Manager, Launch Innovation Programme

JOB TITLE: Manager, Launch Innovation Programme

SALARY: £61,344 - £68,160

LOCATION(S): Bristol, Edinburgh or Leeds

HOURS: [Full-time/Part-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. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

What you’ll be doing...

The Launch Innovation Manager plays a pivotal role in identifying, shaping and delivering innovative partnerships between the bank and fintechs, start-ups and scale-ups.

Working at the intersection of external innovation and internal delivery, the role is responsible for taking early-stage ideas from discovery through experimentation to potential launch, ensuring that new propositions are customer-led, commercially viable and delivered in line with the bank’s regulatory and governance requirements.

This is a hands-on delivery role, ideal for someone who thrives in ambiguity, enjoys working at pace, and is motivated by turning new ideas into real-world customer outcomes.

Key responsibilities...

• Identify, assess and onboard fintechs, start-ups and scale-ups aligned to strategic customer and business priorities.
• Act as the day-to-day innovation lead for external partners, building strong, collaborative relationships.
• Lead the end-to-end delivery of innovation experiments, from problem definition and proposition design through to live testing and evaluation.
• Apply test-and-learn approaches to rapidly validate customer value, feasibility and commercial potential.
• Work closely with internal stakeholders across propositions, platform, technology, risk, legal, compliance, procurement and finance to enable delivery.

Why join us?

From building a truly sustainable business to creating a place where people love to work, we’re looking for colleagues who are up for the challenge, who love to push boundaries and can make change happen. Sound like you?

What we’re looking for?

• 3 years experience in innovation, partnerships, product, propositions or venture-style roles.
• 3 years working with fintechs, start-ups or scale-ups, either within a corporate, accelerator, consultancy or start-up setting.
• Strong delivery mindset, with the ability to handle multiple initiatives at pace.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders.
• Commercial acumen, with the ability to assess value, viability and scalability of new propositions.
• A customer-first mindset, with curiosity and a passion for solving real customer problems.

And any experience of these would be great...

• Running pilots, proofs of concept or live customer experiments.
• Experience navigating risk, legal, compliance and procurement processes within a bank or regulated organisation.
• Exposure to innovation programmes, accelerators or ecosystem partnerships.
• Experience taking propositions from experiment into scaled launch.
• Knowledge of emerging fintech trends, technologies and business models.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you!

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

Ready to make an impact? Apply today.