivery Manager on progress, updates to plans, risks and issues.
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Working with multiple teams you will show understanding of multiple dynamics. The projects you work on will range from the front door, to close down and continuous improvement activities and you’ll work so that the solutions linked to the projects are implemented to ensure they meet the needs of our customers.
Continuous improvement is a key part of our strategy; by identifying and implementing opportunities for improvement you will deliver business benefits and efficiencies, as well as pro-active identification, communication and resolution of risks and issues.
You will support the utilisation of the appropriate delivery methodology and production of collateral, and you will enable delivery of the defined outcomes. This role encompasses collaboration with colleagues across the organisation ensuring that work is delivered on time, to the required quality and aligning to the Remediation principles and governance framework.
About you
As a minimum requirement, you’ll have:
- Demonstrable leadership and delivery discipline in a complex environment, championing continuous improvement, embedding best practice frameworks and ensuring outcomes align to strategic objectives
- Capability in identifying, tracking and resolving risks, issues and interdependencies across projects
- Build effective working relationships across multiple teams, Value Streams and 3rd party suppliers
- Knowledge and experience of working with different change methodologies e.g. Agile and experience of robust governance and reporting frameworks
- Hands on experience using Jira for project tracking and reporting
- Operate effectively in a continuously changing and complex environment with competing priorities
Our Customer First Behaviours
Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:
- 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
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
- 25 days holiday, pro rata
- 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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About Nationwide
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
If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.
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We’re not just guided by data, we’re driven by the real experiences of our people. We’re a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level.
That’s why we’re constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion. Whatever your needs, we’re here to support you. If you need any additional support throughout your application journey, email our team at Recruitment Support [Recruitment.Support@nationwide-jobs.co.uk].
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