Legal & General is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division works with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers – which include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions – and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team, with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, with an enduring commitment to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

- PLEASE NOTE - THIS ROLE CAN BE BASED IN LONDON OR DUBLIN.

The purpose of the Strategy Product Marketing department is to support and drive sustainable business growth for LGIM. The Product team sits within the Strategy Product Marketing department, responsible for the end-to-end product lifecycle management of LGIM’s product ranges in support of the Strategy Product Marketing’s purpose.

What you'll be doing:

• Managing the delivery and continued development of the Product Management process for regulated products, ensuring each (relevant) product and fund range is fully managed following launch through to the end of its lifecycle
• Scoping and designing product changes using effective project management tools to identify and document key milestones and deliverables, capture actions and issues, run working groups and testing. Identify all risks that may impact successful delivery and manage or mitigate them, escalating as required
• Ensuring ongoing use and compliance with Product policies and procedures, ensuring personal adherence to compliance, governance and risk policies and frameworks such that Product activities are carried out consistently with business ethics, values and stakeholder requirements at defined levels of risk
• Adhering to the processes in place to regularly assess management and delivery of product risk, fund and thematic reviews. Using existing arrangements, whilst also identifying and implementing process improvements, to review on an ongoing basis the benefits realisation of regulated funds following their launch including continued meeting of customer needs
• Delivering product technical support on matters such as regulation, tax, customer channels, registrations, disclosures and operational items on both an on-going and project basis to manage existing products to meet the needs of customers
• Ensuring all relevant operational areas are both involved in decision making processes around product changes and informed in advance of new initiatives, coordinating operational teams as part of scoping, delivery and implementation, and ensure effective engagement with key service providers supporting the product activity
• Reviewing analysis of customer, industry and regulatory activity to assess where strategic new fund launches or strategic fund changes are required to inform proposition design and deliver enhancements, developments and changes to the product offering
• Developing close working relationships with key stakeholders of counterparts throughout the business to resolve barriers to the successful achievement of agreed projects & building strong relationships with key contacts at service providers

Who we're looking for:

• Degree qualified or equivalent required
• Professional qualifications in relation to the role such as IMC, CFA, CAIA or similar highly desirable
• Strong knowledge of the international asset management industry with experience launching and managing funds in key jurisdictions
• A strong understanding of regulation and strong technical knowledge of pooled product structures (including AIF and non-AIF) across a range of domiciles and jurisdictions
• Experience in product strategy, development and management
• Previous experience in launching, registering, operating and amending pooled investment funds in key jurisdictions
• Product life cycle management
• Experience in stakeholder engagement; ability to influence and engage across key stakeholders
• The role supports more junior members of the team in a mentoring and knowledge sharing capacity but does not have line management responsibility.
• PRINCE2, Agile or another project management accreditation desirable

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes 
• Generous pension contribution
• A company car allowance
• Life assurance  
• Private medical insurance (permanent employees only)
• At least 30 days holiday, plus public holidays. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice
• Recommend L&G as a wonderful place to work and earn referral money if someone you know joins us
• Access to hundreds of discounts, both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online  
• Flexible working options, including recently redesigned and award-winning offices which are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.