Change Development Programme – Portfolio Management Office Analyst (Glasgow)
Nationwide
Glasgow, Scotland, United KingdomPosted 7 days ago
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If you're ambitious, curious and enjoy solving problems, our Change Development
Programme provides a structured route into a rewarding career in banking.
You'll develop specialist skills to help deliver large-scale business and
technology change, gaining hands-on experience that creates real outcomes for
customers and colleagues.
Whether you’re a graduate ready to make an impact, or a career changer looking
for a new challenge, you’ll gain hands-on experience, develop future-ready
skills, and contribute to projects that deliver banking that’s fairer, more
rewarding, and for the good of society.
You’ll follow a tailored learning pathway designed to build the skills you’ll
need for the future of financial services. Through digital learning, interactive
workshops, insights from leaders and industry experts, and hands-on experience
in your role, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to put your learning into
practice. You’ll also learn alongside colleagues from across Nationwide, helping
you build your network and understand more about how our business works.
We’ll support your development through structured learning, personalised
development and hands-on experience, helping you grow with confidence.
As part of the Change Development Programme, you’ll have the opportunity to
build your career in one of our key change roles. Here’s what you can expect as
a Portfolio Managment Office Analyst.
Portfolio Management Office
A Portfolio Management Office (PMO) plays a key role in ensuring that an
organisation’s projects, programmes, and change initiatives are aligned to
strategic objectives and delivered in a controlled, consistent, and efficient
way. The PMO provides governance, reporting, planning, assurance, risk and
dependency management, resource oversight, and stakeholder coordination,
enabling leaders to make informed decisions and maximise the value delivered
from change investments. It acts as the central hub for portfolio information,
helping to monitor progress, manage priorities, support delivery teams, and
ensure that business benefits are realised.
Portfolio Management Office Analyst
As a Portfolio Management Office Analyst, you will play a key role in driving
project and portfolio success by ensuring strategic alignment, data-driven
decision-making, and consistent delivery practices. In this role you will:
• Take ownership of governance and assurance frameworks, performance tracking,
and portfolio reporting, acting as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.
• Analyse project data, identifying trends and risks
• Co-ordinate governance routines, recommending improvements to delivery
processes, ensuring that projects not only stay on track but also deliver
maximum value to the business
Where you’ll be working
You'll join our Change teams, helping deliver strategic programmes, technology
initiatives and business improvements. Working with experienced change
professionals, you'll support projects, analyse business needs and turn ideas
into reality. With £600 million invested in change each year, you'll see how
change is delivered at scale.
Location
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 spend at least two days per week, based at our Glasgow
office.
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.
RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll be doing on the Change Development Programme
The Change Development Programme is a two-year programme, with the next intake
commencing in September 20
27.
During the programme, you'll join high-performing teams that support
Nationwide's transformation and strategic priorities.
You’ll start with an induction programme before joining our dedicated Change
Academy. Here, you'll learn more about Nationwide, connect with colleagues and
build the foundations for your role. You'll also complete a personalised
learning pathway combining role-specific training, digital learning and
interactive workshops. You'll hear from leaders and industry experts, who will
share fresh perspectives and practical ideas.
The Change Academy will build your core change and delivery skills before you
progress into a specialist pathway as a Portfolio Management Office Analyst.
Once you've completed the Academy, you'll join your team, where you'll gain
hands-on experience and apply your skills to real business challenges.
Throughout your 2 years on programme, you will gain experience across different
change initiatives and the chance to apply your learning on projects and
programmes.
Depending on your role and placement, you'll use tools such as Microsoft 365,
Jira, Confluence and Visio to support planning, collaboration, analysis and
delivery.
No two days are the same. You could support workshops and analyse business
processes. You might gather requirements, support project plans or review risks.
You'll also work with stakeholders to help deliver change. Gaining experience of
how major programmes are planned and delivered, you'll manage competing
priorities and changing deadlines. You'll tackle complex requirements and build
confidence in asking questions and constructively challenging others.
You'll develop skills in stakeholder management, communication, problem solving,
planning, prioritisation and change delivery. You'll also work towards
industry-recognised foundational qualifications.
Many participants progress into Portfolio Management Office Analyst roles. From
there, you'll have opportunities to further develop your expertise across change
and transformation.
Who we’re looking for on the Change Development Programme
We're looking for ambitious people with high standards and a passion for change.
You'll share our commitment to putting customers first and improving how we do
things. Whether you're starting your career, returning to work or changing
direction, you'll gain the skills and experience to build a rewarding career in
banking.
To succeed on our Change Development Programme, you'll need to show:
• An interest in strategy, governance & continuous improvement
• Confidence solving problems and working through complexity
• Genuine curiosity about how organisations deliver change and transformation
• The ambition to keep growing, take on new challenges and build towards your
next career step
• A logical, methodical approach, with the ability to understand both the
detail and the bigger picture.
• The confidence to build relationships and work with colleagues across the
business.
• Drive, high performance and a commitment to learning from feedback and
setbacks.
• A determination to push for better and put customers first in the decisions
you make.
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.
QUALIFICATIONS
The extras you’ll get
High performing and purpose-driven colleagues deserve a rewarding career and
competitive benefits to match. We offer you:
• Structured learning, personalised development and hands-on experience to help
you build future-ready skills and progress your career in banking
* 25 days holiday each year, which increases over time to
30. Plus, you can
‘buy’ up to 10 extra days
• The opportunity to earn an annual bonus based on your performance
• Private medical insurance to help you access additional healthcare when you
need it
• Wellhub access to a range of free and paid fitness and wellbeing options,
plus free on-site gyms at selected locations
• A highly competitive pension to help you start building your financial
future
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Up to 14 paid hours each year to volunteer for a cause that matters to you
• Life assurance to provide additional peace of mind for you and the people who
matter to you
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, where you’ll be
asked to answer a few quick questions for us.
We’ll send you our online assessments to complete and there will also be a short
video interview to find out more about you. If you are successful, you could be
selected to attend one of our assessment centres which run from December 20
26.
Visa sponsorship information
As a UK Visas and Immigration (UKVI) approved sponsor, we have a responsibility
to comply with the applicable Immigration Rules and guidance (which are subject
to change). The Skilled Worker route has specific requirements relating to skill
level of the role and minimum salary expectations. As such, our ability to
employ individuals who require sponsorship for immigration purposes is limited
or may not be possible for some programmes.
VISA Sponsorship cannot be offered on this programme.
All successful applicants with need to demonstrate their right to work in the UK
on commencement of employment and for the duration of the programme applied for
without requiring sponsorship.
If you have any further questions, please contact us at
Early.Careers@nationwide.co.uk [Early.Careers@nationwide.co.uk]