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The Customer Journey Manager supports the Customer Journey Senior Manager to
translate strategy into the required service and experience for Business Banking
customers, with accountability for payment journeys and associated operational
outcomes.
Embedded within collaborative, cross-functional change teams, the role shapes
and delivers objectives and key results, ensuring alignment between customer
outcomes, payment capabilities, regulatory obligations, delivery priorities,
capacity and cost.
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 role, you'll be based at your nearest regional office or hub. We value
time spent together to connect with colleagues for collaboration so there will
be a regular requirement to attend our Glasgow, Edinburgh, Newcastle or London,
site approximately once per week. If you are based at an office location, you'll
be expected to meet our hybrid working requirement of at least two days a week,
or 40% of your working time if part-time, in the office. If you’re based at our
Glasgow office, this will apply from 1 April 2027 and ahead of that there will
be a need to regularly connect with colleagues for collaboration events. 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.
RESPONSIBILITIES
What you’ll be doing
The Customer Journey Manager for Business Banking Payments plays a key role in
shaping and delivering customer-focused payment experiences that support SME,
commercial and corporate banking customers. Working closely with
cross-functional teams, the role is responsible for defining objectives, key
results and roadmaps for payment journeys, ensuring priorities align with
customer needs, business strategy, regulatory requirements and operational
resilience. The postholder will use their knowledge of business banking and
payments to translate customer and business needs into measurable outcomes,
service improvements and change initiatives.
The role works collaboratively with Delivery Managers, Business Designers,
Engineers, Product Owners and payment specialists to prioritise and deliver
initiatives that improve customer value while balancing risk, cost and delivery
pace. They will manage dependencies across payment platforms and banking
services, engage with stakeholders across Operations, Treasury, Risk,
Compliance, Financial Crime and Technology, and drive alignment across business
areas. Building relationships with internal teams, industry bodies, regulators
and strategic partners, they will help secure support, resolve conflicts and
ensure the successful delivery of business and customer outcomes.
The successful candidate will analyse complex customer, operational and
regulatory challenges, making informed recommendations and trade-offs to
optimise payment services and business banking journeys. They will proactively
identify risks, resolve dependencies and support significant change programmes
affecting customers, colleagues, technology platforms and payment operations.
With a focus on continuous improvement, they will track performance, benefits
and customer outcomes, using evidence-based insights to influence future
priorities and contribute to the delivery of long-term strategic goals.
About you
As a minimum requirement, you’ll have:
• Significant and demonstrable experience in business banking, corporate
banking or commercial banking, with understanding of the needs and behaviours
of business customers
• Significant experience of payments, including customer journeys, payment
products, operational processes, controls, risk and the technology that
supports payment services
• Practical knowledge of relevant UK and international payment types and
schemes, with the ability to apply this knowledge to customer and business
outcomes
• A successful track record of translating business banking and payments
knowledge into clear outcomes, requirements, roadmaps and prioritised change
• Experience delivering change in a regulated financial services environment,
working with technology, operations, risk, compliance and financial crime
stakeholders
• Commercial, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to use
data and customer insight to make balanced decisions
• Creative thinking and the ability to turn ideas and concepts into a
compelling vision and achievable outcomes
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.
QUALIFICATIONS
The extras you’ll get
There are all sorts of
employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:
* 25 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.
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to let you know the outcome of your application.
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Disability Confident
We’re not just guided by data, we’re driven by the real experiences of our
people. We’re a Disability Confident Level 3 Leader, the highest level.
That’s why we’re constantly evolving our policies and practices to make sure
everyone feels genuinely supported, valued, and empowered to champion inclusion.
Whatever your needs, we’re here to support you. If you need any additional
support throughout your application journey, email our team at Recruitment
Support [Recruitment.Support@nationwide-jobs.co.uk].
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Please note that should you be successful in securing this role, the job title
on our internal systems will be Customer Journey Manager.