Head of Public Markets Platform

M&G; London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the asset management sector seeks a Head of Public Markets Platform to lead a technology strategy vital for enhancing investment processes. This role drives operational efficiency, ensures regulatory compliance, and requires a deep understanding of the investment lifecycle, particularly within equities and fixed income.

Qualifications

• Expert in systems and operations in asset management.
• Ability to document business requirements clearly.
• Proven change leadership within Asset Management.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform strategy and team management across UK and India.
• Build stakeholder relationships and ensure platform efficiency.
• Champion agile delivery and operational efficiency initiatives.

Skills

Expert knowledge of relevant systems

End-to-end investment lifecycle understanding

Excellent communication skills

Negotiation skills

Problem solving

Ability to influence stakeholders

Agile delivery expertise

Tools

Aladdin

Job description

At M&G our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns.

Through our behaviours of telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Head of Public Markets Platform is a critical position, leading the technology estate used by the Equities, Fixed Income and Multi-Asset teams. The role holder will shape and deliver a platform strategy which underpins M&G’s objectives – with a relentless focus on unlocking operational efficiency, continually driving improvements to both client and colleague experience, and regularly driving platform modernisation and simplification.

The role involves acting as technology partner to the Investment, Research, Risk, Dealing & Sustainability teams to understand requirements, challenges and opportunities, and shapes innovative solutions to achieve these. In addition, the role holder is responsible for ensuring the platform meets all regulatory and control environment obligations. The role holder leads a team with a mix of direct and matrix management, across the UK and India, with M&G employees and third party vendors.

Key responsibilities for this role:

• Set direction and lead on platform strategy, creating a clear business and architectural vision. Ensure communication and alignment of objectives and plans across the organisation to facilitate successful delivery.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the investment and technology teams, to influence and advise on options.
• Own the production of and delivery against the strategic, annual and quarterly plan, and ensuring demand is prioritised to meet business objectives.
• Champion the use of Blackrock’s Aladdin platform, utilising an Aladdin-first ethos to drive colleague adoption.
• Meet the delivery requirements from multiple stakeholders, coordinating, consolidating and prioritising demand and managing dependencies
• To lead a team who are responsible for safely developing and deploying technology changes to the relevant platform based on defined business requirements.
• Optimising the platform. This may involve leading the team to resolve risks, vulnerabilities, address root causes to recurring incidents and to modernise the application estate to ensure it delivers frictionless colleague experience and meets control and service level obligations.

• Creating an environment for the Public Markets Platform team to be successful, ensuring colleagues and stakeholders understand the value and impact of the team, and ensuring that there are talent and development plans with each team member.
• Ensure the Public Markets Platform adheres to M&G’s risk and controls framework.

Key Skills, Competencies & Experience:

Skills and Competencies

• Expert knowledge of the relevant systems, data and operations processes within an asset management or similar organisation.
• A detailed understanding of the end-to-end investment lifecycle across Equities and/or Fixed Income.

• Excellent oral and written communication skills;with the ability to tailor to the audience

• Good inter-personal and organisations skills;

• A proven ability to influence and persuade stakeholders up to C-suite

• Ability to negotiate pragmatic solutions that meet conflicting business requirements

• Problem solving ability

• Ability to define and document business requirements and process flows to a high standard;

• Experience of providing challenge to requirements and proposed solutions;

• Capable of creating and delivering strategic plans, coordinating and meeting demands from multiple stakeholders

• Agile delivery expertise

Experience:

• Experience as a change leader within Asset Management.

• A background of business analysis and project management would be beneficial

• Experienced leading teams of direct staff, matrix staff, and strategic partners
• Experience in implementing operational efficiency initiatives and tools

• Experience of leading production support and/or technology development teams would be beneficial
• Solid experience of full front to back Investment lifecycle
• Previous knowledge of Investment systems and processes – Aladdin is a must.

Recruiter: Sarah Hawkins

Job Level: Manager or Expert

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G plc, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

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