Job Description

Join us as a Strategy & Innovation Analyst

We'll look to you to support with all aspects of strategy and innovation activities within the function or franchise You'll be facilitating the planning, organising, and delivery of projects individually or through project teams This is an opportunity to achieve excellent exposure in an analytical role and to make a real impact with your work

What you'll do

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As a Strategy & Innovation Analyst, you'll be bringing innovation solutions to our customers and front line colleagues through the delivery of key innovation activities. You'll also be working and collaborating closely with colleagues across the franchises and function to source innovative ideas to build innovation pipelines that are aligned to and support the business strategy and are based on customer needs.


You'll also be:

Supporting the management and delivery of strategy and innovation projects through all stages of the innovation life cycle including design, build and test Iterating and shaping propositions and projects, building on insight and testing with customers and commercial business needs with appropriate intervention Assisting in developing business plans, including the structuring of plans and analysis and offering challenge to improve the quality of output Preparing reports for executive and board audiences Analysing organisational and business performance, competitor activity, potential business opportunities and customer behaviours We're offering this role at associate level

The skills you'll need

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To succeed in this role, you'll need an experience of atleast four years working in a customer experience environment, particularly within financial services. You'll also bring experience in delivering projects, preferably using Agile methodologies.


Additionally, you'll demonstrate:

Strong communication skills with the ability to build relationships with a range of senior stakeholders Experience in planning, organising, and delivery of projects through project teams Experience of working with business stakeholders and SMEs in understanding the business problem or opportunity and map out business processes and produce operating models * The ability to collaborate effectively within cross-functional teams while fostering a culture of innovation and enhancing organizational capabilities.