Join as a Change Programme Assurance Manager
In this influential role, you’ll work with the teams delivering the most important programmes of change within the bank to ensure their successful delivery
You’ll challenge and support senior programme leaders – gaining their confidence and contributing to the successful delivery of the programme, its outcomes and its benefits
This is an opportunity to build excellent relationships with senior leadership across the bank, giving you and your work great exposure
You'll spend at least two days per week in the office, with the rest of your time working from home
As a Change Programme Assurance Manager, you use your expertise and judgement to make sure that programmes are set up for success – while also determining the best remedies to recover programmes under issue or challenge. You’ll build strong working relationships with colleagues – always able to challenge them on their programme status while helping to bring out the required behaviours and techniques for success.
You’ll also be:
Identifying issues and potential future risks that require escalation to senior leaders in a timely manner
Using your prior change delivery experience to help develop remediation plans to existing programme issues, while also mitigating and controlling any delivery risks
Using leadership tools and techniques to assure programmes and apply key learnings to other programmes within the bank portfolio
Building relationships with first, second and third line of defence colleagues to actively drive engagement
You’ll need a high-level skillset and experience of programme management. We’re looking for someone with a background as a programme assurance practitioner or change programme peer reviewer. We’ll also expect you to have excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the ability to influence senior colleagues.
Additionally, you’ll need:
A broad understanding of business management and programme management practices, processes, tools and techniques
The ability to engage with and challenge programme teams using data rather than opinion, influencing decisions at a senior level where appropriate
A background of analysing, interpreting and distilling complex information and making decisions on what actions to take
The ability to undertake assurance activity across several programmes concurrently
Experience of bank-wide investment processes, with detailed knowledge of the tools and techniques used to manage delivery and benefits management
Hours
35
Job Posting Closing Date:
29/06/2026Ways of Working:Hybrid
We’re a business that understands when our customers and people succeed, our communities succeed, and our economy thrives. As part of our purpose, we’re looking at how we can drive change for our communities in enterprise, learning and climate.
As one of the leading supporters of UK business, we’re prioritising enterprise as a force of change. We’re focusing on the people and communities who have traditionally faced the highest barriers to entry and figuring out ways to remove these.
Learning is also key to our continued growth as a company in an ever changing and increasingly digital world. By setting a dynamic and leading learning culture, our people prosper, and our customers are given the tools to continue to improve their financial capability and confidence.
One of the biggest challenges we all face in our future is climate change. That’s why we’ve put it right at the core of our purpose. We want to champion climate solutions with financing and entrepreneurial support, fully embed climate into our culture and decision making, and be climate positive by 2025.
We’re committed to using our purpose to break down barriers, drive change and ultimately create a great place to work.
