Strategy Director – Corporate & Institutional Banking (CIB)

Location: London

Hours: Full time

Working Pattern: Hybrid working; spend at least two days per week at the London office. Colleagues with disabilities can receive workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with the Flexibility Works policy.

What you’ll be doing:

This role plays a key part in creating the Group’s strategy, offering a chance to influence major business decisions and collaborate with senior leadership. As a Strategy Director, you’ll lead and contribute to complex strategic initiatives across CIB and the wider Group, develop recommendations on high-profile topics, combine deep analysis and original research to advise decision makers at GEC and Board level, and support the execution of these strategies, translating them into real outcomes. You’ll play a key role in shaping the Group’s corporate strategy, assessing the evolving operating environment and competitive landscape to ensure we continue to meet customer needs and deliver long‑term shareholder value. Alongside this, you’ll produce insightful analysis on competitors, challenger banks and wider market trends, identifying themes with strategic implications.

Why join us?

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone, make change happen and challenge the status quo.

What we’re looking for:

• 8+ years of experience in strategy, corporate development, investment banking or consulting, with exposure to complex financial services environments
• Proven track record analysing large, complex datasets and translating insights into clear strategic recommendations
• Strong experience supporting or delivering strategic initiatives such as M&A, disposals or transformation programmes
• Ability to engage senior partners and contribute to Executive and Board‑level discussions producing high‑quality materials for diverse audiences
• Strong commercial awareness, with a clear understanding of market dynamics, competitors and investor expectations

Additional desirable experience:

• Experience of strategy in the context of operations/technology would be beneficial

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this advert may reference specific experience, we recognise that skills are developed in different ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you:

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities, and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

Benefits package:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance‑related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Like what you hear? Join us!