Corporate Strategy Principal

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders.

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and provide powerful asset origination capabilities. Together, these underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are an international player in pension risk transfer, in UK and US life insurance, and in UK workplace pensions and retirement income.

L&G Asset Management is one of Europe’s largest asset managers, providing clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, across public and private markets. As a global investor, we are present where our clients most need us – from Hong Kong and Singapore, to Chicago and major European financial hubs.

Created by combining our investment management (LGIM) and asset origination (LGC) capabilities, our Asset Management division works with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers – which include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions – and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.

Joining us means becoming part of a market-leading team, with capabilities across the full spectrum of asset classes, with an enduring commitment to responsible investment and creating long-term, sustainable value for our clients and partners.

At Legal & General, we’re building a better society through responsible investing. As one of Europe’s largest asset managers, we offer innovative investment solutions across public and private markets. Our Corporate Strategy team plays a pivotal role in shaping the future of our Asset Management division. We’re looking for a strategic thinker and collaborative leader to join us as a Corporate Strategy Principal, helping to define and deliver our long-term vision.

What you’ll be doing:

• Collaborating with senior leadership to shape and implement L&G Asset Management’s macro strategy
• Embedding the Corporate Strategy team within key business areas including Distribution, Investments, Product and Marketing
• Coordinating and executing firm-wide strategic initiatives across geographies and client channels
• Supporting corporate development planning and delivering strategic objectives
• Leading the creation of scalable insights and presenting them to senior stakeholders
• Building strong relationships across the business to drive collaboration and remove barriers
• Conducting customer research and product testing to ensure alignment with market needs
• Partnering with business units to identify and implement inorganic growth opportunities

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience in management or strategy consulting, ideally within a professional services firm
• Strong understanding of the asset management industry from both strategic and financial perspectives
• Proven ability to define strategic goals and deliver cross-functional projects
• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with a collaborative and inclusive approach
• Strong analytical mindset with the ability to interpret and present data effectively
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with experience preparing C-suite materials
• Demonstrated success in leading strategic initiatives and problem-solving
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work across diverse teams

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
• Healthcare Plan (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 (permanent employees only)
• 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

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

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 care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

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.