This Senior Project Manager role sits within the Virgin Money Finance Integration programme and plays a pivotal role in delivering complex change that supports Nationwide’s long‑term strategy. You’ll lead critical Finance projects that bring together business process and data change, ensuring Finance is fully ready to support new and migrated products across accounting, reporting, treasury and reconciliations.
You’ll work across multiple interdependent workstreams, providing robust leadership, clear direction and effective governance to keep delivery on track. The work is demanding and high‑profile but highly purposeful—every decision helps enable a smooth integration, protect financial resilience and ensure Nationwide can continue to serve members confidently, fairly and sustainably.
We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.
This is a 24-month Fixed Term Contract.
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, or if part-time, you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our Swindon or London office. We will also consider Glasgow as a location, noting this is a hub. Whilst these locations are where we are primarily looking to fill the role, if you’re an internal applicant based in a different location, we would welcome your application, and if successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this could work for this specific role. You can also find out more about our approach to hybrid working here.
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 Project Manager, your day is varied, engaging and highly collaborative. You’ll lead complex, interdependent change across the Virgin Money Finance integration, shaping and coordinating multiple workstreams that ensure Finance is ready for new and migrated product capabilities.
You’ll work closely with Finance, Product and Technology teams to translate complex change into clear, sequenced delivery plans while engaging senior stakeholders to align priorities, manage dependencies and resolve issues. Additionally, you’ll take full ownership for delivery, proactively managing risks, governance and reporting, and leading your team with clarity and confidence to deliver high‑quality outcomes.
The work is demanding but meaningful, with every decision contributing to a seamless integration and lasting value for Nationwide.
About you
For this role, we are looking for the following:
- Leadership and delivery excellence: Robust leadership and delivery discipline in a complex environment, with the ability to set direction, energise teams and lead through ambiguity to ensure outcomes align to strategic objectives
- Large-scale change leadership: Proven experience leading large-scale change programmes in financial services, technology or other regulated sectors, with sound judgement and the ability to balance delivery pace with effective control
- Communication and stakeholder engagement: The ability to communicate clearly at a senior level, influencing effectively and building strong working relationships across multiple teams, Value Streams and third-party suppliers, including senior business and technical stakeholders
- RAID and dependency management: Strong experience identifying, tracking and driving closure of risks, issues, actions and dependencies across complex programmes, with clear ownership and appropriate escalation
- Governance and assurance: Strong understanding of regulatory requirements and Finance control environments (Financial Reporting, Tax and Treasury), with experience operating within structured governance, assurance and delivery frameworks in regulated organisations
- Adaptable: The ability to operate effectively in fast-paced, complex environments with competing priorities
- Proven line management capability: Experience leading, developing and supporting individuals through clear objectives, regular feedback, coaching and performance management
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:
25 days holiday, pro rata
Access to 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 Project Manager.
