Strategy Manager - London, United Kingdom - Lloyds Banking Group

Lloyds Banking Group

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London, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

End Date
Thursday 06 April 2023

Salary Range
£52,912 - £66,140

Agile Working Options
Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion

Job Description Summary

Job Description:

Who

With over 30 million customers across our three main brands, Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) is the UK's leading digital bank, as well as the UK's biggest mobile bank.

Our footprint touches nearly every household in Britain, meaning our work offers major support to the UK economy.

Across the Group, our people are passionate about making a difference, to customers, businesses and communities through our purpose - to Help Britain prosper.

The Role

You will join our Chief Technology Strategy Office (CTSO) to help drive our mission of seamlessly embedding technology into the DNA of the business unlocking innovation and influencing the technology enabled future of our Group.

We are accountable on behalf of the CTO for the technology strategy ensuring it is clearly defined, communicated, delivered and interconnected with the Group Strategy.

Key accountabilities

Support the continual evolution of the Group's Technology Strategy
Support with the mobilisation of an interaction and engagement model for delivering the Technology Strategy
Formulate executive content to align decision making on the Bank's technology vision
Own and drive high profile initiatives to completion across a wide variety of technology and business domains
Continue to build out the CTO's vision and brand as we embark on the next chapter of our strategy
Identifying key project collaborators and develops an appropriate engagement plan for both internal and external audiences
Provide an environment that supports colleagues autonomy to implement business strategy, whilst remaining personally accountable for delivering on promises

About You

Embody and role model our renewed values and behaviours, supporting with their adoption across CTO
Excellent storytelling, influence and interpersonal skills with an understanding of how to translate technical detail into business language
Dynamic and resilient, remaining credible in a fastpaced environments
Passionate about modern and emerging technology, and its impact on financial services
Experienced in senior stakeholder management and communication able to effectively adapt your approach based on audience
An entrepreneurial selfstarter able to proactively prioritise and manage your own workload
Possess previous strategic experience, with demonstrable knowledge of defining and delivering strategies
Knowledge of building business cases, understanding of external emerging technology, drivers to strategy both commercially and technology, managing risks, prioritising initiatives and largescale communication and engagement plans.

Key capabilities, knowledge, skills and experience

Proven strategy background with an understanding of principles and practices of that role
Good understanding of emerging technologies, FS trends and wider cross industry movements
Recent experience of driving organisational change (including strategic core programmes), to improve business outcomes and provides appropriate support mechanisms
Strong intuition for business creates competitive advantage and generates positive value through strategic business planning and execution. Has an indepth understanding of the Global economy and macroeconomic trends and the impact on the LBG business model, and incorporates this into short and longterm strategy
Effective communication and storytelling with the ability to translate technical detail into executive level content and articulate key messages
Solid commercial proficiency with excellent attention to detail in written and numerical outputs
Track record of problem solving and navigating complexity whilst thinking strategically on the bigger picture
Ability to translate business strategy and architecture objectives into delivery work packages which can be used to plan and direct investment.
Ability to pragmatically balance the demands of delivery projects with the need to maintain the integrity of the target architecture interests of the CTO.
Awareness of the Regulatory environment can identify and anticipate future regulatory requirements and their implications

What you'd get in return

Offering you both opportunity and profile - we'll provide you with a diverse, energising and lively environment that focuses on equal opportunity and real career progression.

We'll take your personal and professional development very seriously and enable you to make a genuine difference.

Together we make it possible.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
**We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we're building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.