Product Manager - Workplace (DC Products)

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Company Description

Life can sometimes be unpredictable, and it pays to plan ahead. Our aim at Legal & General Retail is to help our customers plan for the unexpected, achieve financial security for their tomorrow, and protect everything that's important to them. To better understand our customers and meet their needs, we've brought our protection, retirement income, savings, lending, and advice, fintech and mortgage businesses under one umbrella. Created at the start of 2022 through the merging of our long-standing and trusted retail retirement and insurance businesses, we're a fast-growing division with big, customer-centred ambitions.

Job Description

The purpose of this 6 month FTC is to support the retail team in the management of funds on the Workplace platform, with a focus on oversight & governance.

What you'll be doing:

• Supporting the oversight and governance of investment funds available for clients and members of Workplace Savings products, ensuring they comply with industry regulations
• Utilising and adhering to the Product Process to ensure products/funds are launched, maintained and closed in accordance with Customer Conduct Risk Policy
• Delivering good customer outcomes in line with Consumer Duty expectations.
• Supporting the technical oversight of the Workplace Savings fund range including corporate actions, fund generation variances and investment related risks management
• Owning the production of fund management information for the investment proposition, driving efficiencies into the sourcing and sharing of data across relevant business channels; Product, Investment Only Platform, LGIM Fund Governance, Member Communications, Distribution and Operations
• Interfacing with and regularly reviewing investment data from LGIM, other internal business areas and external sources to ensure accurate and up to date information is provided to customers, such as costs and charges, risk warnings and fund data/objectives
• Responding to investment related queries from internal business units in regard to the technical aspects of the fund range (availability, pricing, etc)

Qualifications

Who we're looking for:

• Good working knowledge of Workplace defined contribution market dynamics.
• Experience within the investment proposition and strategy team of a provider, asset manager and/or EBC
• Working knowledge of fund databases, pricing, investment related risks management and fund governance requirements.
• Relevant experience of working with unit linked funds
• Strong interpersonal and verbal communication skills
• Ability to manage conflicting priorities against challenging timescales.
• Knowledge of pension products, investment solution design and strategy preferred
• Professional qualifications in relation to the role are 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
• Life assurance
• Private medical insurance (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
• There are the many discounts we offer - both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Additional Information

Legal & General is a leading financial services organisation, 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're one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurers. Connecting to form a unique business model which drives value for our customers and society. And enabling our people to create impact through work that is meaningful and valued.

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

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

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