Head of Private Markets Platform & AI-Driven Transformation

M&G plc; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension up to 18%

Share Save & Share Incentive Plan

38 days annual leave

Time Off When You Need It

Private Healthcare

Critical Illness cover

Life Assurance

Job summary

M&G plc is seeking a Head of Private Markets Investment Platform in London to shape and lead the technology platform and data enablement across Private Markets segments. You will partner with senior leadership to translate business strategy into a coherent platform vision, architecture and multi-year roadmap.

You will own end-to-end investment technology estate, drive transformation, live service delivery and scalable digital workflows while building a high-performing, globally distributed

Qualifications

• Senior technology leadership experience within asset management, alternative investments, banking or another regulated financial-services environment.
• Ownership of a complex investment platform spanning strategy, transformation, business-as-usual change and live service.
• Strong understanding of the Private Markets investment lifecycle, with depth in at least one relevant asset class.
• Experience defining platform, architecture and data strategy and translating it into a funded roadmap.
• Delivery of major platform, data and process transformation with sustained business adoption.
• Leadership of globally distributed, multidisciplinary teams and matrix partners.
• Responsibility for operational resilience, technology risk, budgets, suppliers and regulatory or audit engagement.
• Executive influence, commercial judgement and the ability to resolve competing priorities.
• Experience integrating acquired businesses or simplifying fragmented technology estates.
• Practical understanding of data, cloud, integration, workflow, analytics, automation and AI in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Own the Private Markets platform strategy, target architecture and funded roadmap, aligning investment priorities to measurable business outcomes.
• Establish a coherent platform model that reduces fragmentation and technical debt, promotes reusable enterprise capabilities and preserves genuinely differentiated asset-class requirements.
• Build trusted partnerships with senior Investment, Operations and Technology stakeholders to agree priorities, resolve competing demands and direct funding and resources towards the highest-value outcomes.
• Lead transformation of the end-to-end investment lifecycle, simplifying processes, reducing manual intervention and delivering scalable digital workflows.
• Deliver strategic and business-as-usual change predictably, while integrating acquired businesses without disrupting critical specialist capabilities or services.
• Partner with the Asset Management Data Platform to establish trusted, governed and reusable Private Markets data with clear ownership, quality and lineage.
• Use automation, analytics and AI to improve investment decisions, accelerate processing and reduce operational effort within appropriate governance, human oversight and risk controls.
• Own platform health, production service and operational resilience, ensuring stability, cybersecurity, privacy and continuity remain within risk appetite.
• Maintain clear service, risk, delivery, adoption and benefits measures to demonstrate accountability, service quality and return on investment.
• Own portfolio financial management, including budgets, forecasts, investment cases and cost optimisation.
• Govern strategic vendors and platforms—including DealCloud, Verity and Wall Street Office—to ensure architectural alignment, contractual control, strong service performance, adoption and value for money.
• Build the workforce and capabilities required to deliver the platform strategy, strengthening domain expertise, engineering, data, delivery and service disciplines.
• Establish integrated, outcome-led teams with clear ownership and decision rights, while promoting common platforms and enterprise standards across Asset Management Technology.

Skills

Senior tech leadership

Platform strategy

Data architecture

Cross-functional collaboration

Regulated financial services

AI & automation

Tools

DealCloud

Verity

Wall Street Office

Job description

M&G plc is seeking a Head of Private Markets Investment Platform in London to shape and lead the technology platform and data enablement across Private Markets segments. You will partner with senior leadership to translate business strategy into a coherent platform vision, architecture and multi-year roadmap.

You will own end-to-end investment technology estate, drive transformation, live service delivery and scalable digital workflows while building a high-performing, globally distributed