Data Solutions Partner

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. 

Our global asset management business provides our clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, working internationally across public and private markets. 

Recruiter: James Sandbrook (James.sandbrook@landg.com) Internal Closing Date: 21st Nov

Are you passionate about data and its power to drive strategic decisions and operational excellence? We’re looking for a Data Solutions Partner to join our Chief Data Office team, working closely with Client Service Operations to shape and deliver impactful data solutions. This is a fantastic opportunity to influence how data enables growth, innovation and compliance across our business.

What you’ll be doing:

• Partnering with client service operations teams to understand business goals and prioritising data-related initiatives
• Collaborating across Business Change, Technology, and Operations to shape end-to-end solution designs
• Balancing strategic and tactical approaches to suit varied business scenarios
• Designing scalable, repeatable and sustainable data solutions with Data Operations and Market Place teams
• Producing analysis artefacts including user stories, data flows and service design diagrams
• Coordinating with delivery teams to estimate time and cost for new data solutions
• Investigating data issues and enabling root cause analysis with stakeholders
• Supporting the implementation of data controls and driving adoption of core data capabilities

Who we’re looking for:

• Experience delivering data projects within the Asset Management industry
• Strong analytical skills and a structured approach to problem solving
• Proven ability to design and communicate data services and operating models
• Collaborative mindset with experience working across multi-disciplinary teams
• Knowledge of data governance, data quality and performance attribution
• Ability to manage diverse stakeholders and build productive relationships
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to tell compelling data stories
• A proactive, resilient and delivery-focused approach to work

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.