Technology Strategist - Swindon, United Kingdom - Nationwide Building Society

Nationwide Building Society
Nationwide Building Society
Verified Company
Swindon, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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Contract Type:
Permanent

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Ref: R00TR02511

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Closing Date:18 April 2024


We are looking for someone to join our Technology Strategy and Enterprise Architecture team, which leads on driving the society's innovation agenda, publishing technology horizon scanning insights and regularly refreshing the Society's technology strategy.

In addition, we communicate the strategy across the organisation and monitor the execution of the strategy via the Enterprise Architecture Board.


Reporting to the Head of Technology Strategy, you will support activities to define the technology strategy, communicate it across the organisation and govern its execution.

You will also lead on the creation of insights on emerging or maturing technologies for board level consumption and support wider initiatives related to the technology agenda (e.g. our innovation process and proof of concepts).

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.


What you'll be doing:


From reviewing papers and external insight to working with our partners, you will lead on creating our internal point of view on technology and how it could benefit or how we mitigate any risk to the Society.

You will need to synthesise and create the Society's point of view, ready to present to C level.

You may also be leading on Proof of Concepts to test the value and feasibility of these new capabilities to the Society.

You will need strong Stakeholder management and collaboration skills and the ability to drive forward in ambiguous situations.


About you:

You will be a technologist who wants to play a leading role in building the Society's strategic technology agenda and will have the following experience and skills:

  • A fascination with technology and how it can solve business problems; you are a strategic thinker.
  • Experience in tracking technology trends and supporting an innovation/PoC process would be an advantage.
  • A proven track record of delivery leadership and building strong, longterm relationships, with a broad and diverse set of stakeholders.
  • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to think creatively and solve diverse questions in a structured manner.
  • Excellent communication skills, especially in written and visual presentations, as there is a requirement to create papers and presentations for Clevel executives. You must have the ability to articulate problems and solutions concisely.
  • A passion for continuous improvement.

It would be nice if you also had:

  • Experience in aligning an organisation's technology strategy with its overall business strategy and goals.
  • Experience of agile and iterative delivery methods.
  • Understanding of Banking technology, Knowledge of new Technologies Eg AI.
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Say it straight
  • This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It is also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
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Push for better
  • This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
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Get it done
  • This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the endtoend outcome.

The extras you'll get:

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

  • A personal pension
  • if you put in 7% of your salary, we'll top up by a further 16%
  • Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
  • Life assurance worth 8x your salary
  • A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme


  • Gympass

  • Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
  • Access to an annual performance related bonus
  • Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
  • 30 days holiday, pro rata

What makes us different:

Nationwide is the world's largest building society. With over 15 million customers, we have a relationship with almost a quarter of the UK's population. We've got the scale to compete with the big banks, but we're not a bank.


As a building society, we're owned by our members - that's our customers who have their current account, mortgage or savings with us.

It means we can do things differently to deliver our Purpose - Banking - but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society.

When you work at Nationwide, you can experience that difference for yourself.

You'll be part of a high-performing, purpose-driven organisation that offers rewarding career experiences and a highly competitive range of benefits to match.

You'll also be joining us at an important time as we seek to reach mo
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