Head of Product Engineering

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor. We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836 and strive to build a better society while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities, underpinning our retirement and protection solutions as an international player in pension risk transfer, UK and US life insurance, and UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

Job Description

We are seeking a strategic and experienced Head of Product Engineering to lead software engineering, architecture, testing, and technology roadmap execution across Institutional Retirement’s internally developed products. This role is accountable for driving a product‑led engineering culture and delivering scalable, secure, and compliant technology solutions aligned with business and regulatory requirements. The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise and proven leadership, fostering innovation, excellence,‑functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Defining the product engineering strategy to ensure alignment with business objectives and enterprise technology direction
• Overseeing end‑to‑end software delivery, ensuring projects are executed on time, within budget, and to established quality standards
• Leading and developing high‑performing, cross‑functional teams while fostering a culture of technical excellence and continuous improvement
• Ensuring compliance with security, regulatory, and governance requirements, while effectively managing and mitigating technical debt
• Collaborating with senior stakeholders to align technology initiatives with strategic business goals and communicating technical concepts to non‑technical audiences
• Driving innovation in engineering practices, tools, and methodologies, and benchmarking performance against industry standards to maintain competitiveness
• Upholding Consumer Duty principles by ensuring digital products and journeys are designed to support informed decision‑making and present key information transparently
• Managing employee‑related matters in accordance with Group policies and the Partnership Agreement, applying consistent and fair leadership to optimise business performance

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience)
• Deep understanding of software engineering, solution architecture, testing, and technology roadmapping in complex, regulated environments
• Proven ability to build and lead cross‑functional product engineering teams that deliver at scale and drive cultural transformation
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience influencing at C‑suite level

\\depth knowledge of Agile, DevSecOps, and modern software development lifecycle methodologies

• Familiarity with cloud‑native engineering, event‑driven architectures, and API‑led integration strategies
• Hands‑on experience as a software developer and/or architect in enterprise‑scale environments
• Demonstrated technology leadership within regulated financial services, ideally including pensions, life insurance, or asset management

Benefits

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance‑related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays; 26 days after 2 years’ service. Option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, offering the option to hire a brand‑new electric car through salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• Various discounts on our own products and at a range stores and online
• Well‑designed workspaces focused on wellbeing and collaboration

Additional Information

At L&G, we believe it’s possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive 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, you’ll be empowered through initiatives that support career development and excellence.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing flexible working options, including part‑time, term‑time, and job shares. While some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every criterion in this advert. Think about what you excel at, what strengths you bring, and how you connect to our purpose.