Associate Project Manager - Investment Strategy Management

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.

This Project Management team sits within the Investment Strategy Management department; it is responsible for Co-ordination of investment change to deliver complex client events.

The job holder will take ownership for stock transfers to/from LGIM managed mandates and products, utilising professional project management techniques and engaging with Fund Management, Distribution and other colleagues, including senior stakeholders, across the organisation as required to ensure successful investment outcomes.

The team is responsible for:

• Project managing of business as usual stock transfers to/from products for which LGIM is the asset manager. This involves working with clients/consultants, external and internal asset managers, custodians and transfer agents together with Distribution, internal and external Oversight & Operations teams to ensure that transfers are well-managed, risk-controlled events which deliver excellent client outcomes
• Providing co-ordination or advisory support for complex / high risk investment change events, stakeholder engagement (internal/external) and runbook development/ planning and implementation.
• Acting as investment workstream lead for significant client or business driven change 
• Identifying and coordinating delivery of actions from investment teams for in specie product events (launches, mergers etc…)
• Providing both technical expertise and market knowledge when required either pre / during or post a restructure. Support Client Directors when planning a change. 

Your responsibilities will include:

• Acting on instructions received from clients/consultants
• Providing potential transfer portfolios to internal portfolio management teams for analysis
• Providing Fund Management teams with details of transfers to enable them to make appropriate investment decisions

• Experience of nurturing and promoting effective working relationships with internal and external stakeholders in order to generate positive outcomes
• Proven ability to organise and chair project meetings; driving the agenda and ensuring the completion of follow-up items.
• Strong communication, influencing and negotiation skills
• Dynamic individual with outcome-oriented outlook
• Ability to learn and adapt quickly to non-standard challenges
• High attention to detail/ accuracy
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to manage a number of events simultaneously
• Pro-active improvement of existing processes
• Working collaboratively within Investment Strategy Management department and across LGIM

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 at least 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. 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.