Workplace Technology Product Manager

Helping over ten million people around the world manage their savings, retirement plans and life insurance requires a lot of people behind the scenes.  It’s up to us in L&G Group functions – which includes our tech and digital teams, Group Finance, HR, Risk and Corporate Affairs – to provide the essential support services that all areas of the business need, here in the UK and overseas. Simply put, we enable everyone at Legal & General to do what they do best. That means we’re helping to improve our customers’ lives and contributing to the success of the business every day.  

We’re recruiting for a Workplace Technology Product Manager to join us. We’re offering a competitive base salary, plus car allowance. You will be accountable for the ongoing development, maintenance & continuous improvement of workplace technology products and solutions. Using internal and external insight and working with our business partners and change teams to develop technical roadmaps to ensure delivery of clear outcomes linked to employee experience and our environmental targets.

What you'll be doing:

• You will be responsible for development and maintaining a product roadmap for property and workplace aligned to a strategic architectural vision and in line with company plans and business engagement to ensure delivery outcomes
• Collaborating with the business and vendors to fully understand our key technology requirements relating to our various product lines, anticipating business need through use of effective communication, deep market knowledge and technical understanding, ensuring all products are fit for purpose and cost effective whilst constantly pushing the technology boundaries in line with our strategy
• Demonstrating and acting as liaison between Business Product Owner/s and relevant GFCATS and Group technology teams to provide technical vision, direction and support to the teams and associated stakeholders ensuring requirements are understood and IT applications and solutions developed demonstrate value in line with our strategy
• Engaging and working closely with the various change delivery teams and the business ensuring products and solutions have the appropriate change management plans in place and make prioritisation ensuring essential updates, maintenance, and deliveries
• Taking ownership and constantly assessing and sharing with stakeholders’ details of change plans, industry best practice and application knowledge aligned to business needs, ensuring visibility of product enhancements to support decision making, in line with our strategy of continuous improvement
• Acting as a point of contact and be an SME ensuring engagement and buy-in from senior stakeholders on all major decisions and strategy
• Taking the lead in all matters with regard to the management of employees, ensuring that management discretion is used in a consistent manner and that the area follows the Group’s policies and procedures including the Partnership Agreement to maximise business performance
• Designing and implementing business and system changes follow best business practices and the correct change process and methodology, including the IT Change Management Standard in line with our consumer duty commitments

Who we're looking for:

• Knowledge of L&G Group Change and Group Technology processes
• Knowledge of Solution Design and Test phases and governance
• Knowledge of property and workplace products and solutions 
• Working in regulated industry including FCA, PRA
• Experience of waterfall and agile delivery paradigms 
• Manage, Coach and develop direct reports
• Experience of delivering technology solutions within a property environment
• Experience of working closely with and influencing project sponsors and project teams to deliver the right solutions.

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   
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

Legal & General is a leading financial services organisation, 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’re one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurers. Connecting to form a unique business model which drives value for our customers and society. And enabling our people to create impact through work that is meaningful and valued.  

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 strive to be open, mindful, and inclusive, so are always willing to discussing flexible working arrangements and reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs. 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. 

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