Senior PMO Manager | S4 | Data & AI Domain | Multiple Locations | Internal Mobility in Milton Keynes

Country: United Kingdom

IT STARTS HERE

Santander (www.santander.com) is evolving from a global, high-impact brand into a technology-driven organisation, and our people are at the heart of this journey. Together, we are driving a customer-centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation, and the courage to challenge what’s possible. This is more than a strategic shift. It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

The Data & AI Domain at Santander is responsible for setting the strategic direction for data, analytics, and artificial intelligence across the organisation. It ensures that data is managed as a trusted enterprise asset and that advanced technologies are applied responsibly, securely, and effectively to create value for customers and the business.

THE DIFFERENCE YOU MAKE

The Data & AI Domain is looking for a Senior PMO Manager based in any of the multiple UK head-office locations. You will embed disciplined value management across the Data & AI portfolio, ensuring that benefits are defined, evidenced, validated and converted into measurable business outcomes. Working with Finance, Management Control and initiative owners, you will strengthen confidence in forecasts, prevent double counting and identify the management actions needed to translate productivity into P&L impact.

You will be responsible for:

• Implement the Global value-management methodology locally across the Data & AI portfolio.
• Define benefit baselines, attribution, confidence and evidence requirements at intake.
• Distinguish clearly between deployment, value generated and value captured.
• Coordinate monthly validation with Finance, initiative owners and Management Control.
• Reconcile portfolio value with Planview and bank-wide change governance.
• Prevent double counting and challenge unsupported value claims.
• Maintain benefit confidence, forecast and evidence status, highlighting material gaps and changes.
• Escalate benefits that lack the management actions required to convert productivity into P&L impact.

WHAT YOU’LL BRING

Our people are our greatest strength. Every individual contributes unique perspectives that make us stronger as a team and as an organisation. We’re enabling teams to go beyond by valuing who they are and empowering what they bring.

The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Professional Experience

• Substantial experience in benefits realisation, value management, finance partnering, portfolio management or transformation. (Required)
• Experience defining baselines, attribution rules, evidence standards and benefit confidence. (Required)
• Experience validating benefits with Finance, business owners or management-control functions. (Required)
• Experience challenging forecasts and reconciling value reporting across multiple sources. (Required)
• Experience in data, analytics, AI, financial services or another regulated environment. (Preferred)

Education

• Relevant degree or equivalent professional experience. (Required)
• Finance, accounting, benefits-realisation, portfolio or change-management qualification. (Preferred)

Languages

• English. (Required)
• Spanish (Preferred)

Hard Skills

• Benefits realisation and value-management methodology. (Required)
• Financial and operational baseline definition, attribution and evidence assessment. (Required)
• Forecasting, reconciliation and confidence-based reporting. (Required)
• Working knowledge of Planview or comparable portfolio-management tooling. (Preferred)

Soft Skills

• Strong commercial judgement and evidence-based challenge. (Required)
• Ability to build effective relationships across Finance, delivery and business teams. (Required)
• Clear communication of complex value concepts to senior stakeholders. (Required)
• Integrity, curiosity and attention to detail. (Required)

WE VALUE YOUR IMPACT

At Santander, your contribution matters. We recognise the difference you make every day, and we make sure you feel valued, supported and rewarded in return. Here, recognition goes beyond pay. It’s about the pride you feel in your work, the impact you have on customers and communities, and the opportunities you have to grow and thrive — personally and professionally.

Salary Range: £68,662.00 - £102,994.00 per annum (depending on experience)

This salary range represents the expected remuneration for the role. Annual salary is based on a standard 35-hour working week. Actual salary offered will depend on skills, experience, qualifications and location.

Competitive rewards that reflect the real impact you make and the value you bring.

Wellbeing that goes beyond work — we work with a range of wellbeing partners across our 4 pillars of wellbeing (physical, mental, social and financial) to give you access to a suite of apps, discounted gym and fitness access, weekly online classes, flexible healthcare and mental health support.

Support for every life stage — from menopause and pregnancy to parenthood and beyond, with enhanced family leave, childcare options and tailored wellbeing support.

Time to give back through volunteering opportunities that let you make a difference in the communities we serve.

Global growth opportunities to shape your career, learn new skills and explore what’s possible across our international network.

Ready to be recognised? It starts with you.

LOCAL COMPLIANCE

At Santander, we’re proud to be an inclusive organisation that provides equal opportunities for everyone — regardless of age, gender, disability, civil status, race, religion or sexual orientation. We’re committed to creating a recruitment experience that’s accessible, fair and welcoming for all candidates. We want our people to thrive — at work and at home — while delivering the best outcomes for our customers and supporting each other to grow.

To make this possible, our roles are site-based with a hybrid working pattern, where colleagues are expected to attend the office at least 12 days per month (pro-rata for part-time roles). When applying, please consider the travel distance, time and cost to your chosen office location(s). We welcome applications on the understanding that, should you be offered this role, there may be no relocation package available. Santander will pay the employer mandatory government fees that are required to pay in connection with visa sponsorship. You may be liable for your own personal employee immigration and relocation costs.

WHAT TO DO NEXT

If this sounds like a role you are interested in, then please apply. For further guidance please visit Internal Mobility - Candidate Guidance. If you want to know more about the opportunity please contact Vitor Eiro Storino – Vitor.EiroStorino@santander.co.uk.