End Date
Tuesday 24 November 2026
Salary Range
£0 - £0
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Job Description
JOB TITLE: Head of Strategic Engagement - Sustainability
SALARY: Regional £106, 565 - £125, 370 | London £126, 523 - £148, 850
LOCATION(S): London, Bristol, Leeds, Edinburgh
HOURS: Full-time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
Help shape how one of the UK’s largest financial services organisations engages, influences and builds partnerships on sustainability.
About the opportunity
Group Sustainable Business enables the Group to deliver on its purpose of Helping Britain Prosper by working across the organisation to unlock sustainable growth for our customers, colleagues and communities.
As Head of Strategic Engagement, you’ll translate the Group’s purpose and sustainability strategy into a coherent approach to market influence, senior stakeholder engagement and strategic partnerships. Sitting at the intersection of strategy, partnerships and relationships, you’ll build an AI-enabled intelligence capability, develop a high-value ecosystem of partners and act as a trusted strategic adviser to senior sustainability leaders.
A senior, market-facing role developed for someone who can find opportunities, build influential relationships and turn complex external developments into clear choices and action. Success will be measured by stronger market positioning, better-informed decisions and partnerships that create tangible strategic and commercial value.
What you’ll be doing:
Developing and collaborating on the Group’s strategic engagement approach across our purpose ambitions, including working with internal specialist teams to support policy work and investor engagement, and developing plans for priority stakeholders across NGOs, industry leaders, innovators, customers, media and external platforms.
Advising executive leaders and influencing Board, C-suite and senior industry audiences through clear, credible communication and compelling narratives and materials, while ensuring senior engagement commitments are owned and progressed.
Owning and strengthening the Group’s partnership ecosystem, prioritising memberships and partnerships, developing relationships with innovators, universities, accelerators and venture partners, and translating these into strategic, commercial and customer value.
Using the Group’s convening power to build coalitions and create visible market moments on issues where it can make a distinctive difference.
Building an AI-enabled horizon-scanning and intelligence capability, bringing together policy, investor, competitor, research, geopolitical, social, technology and climate developments to provide senior leaders with concise, decision-ready insight and recommended responses.
Measuring and continuously improving impact, using evidence on influence, relationships, stakeholder understanding and market position to focus investment, simplify activity and champion an outward-looking, collaborative and innovative culture.
Why join us?
If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re looking for a role where you can influence at the highest levels, build partnerships that matter and do some of the best work of your career, you’ve just found it!
What we’re looking for:
Significant experience in a senior strategy, stakeholder engagement, partnerships, corporate affairs or Chief of Staff role, ideally within financial services, consulting or another complex, regulated organisation.
A strong track record of building senior external relationships, influencing without authority and converting engagement into measurable strategic value.
Excellent written and verbal communication…