Product Strategy and Commercial Manager - Everyday Banking

Our client, a major UK retail bank, provides every day banking services to over 17 million retail customers. The banks expertise and services span across Business Services, Corporate banking, Wealth Management, Group Functions, Retail and Investment Banking.

On behalf of this organisation, AMS are looking for a Product Strategy and Commercial Manager - Everyday Banking for a 12 Month Day Rate Contract based in London.

Job Description - The Role

As a Product Strategy and Commercial Manager in Product Strategy & Simplification, you'll lead the end-to-end development and delivery of Everyday Banking product strategy. You'll shape the future of current accounts and savings by setting direction, driving execution, and ensuring strategies translate into measurable customer and commercial outcomes.

We're looking for a strategic leader with strong commercial acumen and a customer-led mindset, capable of owning complex strategic initiatives from concept through to delivery. You'll use strategic, commercial, and data-driven insight to define priorities, make decisions, and influence senior leaders across the Retail Bank.

As a Product Strategy and Commercial Manager you will be responsible for;

• Owning the development and delivery of elements of the Everyday Banking product strategy, ensuring alignment with customer needs, regulatory requirements, and commercial objectives
• Setting clear strategic direction and priorities for current accounts and savings, making trade-offs and decisions where required
• Leading complex strategic initiatives from ideation through to implementation, working closely with proposition, technology, finance, risk, and change teams
• Developing and owning robust commercial cases, including financial modelling, forecasting, scenario and sensitivity analysis
• Using internal and external data to identify opportunities, risks, and emerging trends, translating insight into clear strategic actions
• Crafting and presenting compelling strategic narratives to senior leadership forums, including ExCo audiences
• Building and maintaining strong senior stakeholder relationships across Retail Banking and enabling functions, influencing without authority where needed

What we require from the candidate;

• Experience in a consultancy or financial services in a strategy or commercial based role
• A strong understanding of retail banking products and systems - particularly current accounts and savings
• Proven experience leading strategy or product initiatives end to end, from problem definition through to delivery and benefits realisation
• Strong commercial acumen, with a deep understanding of income drivers, balance sheet mechanics, and how retail banking products create value
• Experience influencing and advising senior stakeholders, with the credibility to challenge constructively and drive decisions
• The ability to translate complex analysis into clear, actionable recommendations linked to strategic and commercial outcomes
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to produce and present high-quality materials for senior leadership
• Well-developed leadership skills, with experience coaching, guiding, or line-managing others

Next steps

This client will only accept workers operating via an Umbrella or PAYE engagement model.

If you are interested in applying for this position and meet the criteria outlined above, please click the link to apply and we will contact you with an update in due course.

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