Co-Lead Public Sector Pensions in Leeds

Isio has an established and growing public service pensions business delivering around £8m of revenue across all service lines. It spans central and local government, blue lights, health, education and housing, and is linked to sectors such as transport, utilities and infrastructure. The team lives Isio’s approach – challenging, innovating and forward-thinking. Our business anticipates and informs future trends and is very well connected with key stakeholders across these sectors.

Public services is viewed as a key growth opportunity for the business, bringing diversification and longevity. The business seeks commercial input and focus to maximise its significant growth potential at a time of enormous change within the sector. This is a role which is both market facing and also has a focus on driving commercial and operational excellence, capitalising on Isio’s market leading position.

What does the role entail?

• Drive forward new business activities, build relationships with potential clients, produce tender submissions and lead pitches.
• Demonstrate commercial and operational excellence in relation to financial, people, client and opportunity management.
• Have a vision for how the public services opportunity can be best maximised.
• Use an existing relationship network with key stakeholders to develop new opportunities.
• Demonstrate deep experience and relationships in at least one of the main public sector areas and ability to apply that to the others.
• Demonstrate a clear understanding of public sector procurement and to challenge how this can be used to Isio’s advantage.
• Lead client relationships – co-ordinating multiple Isio service lines, developing new opportunities with existing clients, managing commercial and personal relationships with clients.
• Support the Board and Exco with financial analysis to support business decisions and reviews.
• Be willing to raise new ideas internally and challenge thinking to ensure our work is robust and joined-up across multiple specialist teams.
• Support the development of our team members through coaching and mentoring, including performance management responsibilities.

What we’re looking for?

• Experience of providing pensions advice for or within at least one of the sectors of public services.
• Ability to lead, with the appropriate support from Isio’s service lines, all types of pensions and reward projects.
• Experience of providing advice in relation to the LGPS/Local government is welcomed, but not essential.
• Extensive previous experience of relevant consulting and relationship management.
• Appetite to drive forward innovative thinking on strategy development.
• Proven network of relationships to develop business.
• Business development experience and a commercial mindset.
• Extensive leadership skills.
• The ability and willingness to take on a high level of responsibility and work effectively in a team.
• Excellent communication skills.

Why Join Isio

Isio is a fast-growing professional services business, that offers career development through an evolving client base, diverse and meaningful work, nationwide opportunities, and a culture that rewards high performance and accountability. We hold ourselves to the highest standards and our values guide how we advise our clients, how we operate as a business and how we work together as a team. We call it the Isio Attitude. We encourage our people to be bold, to communicate with conviction, and to deliver advice that matters.

Here, growth brings opportunity - more responsibility, more clients, and work that stretches and develops you. We invest in training and development so you can expand your skills and explore different career paths across diverse markets to make your mark. Isio is a place to realise your potential and build a career with impact.

About Isio

Isio is a progressive and fast-growing advisory firm, partnering with clients of all sizes to deliver expertise in pensions, employee benefits and wealth advisory services. Working with pension trustees, employers, individuals, families and their offices, we are supported by talented colleagues across 10 UK offices. With a Big 4 heritage we combine a strong focus on quality with a fresh perspective challenging traditional thinking.

Our culture shapes our work; we foster a supportive environment where we develop our people to grow and fulfil their potential. We invest in our services, products and technology, and provide clear, expert solutions for our clients. This brings clarity, confidence, and better outcomes for everyone.

At Isio, we are committed to fostering an inclusive, equitable and diverse workplace, in which our colleagues feel they belong, regardless of background or difference. We uphold the values of respect, fairness, and inclusion in our actions and decisions. We believe that by adhering to these principles, we will create a stronger, more innovative, and supportive environment for all, as well as ensuring that the advice and support we provide to our clients is more creative, more insightful and leaves a lasting impact.

We can offer a hybrid, flexible approach to work, supporting a work-life balance that works for you. Isio Group is an equal opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates.