Senior Innovation Manager

Job Description

End Date Sunday 13 November 2022 Salary Range £70,784 - £88,480 We support agile workingclick here for more information on agile working options.Agile Working Options Other Agile Working Arrangements / Open to Discussion Job Description Summary . Job DescriptionDo you want to be involved in shaping the future of financial services in the UKThis is an exciting opportunity to join the Emerging Technology and Innovation team within The Chief Technology Office. As you know Lloyds is the UKs leading digital franchise, with millions of active online customers across our main brands. The purposeof our team is to Help Britain Prosper by by formulating and assessing innovative opportunities that create a better financial future for our customersWe do this by:

• Understanding emerging customer, technology and business model trends
• Designing and testing new business models that respond to those trends
• Augmenting our business model innovation through partnerships
• Collaborating with and enabling our business to work with Fintechs and start-ups
• Assessing and experimenting with emerging technologies

As a team, we want to create a future where customers choose Lloyds because we regularly launch new products and services that make their financial lives better. This is a unique chance to join a team that celebrates curiosity, diversity and value creation.Role Duties and ResponsibilitiesThe role involves finding opportunities and delivering capabilities to enable Lloyds Banking Group to deliver its strategy.The team handles a dynamic portfolio of innovation opportunities providing an unusual level of exposure to a wide-range of projects in the course of a year.The Senior Innovation Manager works as part of a squad to:

• Lead a key focus area or theme, such as society of the future, or personalisation, including steering multiple projects within that theme.
• Inspire the team and collaborators to generate and implement breakthrough ideas. Lead our understanding of future financial needs through various forms of research.
• Shape new business opportunities aligned with our strategy using our innovation methodology.
• Use experimentation to test opportunities in an agile way.
• Act as a point of contact for one of the business units, building relationships and representing the whole team with those collaborators.
• In addition to leading a small team, youll be hands on on project work and be part of the Innovation leadership team.

Skills and experience Essential:Industry and Strategy Experience How do you use your knowledge of emerging trends relevant to financial services (customer, competitor, technology) to influence business plans and product development. Can you logically consider how these might impactthe industry and Lloyds, given our specific strategy and positioning.Early-stage Proposition Development You must have experience of leading teams to develop and test new business model ideas.Solving Complex Problems Have you a strong and well tested skills in analysing and holistically interpreting a range of information. Can you make sense of complex and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems; able to synthesiseand distil data to influence key decisions and partners. Can you analyse and benchmarks internal data and performance with industry standard methodology.Partner Management Wed like you to build strong partnerships between start-ups, Fintechs and large financial institutions including their onboarding and ongoing relationships.People Development Want to build a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organisation achieve its purpose and objectives Can you demonstrate that you have developed people to be able to meet their goals and the organisations.Manages Ambiguity- Are you able to encourage and lead a team in a VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity) environment. Desirable: Research, Insights and Idea Generation- Demonstrable leadership of research activity to synthesise pieces of information to creatively generate new ideas and solutions.Agile Ways of Working Previous leadership in experimentation and experience of key agile ceremonies and sprint patterns aligned to delivering inline with an Agile framework.Business & Commercial Modelling Good working knowledge of financial modelling and business case development.Enterprise and Emerging Technology Knowledge of some key emerging technology impacting banking and an understanding of the key factors considered when deploying technology at scale across an organisation.Tempted to apply but something holding you backWere keen to ensure our workforce represents every corner of society, and we celebrate diversity!We further ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation in the application process, and to perform their role to their best.At Lloyds Banking Group, were 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 youll have a key role to play in shaping the financialservices of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means youll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.Were 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 were building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunityto make a real difference.