Senior Product Manager - Public Markets (Multi-Asset) in London

Company Description

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. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income. Our global asset management business provides our clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, working internationally across public and private markets.

Who we are

We are one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor across public and private markets. Asset Management is a critical driver of our Group strategy. The business aims to work synergistically with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers, and deliver enhanced shareholder returns. Our investment philosophy and processes are focused on creating value over the long term. We believe that incorporating financially material sustainability criteria, when relevant to our clients, can create value and drive positive change.

Job Description

At L&G Asset Management, our Product team plays a key role in shaping, developing and managing investment products that support sustainable business growth and deliver strong outcomes for clients. Sitting within Strategy, Product and Marketing, the Multi Asset Product team is responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of investment products across a range of asset classes and product structures. We're looking for an experienced Senior Product Manager to join our Multi Asset Product team. This is an exciting opportunity for a commercially minded product professional who enjoys working across complex investment products, influencing a wide range of stakeholders and helping to deliver innovative, client-focused solutions. Whilst experience in Multi Asset is beneficial, we're open to candidates from broader public markets product backgrounds, including fixed income, index or other investment strategies.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the design and delivery of new investment products and product enhancements across multiple product structures
• Managing product launches, amendments, mergers and closures throughout the full product lifecycle
• Coordinating cross-functional projects and bringing together stakeholders from Investments, Distribution, Operations, Risk and Compliance
• Developing and maintaining robust product governance processes and ensuring regulatory requirements are met
• Reviewing product ranges and identifying opportunities to improve client outcomes and commercial performance
• Providing technical product expertise on fund structures, regulations, disclosures and operational considerations
• Building strong relationships with internal stakeholders, service providers and external partners
• Presenting recommendations and updates to governance committees, boards and senior stakeholders

Who we’re looking for:

• Significant experience in investment product management within asset management
• Strong knowledge of UK funds and pooled investment structures, including UCITS, ETFs and other fund vehicles
• Experience managing the full product lifecycle, from development and launch through to ongoing management
• Commercial awareness and the ability to connect product decisions with client and business outcomes
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across a range of seniority levels
• Experience delivering complex projects and managing competing priorities effectively
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to present confidently to committees and senior stakeholders
• A collaborative, curious and adaptable approach, with a focus on continuous improvement and delivering results

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
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. 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 (permanent employees only)
• There are many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• We’re creating net-zero carbon workplaces by 2030 by investing in our sustainable, modern offices across the UK, all designed to bring people together and elevate the in-person experience

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. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel. We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time and job shares. Although 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 single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.