Identify, assess and onboard fintechs, start-ups and scale-ups aligned to strategic customer and business priorities
Act as the day-to-day innovation lead for external partners, building strong, collaborative relationships
Lead the end-to-end delivery of innovation experiments, from problem definition and proposition design through to live testing and evaluation
Apply test-and-learn approaches to rapidly validate customer value, feasibility and commercial potential
Work closely with internal stakeholders across propositions, platform, technology, risk, legal, compliance, procurement and finance to enable delivery.

3 years experience in innovation, partnerships, product, propositions or venture-style roles
3 years working with fintechs, start-ups or scale-ups, either within a corporate, accelerator, consultancy or start-up setting
Strong delivery mindset, with the ability to handle multiple initiatives at pace
Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with confidence engaging senior leaders
Commercial acumen, with the ability to assess value, viability and scalability of new propositions
A customer-first mindset, with curiosity and a passion for solving real customer problems
Experience navigating risk, legal, compliance and procurement processes within a bank or regulated organisation
Exposure to innovation programmes, accelerators or ecosystem partnerships
Experience taking propositions from experiment into scaled launch
Knowledge of emerging fintech trends, technologies and business models.

Manager, Launch Innovation Programme

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