Product Delivery - Project Manager, Private Markets

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer workplace accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Role: To deliver Private Market fund launches and product-related projects. We’re seeking a project manager with experience in launching investment management funds and product changes. The role focuses on delivering Private Market funds and product-related projects, requiring expertise in private assets such as Real Estate Debt, Private Credit, Alternative Assets and Leveraged Loans. The ideal candidate will have a track record of delivering complex investment structures/vehicles, along with excellent communication, stakeholder management, and negotiation skills.

Product Delivery is a team of 50, specialising in the delivery of fund launches and product changes. Sitting within the Product team in M&G Asset Management, it works closely with the investment, distribution and operations teams and relies heavily on specific functions such as Legal, Tax and Compliance to ensure the safe and efficient delivery of Product projects.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage projects that deliver benefit to M&G plc. These will be wide-ranging in terms of subject/domain but will be product delivery projects rather than IT change projects;
• Manage product development projects and fund launches from design through to launch;
• Motivate a multi-disciplined team (and/or external) representatives to ensure the project delivers on time and within budget;
• Ability to take a hands-on role within the project, working with fund managers and investment professionals;
• Manage senior stakeholders; and
• Build successful relationships with the project delivery partners, including external legal advice, fund administrator, trustee/custodian and auditor.

Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• A proven track record of successfully leading on, and delivering fund launches and product change;
• Project management experience within investment management with an understanding of different approaches;
• Experience in private assets e.g. Real Estate Debt, Private credit, Alternative Assets, Restructure, Leverage Loans and other esoteric instruments;
• Delivery experience of complex, multi-layered investment structures/vehicles;
• Exceptional communication skills – both written and verbal, with excellent active listening skills;
• Strong influence and negotiating skills with an ability to manage a variety of stakeholders;
• Willingness to work to tight deadlines, taking into account evolving business priorities;
• The role encompasses Project Management capabilities with Product Management expertise to deliver the optimum product outcome;
• Strong analytic and proven problem-solving skills with an ability to negotiate pragmatic solutions to meet conflicting business requirements;
• Highly motivated, proactive and resilient;
• Ability to be flexible and to manage ambiguity during project delivery;
• Must be a team player and able to work with and through others;
• Able to work effectively at all levels in an organisation, with strong relationship management skills;
• Good awareness of related regulations (e.g. UCITS, AIFMD, MiFID2 etc.).

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• A valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions.
• Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services.
• 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy.
• Comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave.
• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options.

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: careers@mandg.com