Agile Working Options

Flexible / Variable Hours

Job Description Summary

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) are the UK’s biggest Retail, Digital and Mobile bank with over 30 million customers. Our products touch the lives of millions, and we have a big responsibility to help Britain Prosper.

As technology and colleague expectations continue to evolve, are you interested in helping to craft new technology enabled working practices? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the CIO, as the Modern Workplace (MW) Product Owner (PO).

Reporting to the MW Director and as a member of the Leadership team, the Product Owner will align and deliver Colleague Technology needs in a constantly evolving technology landscape.

You'll support the delivery and strategy for modern working in line with both LBG's strategic technology direction and operational technology processes that protect and maintain service.

By identifying and delivering strategic end-to-end IT solutions and processes for the Group’s c70k colleagues that enable them to operate in a future Hybrid model, you’ll build collaborative, empowered teams, nurturing them to take ownership of the relevant outcomes that are in tune with the LBG's overall Future Ways of Working strategy.

Job Description

Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) are the UK’s biggest Retail, Digital and Mobile bank with over 30 million customers. Our products touch the lives of millions, and we have a big responsibility to help Britain Prosper. As technology and colleague expectations continue to evolve, are you interested in helping to craft new technology enabled working practices? If so, an exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Chief Information Office (CIO), as the Modern Workplace (MW) Product Owner (PO).

Reporting to the MW Director and as a member of the Leadership team, you'll align and deliver Colleague Technology needs in a constantly evolving technology landscape. You'll also represent MW and all customers in providing a vision and clear direction/prioritisation with regards to the needs of the business. And you'll be accountable for maximising the value of the product and will also be accountable for effective Product Backlog management, which includes:

• Developing and explicitly communicating the Product Goal;

• Creating and clearly communicating Product Backlog items;

• Ordering Product Backlog items; and,

• Ensuring that the Product Backlog is transparent, visible and understood

You'll support the delivery and strategy for modern working in line with both LBG's strategic technology direction and operational technology processes that protect and maintain service. By identifying and delivering strategic end-to-end IT solutions and processes for the Group’s c70k colleagues that enable them to operate in a future Hybrid model, you’ll build collaborative, empowered teams, nurturing them to take ownership of the relevant outcomes that are in tune with the LBG's overall Future Ways of Working strategy.

Your accountabilities will include;

• Taking ownership of implementing the colleague needs strategy for the organisation

• Building a committed team for your own area and holding overall responsibility for growing the capabilities of a large and diverse workforce through investment in own and others’ training and development

• Taking ownership for fulfilling business plans for colleague technology by effectively leading a large team

• Exploring how market and industry changes will influence and challenge what a modern workplace looks and feels like

• Designing, developing the strategic plan and product development for Modern Workplace

• You'll monitor and lead a wide range of activities of a significant team ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements by collaborating closely with all internal risk management functions while supporting the development and implementation of LBG's compliance policy

• Developing and delivering LBG's risk management and/or control policies and procedures

• Developing strategic solutions to long-term business needs by anticipating complex issues, challenges and opportunities

About you;

• Experience in working in complex organisations

• Knowledge of emerging technologies in the workplace space

• Ability to tell cultural stories to drive technological change (a story teller not necessarily from a technical standpoint)

• Strong ability to network across the whole organisation (not just tech)

Additionally you'll be able to evidence extensive experience of introducing new technology solutions in large-scale organisations to allow us to drive a bold approach to our Future Ways of Working. You'll have worked in a variety of roles either that evidence an ability to challenge and embed new ways of working whilst leading a can-do culture with a focus on curiosity, collaboration, learning and development. You'll also be at ease in working with challenging Executive level colleagues as well as leading and developing colleagues at all levels.

You'll be an innovative problem solver; encouraging relationships to enable external perspectives and new insights on “end-user computing” / colleague technology and the associated processes and will also help to drive a culture of automation and data-driven decision making.

In return;

We’ll provide you with a generous salary and wider reward/benefits package, and we're dedicated to giving you opportunities and support to develop you both expertly and personally to optimise your potential.

As a new colleague, you’ll join us on our journey to build a 21st century bank that reflects modern Britain, and craft an inclusive culture where all colleagues feel encouraged and valued.

We're committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve, and to building an inclusive environment where all our colleagues can be themselves, and succeed on merit.

We support the principles of agile working and are happy to consider flexible working arrangements. We're an equal opportunity employer and deeply value diversity within our organisation.

So if this sounds like your ideal next role and you have the technology background we’re seeking, then get in touch today as we’d love to hear from you.

Together we make it possible!

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain recover. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.