Senior Communications Manager

Established in 1836, Legal & General is one of the UK’s leading financial services groups and a major global investor, with £1.2 trillion in total assets under management (as at FY23) of which 40% (circa £0.5 trillion) is international.

We have a highly synergistic business model, which continues to drive strong returns. We are a leading international player in Institutional Retirement, in Retail Savings and Protection, and in both public and private markets through our Asset Management division. Across the Group, we are committed to responsible investing and dedicated to serving the long-term savings and investment needs of customers and society.

Our Group Functions provide the services that all areas of the business need. This requires a talented and diverse team behind the scenes, who enable everyone at L&G to do what they do best. 

Joining us means helping to improve the lives of our customers and contributing to the success of the business every day.

We’re recruiting for a Senior Communications Manager to join Legal & General’s Corporate Affairs function, which brings together our Group external communications, employee communications, brand, sustainability, social media and public affairs teams.

Reporting to the Group Head of Media and Issues, the Senior Communications Manager will support the development and delivery of our media relations and issues management strategy, working alongside group and divisional colleagues to nurture our media relationships, build our reputation and proactively manage emerging issues.

What you'll be doing:

• Working with the Head of Media and Issues to drive the delivery of media relations strategy, to build and protect our reputation, supporting business objectives and aligning to brand, public affairs, content, and employee communications strategies
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with business, industry and sector media, leading media engagement around the financial calendar and other key corporate moments, identifying proactive opportunities for L&G to contribute to debates
• Deputising for the Head of Group Media to proactively manage corporate issues, crisis communications and reputation management, working with colleagues to shape our strategic positioning and communications response to issues as they arise in both our external environment and internal organisation
• Working closely with senior leaders to develop and deliver communications plans, including the delivery of our senior leader profile strategy, group thought leadership campaigns and research programmes - positioning L&G effectively in debates that matter to our customers, clients, and employees, and supporting business goals
• Partnering with Brand, Employee Communications, Sustainability, and other Group functional colleagues to build media and communications programmes that support their goals, including identifying opportunities to deliver our Corporate Affairs strategy, and opportunities to tell a unified story across our business
• Identifying and supporting external platform opportunities, developing briefings, speaking notes, and drafting articles on behalf of senior leaders
• Driving continuous improvement of Group wide processes, measurement and evaluation and information sharing to strengthen cross divisional planning, collaboration, and strong internal and external relationships
• Consumer Duty - Ensuring communications are clear, fair, and not misleading and are fully compliant with any rules and guidance issued by the relevant regulators, including relevant data protection legislation

Who we're looking for:

• Understanding of L&G strategy and direction
• Experience in professional services, financial or corporate communications function – either in an in-house or agency capacity and awareness and understanding of key debates impacting L&G’s business and the wider macro environment
• Understanding of evolving media landscape, breadth and depth of media relationships
• Ability to work autonomously, but naturally inclined to seek input and perspective from a wide range of stakeholders
• Strong writing and storytelling skills
• Public affairs / policy awareness
• Previous experience working in complex regulated organisations, ideally in FS
• Media relations and issues management
• Ability to interact with individuals across the organisation and external partners and prioritise varied workload
• Uses creativity and fresh thinking to continually improve our media engagement strategies
• Responsive and delivery-focused – able to turn around quality work swiftly and get things done and resilient to changing needs and evolving plans
• International experience desirable

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   
• Private medical insurance (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 
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online   

Legal & General is a leading financial services group and major global investor, named Britain’s Most Admired Company in 2023, for the second year running. Rated top in our sector and top for inspirational leadership, we have a strong heritage and an exciting future.

We aim to build a better society for the long term by investing our customers’ money in things that make life better for everyone.

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming 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 strive to be open, mindful and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs.

If you’re open to find out more, we'd love to hear from you.