Mortgage Product Executive

This is a rare opportunity to join the Landlord Product and Pricing team who are responsible for managing Nationwide’s Buy-to-Let mortgage proposition. Buy-to-Let mortgages are a hugely important part of Nationwide and are managed by The Mortgage Works (TMW), a wholly owned subsidiary of Nationwide and the UKs largest buy to let lender in 2023.

In this role, you will be at the heart of the Product and Pricing team, working closely alongside the product manager to monitor trading performance and then propose and implement product and pricing changes. From new business acquisition to customer retention, you will use a combination of data analysis and stakeholder engagement to drive forward the right customer and commercial outcomes.

We’re looking for a self-motivated individual that is looking to grow a career in product management and pricing. This role offers a great entry point to learn, with exposure to many different parts of the organisation and senior leadership.

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 our Bournemouth 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 to hybrid 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 be joining the TMW Product Management team with a focus on pricing. As well as crunching the numbers to find optimal price points, you will be involved in supporting and implementing propositional change.

From regular reporting to detailed analysis on market changes, you will produce and communicate data to support key decision making across TMW.

You will engage with a wide range of stakeholders such as Finance, Operations, Credit Risk, Intermediary Relationships, Change and Implementation and Marketing to identify their respective needs and combining these with your own judgment to provide informed recommendations to your manager and the senior leadership team.

You will also be responsible for maintaining a robust controls environment on our processes to ensure we are compliant with any data requests and control reviews.

About you:

As a minimum requirement you’ll:

• Have an analytical/numerical mindset with an aptitude for problem solving.
• Have strong Excel skills and good knowledge of PowerPoint & Word
• Have experience working with data to draw conclusions
• Have a proven ability to work to a high standard whilst handling time pressures.
• Have experience of building relationships and communicating with confidence.
• Be able to work well on your own initiative whilst balancing priorities.
• Have an eye for detail and quality control

Our Customer First behaviours are all about putting customers and members at the heart of how we work together. You can strengthen your application by showing the behaviours that resonate with you, and how you might have already demonstrated these.

• Say it straight - This is about being honest and direct with good intent and saying what needs to be said in the room. It’s also about being clear, precise, and using language that we and, importantly, our customers and members can understand.
• Push for better - This is about aiming high and constantly looking for better in how we work together and serve our customers and members.
• Get it done - This is about prioritising what will have the greatest impact, being decisive and taking accountability for delivering on the end-to-end outcome.

We know applying for jobs can sometimes feel like you’re sending an application into a black hole. We review each application individually. So, it’s a good idea to call out your most relevant experience on your application to give yourself the best chance.

The extras you’ll get:

There are all sorts of employee benefits available at Nationwide, including:

• A personal pension – if you put in 7% of your salary, we’ll top up by a further 16%
• Up to 2 days of paid volunteering a year
• Life assurance worth 8x your salary
• A great selection of additional benefits through our salary sacrifice scheme
• Wellhub – Access to a range of free and paid options for health and wellness.
• Access to an annual performance related bonus
• Access to training to help you develop and progress your career
• 25 days holiday, pro rata