Product Delivery Project Manager - London, United Kingdom - M&G plc.

Description

At M&G our purpose is to help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly. As a business, we are continuing to take steps towards a sustainable future, delivering better long-term solutions for our customers and clients and identifying new opportunities to make a positive impact for our environment and communities . To help us achieve our vision we're looking for exceptional people who live our values of care and integrity and who can inspire others; embrace change; deliver results and keep it simple.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.
Key Responsibilities
The main responsibilities are as follows:

• Manage projects that deliver benefit to M&G plc. These will be wide-ranging in terms of subject / domain but will tend to be business change (and specifically, 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.

Requirements and Experience
This role is ideally suited to someone who can demonstrate:

• Project management experience within investment management with an understanding of different approaches;
• Experience in fixed income and private alternative assets e.g. Real Estate Debt, Private credit, Alternative Assets, Restructure, Leverage Loans and other esoteric instruments;
• The Product Manager role encompasses true Project Management capabilities with Product Management expertise to deliver the optimum product outcome.
• A proven track record of successfully leading on, and delivering fund launches and product change;
• 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, and manage multiple projects, taking into account evolving business priorities;
• 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; and
• Good awareness of related regulations (e.g. UCITS, AIFMD, MiFID2 etc.).

Ideally, but not obligatory:

• IMC;
• A project management qualification such as Prince 2;
• Experience in the Agile Methodology; and
• Systems such as JIRA and Teams

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, 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 or disability we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.