Strategy Manager, Data Products London, England
Lloyds Banking Group
Full Time
London, England
69720 - 130000 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
End Date
Monday 15 May 2023
Salary Range
£0 - £0Agile Working Options
Job Description
At Lloyds Banking Group, we recognise that data is one of our most valuable enterprise assets. Our Data Products team builds entirely new propositions to help clients understand their markets and their customers’ ecosystems and to solve specific business problems using the Group’s data, insights, and bespoke data solutions.
The department sits within the Corporate & Institutional Banking franchise, where we maintain active relationships with two-thirds of the FTSE 350, supporting clients with annual turnover in excess of £100m. We're guided by our purpose of Helping Britain Prosper, creating a more sustainable and inclusive future for people and businesses, shaping finance as a force for good.
The Opportunity For You
There is a unique opportunity to play an important role in the success of the proposition as a Strategy Manager. You'll be joining a new, exciting and fast-growing business area and have the potential to shape its direction as it continues to grow.
Job Description
In this role you'll conduct research and analysis to interpret market trends and think strategically about opportunities for LBG to participate. You'll help to build the case for entry into new markets and sectors and the development of new products, through compelling thought leadership and effective narrative-building. You'll work with the wider Data Products strategy, product, and commercialisation teams to develop use cases for data products and services, considering the best ways to take these to market and provide value to clients in alignment to the Bank’s purpose of Helping Britain Prosper.
You'll bring experience of business strategy definition and already have strong domain experience and interest in the data and insights marketplace. The role will also give you opportunities to work with the product delivery and platform teams to design and build data propositions that meet the needs of our clients.
Role Responsibilities
Strategy & Roadmap
- Conduct market analysis and industry research to understand market demand, industry trends and models for market participation.
- Identify best-fit participation and business models e.g. subscription services, marketplaces and ecosystem collaboration to enable distribution of the product.
- Build a robust case and compelling narrative for the strategy, using storytelling, visual analogies, use of effective language and thought leadership content.
- Prioritise industry use cases, evidenced by structured analysis, to inform the product roadmap, considering size of opportunity, solution feasibility and synergies across the wider data product offering.
- Collaborate with the product team to determine how use cases and product iterations can be incorporated onto the roadmap.
- Collaborate across the Group on initiatives that promote data-as-an-asset or create new opportunities for commercial client offerings.
Enabling Delivery
- Support internal funding and business planning activities.
- Build strong internal partner relationships and generate support for the proposition.
- Take ownership for designing and mobilising new internal operating models or risk management frameworks.
Thought Leadership & Events
- Monitor the industry for opportunities to engage with ecosystem participants through publications, presentation spots or other events.
- Build high quality and well-presented storylines, content and material for publication or presentation.
- Coordinate with 3rd parties on publication or attendance at thought leadership opportunities.
People / Leadership / Partners
- Maintain relationships with key internal customers and act as their business partner.
- Support colleagues with innovative ideas, champion innovation as a process and advocate a growth mindset.
Essential Skills & Experience:
- Inventive, creative, inspiring.
- Business strategy or strategy consulting experience, ideally with demonstrable industry expertise such as within financial services or within a relevant insight-led sector.
- Experience with business and market strategy, incorporating an analytical and meticulous approach to research with clear recommendations and evidence to back up your findings.
- Strong presentation and storytelling abilities with an ability to articulate sophisticated ideas in a simple, compelling way.
- Experience formulating an investment case and investment pitch material.
- A passion for innovation and change, and an understanding of modern data and analytics technology trends and how these enable a data business, including cloud, data sharing, data and insights marketplace, digitisation, and APIs.
- Adept at building strong and impactful relationships with internal and external partners.
- Self-motivated, proactive, and resilient, with excellent time management and prioritisation skills.
- Excellent academic credentials.
Desirable:
- Experience with end-to-end product development.
- Practical data experience (insights, analytics, data processing etc).
Ways of Working:
The location for this role is flexible as the team practices hybrid working and although the team predominantly use the Lloyds Banking Group office in 10 Gresham Street, many of them are based across London and surrounding areas. As we explore our future workstyles, everyone will have the chance to create the right balance between office and remote working with flexibility to travel into the office when required and needed.
What we offer you:
We're a diverse team of motivated colleagues from a range of backgrounds. We believe that having a diverse team helps us to deliver the best service for our clients and for the Bank. In our team we champion an inclusive culture where everyone is welcome and respected. Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-based culture focused on making a difference. In addition, we offer:
- A competitive salary
- Flexible benefits you can adjust to suit your lifestyle
- Discretionary performance share award and access to share schemes
- A generous pension contribution
- A variety of top-class benefits, including private health cover
- 30 days holiday plus bank holidays
Interested? Apply today. Together we make it possible.
We're passionate about diversity and equal opportunity with industry recognition across gender, ethnicity, disability, LGBTQ+ and families. And, being disability confident, reasonable adjustments can be accommodated in our Recruitment process, just let us know.
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. 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 keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
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.
