Product and Partnerships Graduate Scheme - Leeds in London

Work on customer-focused products, digital experiences and strategic partnerships, helping shape solutions used by millions of people across the UK.

Duration – 2 years

Salary – £42,000 + fantastic benefits

Locations – North West (Manchester & Chester), South West (Bristol & Cardiff), West Yorkshire (Leeds & Halifax) and Edinburgh. Hybrid working: minimum two office days a week.

Qualifications – Chartered Banker qualification opportunity plus structured training and development.

Banking is changing faster than ever. New technologies, changing customer expectations and the rise of AI are transforming how people manage, save, spend, invest and borrow money. To stay ahead, we need talented people who can turn customer insight into brilliant products and experiences.

Our Product and Partnerships Graduate Scheme is designed to develop the next generation of product leaders: curious thinkers, data explorers and customer-first creators who can turn insight into innovation. You’ll learn how products are created, prioritised, launched and continually improved. You’ll work alongside Product Leads, Proposition Owners, Customer Journey Managers, Engineers, Designers, Data Experts and external partners to solve real customer problems. From day one, you’ll contribute to meaningful work that impacts millions of people, seeing ideas move from insight to launch and optimisation.

Over two years, you’ll complete three diverse placements across our customer focused business areas, giving you exposure to the teams shaping the future of customer experiences and lending across the Group. Your placements could include:

• Product and Platform: learn how products across mortgages, loans, cards, insurance, investments, car finance, leasing and everyday banking are designed, managed and delivered. Work on customer journeys, digital experiences and platform innovation.
• Customer Propositions and Digital Journeys: use customer insight to shape products, services and experiences, helping teams prioritise opportunities and deliver change at pace.
• Strategic Partnerships: work with major partners such as Jaguar Land Rover to shape new products, manage relationships, bring propositions to market and support safe, profitable delivery.

Together, these placements will build your experience in customer insight, commercial decision-making, product management, partnership development, agile delivery and transformation.

By the end of the scheme, you’ll be able to:

• Apply product management principles to real customer and commercial challenges.
• Understand the end-to-end product lifecycle, from idea and business case through to implementation and optimisation.
• Use customer and behavioural data, analytics and AI tools to inform decisions and improve journeys.
• Translate customer insight into product improvements, innovation and new propositions.
• Build business cases and prioritise opportunities based on customer and commercial value.
• Build and manage partnerships that add value, resolve barriers and support effective delivery.
• Influence stakeholders and collaborate across multidisciplinary and agile teams.
• Develop financial literacy and understand how the bank makes decisions and generates revenue.

You’ll be backed with:

• Leadership interaction and sponsorship.
• Mentoring from leaders who’ve been where you are now.
• Access to learning academies, Viva Learning and internal platforms.
• Opportunities to contribute to sustainability, inclusion and other initiatives that make a real difference.

You’ll finish with strong commercial, customer, product, data, delivery and relationship skills, plus the confidence and network to begin your career at LBG. You’ll be ready to shape products, manage partnerships and create experiences that help millions of customers manage, spend and borrow with confidence.

What you need to apply:

• We do not require a minimum degree achievement, but we strongly recommend that you can demonstrate the knowledge, understanding and skills aligned to the role. These, alongside your behaviours and values, will be assessed during the application process.
• A genuine interest in customers, products, partnerships, technology and the drive to keep learning.
• Confidence working with insight, solving problems and collaborating with others.
• Please note that we cannot support visas.

Locations: North West (Manchester & Chester), South West (Bristol & Cardiff), West Yorkshire (Leeds & Halifax) and Edinburgh. With our hybrid working policy, all colleagues spend at least two days a week in the office.

Applications for our Product and Partnerships Graduate Scheme open on 10th September and will close on 8th November. Our graduate schemes may close early if we receive a high number of applications, so it’s best to apply as soon as possible once applications open.