Source to Pay Product Lead & Digital & Transformation

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

Job summary

A financial institution is seeking a Source to Pay Product Lead for Digital Procurement & Transformation. This role focuses on enhancing operational efficiency and digital enablement in procurement, managing processes relating to the source to pay process. The candidate should have strong interpersonal skills and experience in financial services. The position offers hybrid working and various employee benefits, including private medical insurance and a performance-related bonus.

Benefits

Access to private medical insurance

Competitive pension scheme

Annual performance-related bonus

Training and development opportunities

Life assurance

Paid volunteering days

Qualifications

• Knowledge of procurement and product rollout functions.
• Experience in working with senior stakeholders.
• Ability to communicate complex topics simply.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and govern Business Process Documentation.
• Build and prioritize the product reflecting business goals.
• Manage product development processes from concept to release.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Problem-solving

Relationship building

Stakeholder management

Technical expertise

Education

Coupa certification or progress towards CIPs qualification

Experience in Financial Services or regulated organisation

Job description

Source to Pay Product Lead – Digital & Transformation

Location Swindon / Wiltshire Other Locations London / Greater London
Glasgow / Glasgow City Salary From £55,000 per annum Contract Permanent ( Full Time ) Reference 1782 Closing Date 21 January 2026

Nationwide’s procurement function is undergoing a significant and successful transformation, ensuring we deliver the best possible outcomes for Nationwide and our Members. Our operating model combines category alignment with strong business partnering, focused on achieving business and member value enabled by our Strategy & Performance team.

We are seeking an innovative and experienced procurement Source to Pay Lead for our Digital Procurement & Transformation function. This role is pivotal in supporting digital enablement, operational efficiency, and continuous improvement across Procurement. You will act as the overall functional product lead for the Digital and Transformation team within Procurement focusing on processes and systems relating to the source to pay process.

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

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, Swindon or Glasgow office.If your application is successful, your hiring manager will provide further details on how this works. You can 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 maintain and govern Business Process Documentation (BPD) and all technical configuration documentation to ensure clarity, compliance, and alignment with best practices while growing and coaching team members in their knowledge and capability journey.

You will be responsible to build, prioritise, and maintain the product, ensuring alignment with business goals while enabling Procurement and end users by simplifying processes, improving user experience, and providing expert guidance.

Additionally, you’ll gather actionable product developments, managing all stages of product development from conceptualisation to release.

It will also be necessary to stay updated on technologies and user needs to advise product approaches that support overall business strategies, improve implemented capabilities, and define and monitor key performance indicators to measure product success while proactively monitoring the system. Finally, you will ensure technology and operational risks are appropriately controlled in line with Group and business objectives.

About you

The successful candidate will have/be:

Knowledge and experience of enabling functions outside of Procurement and activities relating to product roll out, such as IT, Finance & Risk

Excellent interpersonal skills including effective communications, relationship building and stakeholder management

A keen problem-solver with the ability to think expansively to deliver cutting edge risk solutions

A self-starter who can demonstrate a strong ability to breakdown complex topics into simple language that can be understood. Most importantly you are a strong team player

Experience within a Financial Services and/or regulated organisation

Experienced in working closely and collaboratively with senior stakeholders across functions

Coupa certified across Core Coupa and Coupa Risk Assess is essential and/or CIPs qualification or working towards accreditation

Strong experience of working at a technical level

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, including:

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

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.