Head of Proposals Content - London, United Kingdom - LegalAndGeneral

Description

The Head of Proposals Content will lead a team of proposals writers in generating compelling new business proposals and client retention material, to support LGIM's commercial objectives globally. This will require:

• Strategic vision
• Strong people leadership and stakeholder management skills
• Creativity and intellectual curiosity
• A deep understanding of financial markets, investment themes and products.

You will:

Develop and execute a strategy for proposals content, while demonstrating expertise and leading through example

Lead a team of proposals professionals in generating compelling new business proposals and client retention material, to support LGIM's commercial objectives:

• Develop the function into a best-in-class, global proposals capability, covering LGIM's full product set and client channels
• Manage the team's proposal pipeline and prioritise tasks to meet client deadlines
• Track the performance of LGIM's proposals activity, providing regular reports and analysis, with the aim of continuous improvement

Provide strategic guidance and foster career development and contribute to a kind, collaborative and inclusive workplace culture

Adopt a OneLGIM approach to core messaging, prioritise proposal content resources across the Chief of Staff function and deploy writers to the areas of most value:

• To this end, collaborate with LGIM's client content function to enhance the quality of output, while ensuring messages are compelling and consistent
• Review and edit proposal documents to ensure accuracy, consistency and clarity
• Ensure the Qvidian library of proposal content remains stocked with fresh material

Enhance governance, prioritisation and quality control of output to mitigate financial and reputation risks, by monitoring and addressing industry and regulatory changes that impact team activity

Collaborate with senior stakeholders, with a focus on Distribution and Investments, to guide activity and meet commercial needs

Partner with colleagues across the Marketing team to generate good client and business outcomes, with a focus on colleagues who oversee consultant databases

Ensure compliance with all Consumer Duty accountabilities, including the responsibility to produce and maintain clear, fair, and non-misleading marketing collateral and client-facing material. You'll ensure that divisional standards are upheld, and any concerns are promptly escalated to senior management for appropriate action

Demonstrate a great risk and conduct culture to support customer and client outcomes, as well as appropriately manage business risk, escalating when appropriate

Manage the team in accordance with the company's policies and procedures, including the Partnership Agreement, so that the team's business objectives are achieved consistently.

Qualifications:

BA/BS in English (or a comparable Arts or Languages degree), Economics, Finance or Marketing – highly desirable

CFA / IMC – highly desirable

Knowledge:

Deep understanding of asset management

Experience:

Delivery of RFPs.

Leadership

Team leadership

The world of investment is changing. Our vision at Legal & General Investment Management is to create a better, more sustainable future through responsible investing. We work in partnership with our clients around the globe to deliver positive long-term outcomes, while rising to the challenges of a rapidly changing world. Our clients include institutional pension funds, financial institutions, local authorities and sovereign wealth funds. To meet our clients' complex and evolving investment needs, our investment strategies cover a broad array of asset classes and styles, including equities, bonds, property and alternatives, as well as multi-asset funds. We're focused on continuously innovating our investment products, maintaining our reputation as experts across all asset classes, and striving to build a more responsible and sustainable future.

Benefits

When you commit to Legal & General, we'll commit to you too. That means we'll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you'll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You'll receive a car allowance of 12% of your annual salary, and you can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We're also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You'll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we've grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.

We're all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you'll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we're supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there's over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

Great minds don't have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don't just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it's important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we're always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we're committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.