Strategic Value Partner - CCB | S4 | People & Culture

Strategic Value Partner – CCB | S4 | People & Culture – Milton Keynes (United Kingdom)

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Santander () is evolving from a global, high‑impact brand into a technology‑driven organisation
, and our people are at the heart of this journey.
Together
, we are driving a customer‑centric transformation that values bold thinking, innovation
, and the courage to challenge what’s possible.

This is more than a strategic shift.
It’s a chance for driven professionals to grow, learn, and make a real difference
.

Our mission is to contribute to help more people and businesses prosper
. We embrace a strong risk culture and all our professionals at all levels are expected to take a proactive and responsible approach toward risk management.

The People & Culture division is looking for a Strategic Value Partner based out of Milton Keynes (with some time spent in Triton Square).

As a Strategic Value Partner, you will partner with the CEO of CCB (Corporate & Commercial Business) and their leadership team, aligning people strategy with business objectives. You will drive strategic initiatives across talent management, organisational design, culture, transformation and leadership development, ensuring a high‑performing, engaged and agile workforce.

We’re shaping the way we work through innovation, cutting‑edge technology, collaboration and the freedom to explore new ideas.

You will work closely with your stakeholders to build a deep understanding of the business goals and priorities and be the interface between the business and People & Culture to ensure our people strategies support these goals.

• Commerciality:
  Develop a deep understanding of the key strategic business goals and challenges, including the commercial and people levers that influence them
• Stakeholder
  
  Skills:
  
  Coach and influence ExCo/Senior Leaders to develop leadership capability, relationships among teams as well as deliver effective performance feedback aligned to high performance culture
• Culture Coach:
  Coach and influence leaders to role model and embed the TEAMS behaviours and leadership expectations
• Talent Management:
  Collaborate with senior leadership to construct, develop and implement a strategic talent approach that aligns with the SWP strategy and strategic blueprint to ensure we attract, develop and retain talent with a clear focus on succession planning
• Change & Transformation – Provide strategic advice and counsel to the business to identify, shape and embed change and transformation activity aligned to SWP
• Cross
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Work closely with CoEs (Talent, Culture & Reward) and the Solutions pool to prioritise and implement strategies across the business that align with workforce planning and the Strategic Blueprint including implementing Global initiatives
• External Awareness:
  Horizon scan, review and benchmark internal and external environments to identify new opportunities for HR and the business.
• Data Driven:
  Analyse workforce trends using HR MI / data to forecast future people related requirements to support senior leaders in workforce planning and succession management, and to ensure successful people outcomes are tracked and measured
• Employee Engagement:
  Leverage engagement outputs to identify key actions and priorities to positively influence the ongoing improvement of cultural shifts such as engagement, DEI and wellbeing through people priorities, leveraging the thought leadership of the Culture AOE, and identifying associated solutions as required
• Business Advocate:
  Act as the voice of the customer across P&C, building knowledge and understanding of business priorities and drivers, to ensure products and services are fit for purpose

The following requirements represent the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential for success in this role. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Solid Business Partnering experience, with a strong level of technical HR depth (required)
• Significant experience in Financial Services, ideally in Corporate Banking (required)
• Proven ability to influence at ExCo level and manage…