Simplification Programme Director

NatWest Group

London, United Kingdom
End-to-end leadership and delivery
Structural cost reduction
Operational resilience
You’ll be fully accountable for the end to end leadership and delivery of Retail’s multi-year simplification agenda, driving structural cost reduction, operational resilience, and improved customer and colleague outcomes

Job Summary

  • You’ll be fully accountable for the end to end leadership and delivery of Retail’s multi-year simplification agenda, driving structural cost reduction, operational resilience, and improved customer and colleague outcomes.
  • This is your opportunity to build and lead a high‑performing programme leadership team, setting clear direction, pace, and accountability.
  • You’ll drive and lead the Retail simplification strategy, aligned to Group priorities, financial plans, and regulatory expectations.

Matching Summary

You’ll be fully accountable for the end to end leadership and delivery of Retail’s multi-year simplification agenda, driving structural cost reduction, operational resilience, and improved customer and colleague outcomes.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • End-to-end leadership and delivery
  • Structural cost reduction
  • Operational resilience
  • Enterprise scale strategy shaping
  • Disciplined investment management
  • Benefits realisation
  • Advanced automation and Agentic AI sponsorship

Nice-to-have

  • High-performing programme leadership team
  • Constructive challenge at senior levels
  • Legacy complexity reduction

Key Requirements

  • Minimum four days per week in office
  • Proven track record of delivering quantifiable financial outcomes
  • Extensive experience in enterprise-wide simplification/transformation
  • Strong understanding of bank financials and cost-base management
  • Experience leading large-scale transformation portfolios

Work Rights

Not specified

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