Associate Director - Strategic Portfolio Manager

JOB TITLE: Associate Director - Strategic Portfolio Manager

LOCATION(s): London, Bristol and Edinburgh

SALARY: London - Starting from £70,929.  Bristol and Edinburgh - Starting from £59,850

HOURS: Full-time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites

About This Opportunity

The team is responsible for shaping and driving the execution of the Divisional-level Investment Portfolio for Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB). As part of this, we work closely with key Product, Coverage and Platform leaders, Investment Management and Finance to build, manage, deliver and report on a portfolio of initiatives, ensuring that they achieve our customer & shareholder commitments. 

We have developed a clear, well-defined growth strategy through to 2030 to achieve our vision to be the go-to UK bank for Debt, Cash and Risk. We’ll invest significantly in both technology and people to grow our franchise in a sustainable way. CIB’s plans will centre on a purpose-aligned sector focus and in delivering seamless digital experiences for our Corporate & Institutional clients. 

This role will work closely with our Product, Coverage and Platform teams to support the delivery of the 2030 North Star by ensuring a strong linkage between our investment, delivery, benefits and value drivers to support effective decision making to achieve our stated customer, financial and risk outcomes. 

About the role 

We’re looking for a self-motivated and proactive Strategic Portfolio Manager who can help deliver our ambitious strategy, aligned to our Purpose of Helping Britain Prosper. This is a great opportunity for someone with excellent strategy, financial, analytical and stakeholder management skills, who has an eye on the bigger picture and is up for the challenge of working on a complex programme that will drive significant change across our business. 

The role will provide an excellent development opportunity for someone who is bold, curious and comfortable converting ambiguity into clear plans for execution! 

What you’ll be doing:

• Supporting overall delivery of the CIB strategic portfolio through working closely with Product, Coverage, Platform, Finance and Investment Management teams 

• Shaping the CIB investment portfolio strategy aligned with CIB’s North Star strategic direction through analysis of pain points and opportunities for growth, efficiency opportunities and improved ways of working 

• Defining what resources and capabilities CIB will require to unlock the next stage of our ambitious growth strategy 

• Supporting CIB’s North Star productivity ambitions including our use of AI & Robotic Process Automation to unlock capacity and drive further growth 

Why Lloyds Banking Group?

We're on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we're crafting finance for good. We're focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you!

What we need from you: 

• A strategic thinker, who can assimilate information into clear and precise recommendations and stories 

• Ability to build strong working relationships with colleagues at all levels of the organisation 

• Strong financial acumen, with the ability to join the dots 

• Track record in delivering projects/propositions efficiently and collaborating with cross-functional teams 

• Demonstrate strong Excel and PowerPoint skills to undertake valuable analysis and present findings to senior audiences clearly and concisely 

• Commercially minded, with good understanding of business drivers of performance 

• Comfortable managing ambiguity while prioritising multiple priorities and identifying key risks, dependencies and mitigations 

• Exposure to skills from multiple subject areas such as operating model design, digital delivery, portfolio management 

• Knowledge of Commercial Banking / CIB products / COO / CIB / AI platforms is preferable, but not essential 

About working for us!

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. 

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance-related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!