Business Change Specialist (Risk Products)

Aldermore Group – why we exist  
Let us tell you a bit about us
We’re Aldermore – the award-winning bank, trusted and highly rated by over a quarter of a million customers for more than a decade. With our range of specialist mortgages, savings accounts and business finance solutions, we're backing more people to go for it. 

We thrive by saying “yes” to our customers. We respect the ingenuity of entrepreneurs and their startups; we give first-timers a leg-up onto the property ladder; we open up the lending market to many; and thousands of customers chose Motonovo Finance every week to buy their next car, van or motorbike.

This is where you come in. We are on a journey. A journey defined by a destination; to deliver on our purpose.

Let us tell you a bit about the opportunity

This is a newly created opportunity to join the Group Functions team within CTO and support with the Risk product pillar. As Risk Product Change Analyst you’ll report into the Group Functions Risk Project Manager, joining a dedicated team responsible for managing the overall Risk product backlog, delivering change and providing Technology services to the Risk business stakeholders.

The role holder will help build the Risk product delivery model and coordinate change across all stakeholders for the backlog items. There will be a focus on the highest priority Risk applications, establishing a RACI, ways of working and progress communication. 

What will your day look like?

•    Establish standards and drive the product ways of working across the Risk pillar within CTO Group Functions
•    Maintain and support prioritised delivery of a product backlog of all change items across Risk 
•    Support product teams, the Head of Group Functions Product Delivery and the broader CTO team through the process of prioritising Risk backlog initiatives and spending based on risk, financial implications, and alignment with Technology and business strategies
•    Build up knowledge of the Risk applications and business to become a product SME
•    Coordinate and run meetings with stakeholders to refine and execute against the prioritised product backlog
•    Support the Project Manager and business stakeholders in managing the Risk third party vendor relationships
•    Build internal stakeholder relationships to become a trusted single point of contact and deputy to the Project Manager
•    Lead impact assessments for new change items to determine business and technology impacts and prioritisation of change in the product backlog 
•    Ensure the CTO Group Functions Risk pillar follows the appropriate policies, procedures, operational considerations, IT change control, and IT risk and compliance management programs

What do we expect from you?

•    Experience in project / programme change management with business analysis skills
•    A structured, analytical and clear communication approach 
•    Experience in planning and executing a plan within a finite timeline and budget
•    Ability to self-lead and confidence in contributing to the debate
•    Working knowledge of fundamental Banking technologies
•    Working knowledge and experience in product led ways of working
•    A collaborative approach to addressing issues based on continuous open communication
•    A disciplined approach to problem-solving and backlog execution
•    Appetite to learn new technologies and constantly improve technical skills
•    Experience with agile ways of working and any Risk knowledge would be desirable but not essential

What can you expect from us?

•    A friendly and flexible culture, the same as how we work with our customers.
•    A growing organisation that means there’s lots of opportunities to progress
•    A drive for continuous improvement, which you will be empowered to get behind from day one. 
•    And of course, you will be rewarded competitively, with a good range of core benefits and bonus potential.  

Still curious? 

Join us and we’ll make the same promises to you as a colleague, as we do to each of our customers. We’re committed to building a working environment that values respect, diversity, and compassion. We welcome people regardless of age, disability, gender identity, marital status, race, faith or belief, sexual orientation, socioeconomic background, and whether you’re pregnant or on family leave. 
Please note that we have a thorough referencing process, which includes criminal record checks