Join us as a Senior Product Manager and play a pivotal role in shaping the future of banking by leading the integration of Virgin Money's Savings and Current Account products into Nationwide. This is a high profile leadership opportunity for an experienced product professional with deep expertise in Savings or Current Accounts, who thrives in complex environments and enjoys influencing strategic decisions at the highest level. As a recognised subject matter expert, you'll help define and deliver the migration approach, ensuring the best outcomes for both customers and the business.
Working within our Retail Product Integration team, you'll lead a highly capable team of product specialists while collaborating across the Society to drive key integration decisions. You'll act as a central figure within the programme, building strong relationships with senior stakeholders, including Executive-level leaders, and guiding teams through significant change. Your ability to think strategically, challenge assumptions, solve complex problems and inspire others will be essential to delivering long-term commercial success and an exceptional customer experience.
We're looking for an established people leader with significant product management experience in financial services, strong commercial acumen and a proven track record of leading large scale integration, transformation or business change programmes. You'll be a confident communicator with the resilience to navigate ambiguity, balance competing priorities and bring people together behind a shared vision. If you're passionate about shaping strategy, leading high-performing teams and driving meaningful change, we'd love to hear from you.
We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.
This is a 24-month Fixed Term Contract opportunity.
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.
If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.
ResponsibilitiesWhat you’ll be doing
As a Senior Manager within the Integration team, you'll play a leading role in defining and delivering the migration of Virgin Money Savings and Current Account products into Nationwide. You'll shape the future customer and product proposition by assessing strategic opportunities, evaluating migration options and making recommendations that balance customer outcomes, commercial objectives, operational requirements and risk considerations. Acting as a trusted subject matter expert, you'll identify opportunities, navigate complex trade-offs and influence key decisions that support the Society's long-term strategy.
You'll lead one of our Product Integration teams while also taking accountability for a Project Implementation team within a major integration programme. Working closely with colleagues across Technology, Operations, Risk, Legal, Compliance, Finance and Customer functions, you'll bring together diverse perspectives to drive evidence-based decisions and deliver successful outcomes. Your expertise will be instrumental in assessing proposition design, pricing, servicing models and customer journeys, ensuring every decision reflects the needs of members, regulatory expectations and business priorities.
Alongside delivering strategic change, you'll provide inspiring leadership to a team of product specialists, creating an environment where people feel empowered, accountable and supported to grow. You'll develop compelling business cases, investment recommendations and governance papers, build deep product and operational knowledge, and play a central role in ensuring the integration delivers lasting value for Nationwide and its members.
About you
To succeed in this role, you'll be an experienced product leader with a strong track record of delivering strategic change within financial services. You'll combine deep banking expertise with commercial insight, stakeholder influence and the ability to lead teams through complex transformation.
A proven people leader with strong expertise in Savings, Current Accounts and everyday banking products
Significant senior-level experience within financial services, shaping strategy, propositions and key business decisions in complex environments
A successful track record of leading large-scale integration, transformation or business change programmes
Strong commercial, customer and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to assess opportunities, balance competing priorities and make impactful recommendations
Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the confidence to build relationships and collaborate across all levels of the organisation
Demonstrated experience developing business cases, evaluating investment opportunities and supporting strategic decision-making
An excellent communicator who can simplify complex issues, challenge constructively and drive alignment among senior stakeholders
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.
QualificationsThe extras you’ll get
There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
30 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
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.
We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.
Please note that should you be successful in securing this role, the job title on our internal systems will be Senior Manager (Product).
