Chief Platform Owner - Enterprise AI Strategy

Nationwide Building Society; Swindon; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services mutual in the UK seeks a Chief Platform Owner for Enterprise AI Strategy. This senior role involves leading AI initiatives, ensuring organisational transformation, and influencing stakeholder decision-making at the highest levels. Candidates should possess proven experience in AI strategy, strong leadership skills, and the ability to drive cultural change. The position offers flexible working arrangements and a hybrid work model, reflecting the company's commitment to innovation and customer-centric solutions.

Benefits

Private medical insurance

Competitive pension

Annual performance bonus

Training and development

Life assurance

Wellness options

Paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Proven experience in enterprise AI strategy and execution.
• Demonstrable experience in organisational transformation.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the enterprise AI strategy and its execution.
• Manage the governance, standards, and controls of AI initiatives.
• Influence decision-making at the highest organisational levels.

Skills

Enterprise AI strategy

Organisational transformation

Leadership and stakeholder management

AI technologies

Change management

Job description

Chief Platform Owner - Enterpise AI Strategy

We are seeking a visionary Chief Platform Owner – Enterprise AI to lead the next phase of our AIите strategy. This is a senior leadership role responsible for translating board-level ambitions into executable programs that deliver real value for customers and colleagues while ensuring safety, compliance and regulatory confidence.

You will act as the senior voice of AI within the organisation, driving strategic coherence and execution across technology, data, risk, procurement, legal, and HR. This is an opportunity to shape the future of AI in our enterprise and influence industry standards.

We’re looking for someone with proven experience in driving organisational transformation, focusing on business readiness and cultural adoption - not just technology implementation. You should be able to embed AI into business processes, prepare teams for change and ensure sustainable adoption across the enterprise.

We are happy to consider flexible working approaches to help you perform at your best.

This is a 12 month Fixed Term Contract opportunity.

At Nationwide we offer hybrid working wherever possible. More rewarding relationships are supported through our hybrid approach, bringing colleagues together across our UK wide estate, whilst also supporting generous access to home working. We value our time in the office to solve problems, to learn, and to feel connected.

For this job you'll spend at least two days per week, or if part time you'll spend 40% of your working time, based at either our London or Swindon office. If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You hữu also find out more about our approach tohybrid working here.

If we receive a high volume of relevant applications, we may close the advert earlier than the advertised date, so please apply as soon as you can.

What you’ll be doing

You will regularly present progress, insights and strategic recommendations to the Executive Committee (ExCo) and Extended Leadership Team (ELT).

This role requires you to operate as a trusted peer, influencing decision-making at the highest level and ensuring AI initiatives are aligned with organisational priorities and governance standards.

Refreshing and managing the enterprise AI strategy into a funded, tracked programme will be a key driver for this role - making sureJog to establish the AI Target Operating Model, including governance, standards and controls.

About you

You will have/be:

Proven experience in enterprise AI strategy and execution within complex organisations

Demonstrable experience in organisational transformation, with an emphasis on business readiness and cultural change, beyond technology delivery

Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at Board and ExCo level

Deep understanding of AI technologies, governance frameworks and regulatory landscapes

The ability to translate strategic vision into actionable outcomes and measurable value

Comfortable working across multiple functions and driving change at pace

Our customer first behaviours put customers and members at the heart of how we work together. They are the set of behaviours that every colleague needs to display, in every role:

Feel what customers feel - We step into our customers’ shoes, using their feedback and insights to empathise with them and to understand their needs, so that every decision we make starts and finishes with our customers in mind

Say it straight - We are brave in speaking out and saying what we think – we’re honest and direct with good intent, openly sharing diverse perspectives to reach the best conclusions and using language everyone can understand

Push for better - We don’t settle for mediocrity, we challenge the status quo, taking responsibility for continuous improvement and personal development

Get it done - We prioritise what will have the greatest impact, we are decisive, and we take accountability for delivering brilliant customer outcomes

You can strengthen your application by showing how our customer first behaviours resonate with you, and where you may have already demonstrated these.

The extras you’ll get

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide riding:

ইত Access to private medical insurance

A highly competitive pension to help you build a strong foundation for retirement

Access to an annual performance related bonus

Training and development to help you progress your career

A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme

Life assurance to provide peace of mind for you and your loved ones in the event of your death

Wellhub – access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness

Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year

Banking – but fairer, more rewarding, and for the good of society

We forge our own path at Nationwide.

As a mutual, we’re owned by our members - those customers who bank, save or have a mortgage with us. We challenge the financial sector status quo. We don’t see customers as the engine of our own profit. We share our profits with them and put their needs first. Always there when they need us. Supporting them and their lives.

If you’re inspired by fairer finances, passionate about making a meaningful impact, and truly care about our customers, you’re one of us.

At Nationwide, you are challenged to grow and rewarded for doing so. Valued. Recognised. Inspired to be your best. As a community we want our working lives to count. As a team, we celebrate what we achieve. As a standard-setter, we work for the good of customers ck communities, and broader society.

We are purpose-driven. Uncompromisingly customer. Unstopp kiện Nationwide.

What to do next

If this role is for you, please click the ‘Apply Now’ button. You’ll need to attach your up-to-date CV and answer a few quick questions for us.

We respond to everyone, so we will be in contact shortly after the closing date to let you know the outcome of your application.

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