Head of Sustainability Platform

Prudential UK Services; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

M&G is seeking a Head of Sustainability Platform in London to own the strategy, delivery and operation of technology and data capabilities that support sustainability ambitions, investment activities and regulatory reporting.

You will lead a global multidisciplinary team, align stakeholders, and drive end-to-end delivery while embedding sustainability across the enterprise architecture and data platforms.

Qualifications

• Senior leadership experience in sustainability or ESG technology within asset management or financial services.
• End-to-end ownership of a business-critical technology capability spanning strategy, investment, delivery, live service and benefits realisation.
• Leadership of globally distributed, multidisciplinary teams, matrix resources, strategic partners and organisational change.
• Commercial and financial leadership covering technology budgets, investment cases, suppliers and specialist data and technology vendors.
• Strategic judgement, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to align senior stakeholders and translate complexity into clear decisions.

Responsibilities

• Set the Sustainability Technology strategy, target architecture and multi-year roadmap, aligning stakeholders, priorities and investment to measurable business, client, regulatory and control outcomes.
• Embed Sustainability capabilities within the wider enterprise architecture, reuse common data, technology and operational capabilities.
• Own cross-platform delivery planning and ensure the integrated roadmap is achievable.
• Manage delivery and platform performance with clear measures of quality, cost and resilience.
• Build scalable sustainability data and technology capability for investment decision-making, stewardship and reporting.
• Simplify technology estate by consolidating onto common platforms and reducing technical debt.
• Oversee design governance across the Sustainability platform with Architects for timely reviews and approvals.
• Use automation, analytics and AI to improve research, data operations, reporting and user experience.

Skills

Senior leadership

Sustainability/ESG tech

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Global team leadership

Enterprise architecture

Tools

Cloud

Data governance

Automation/AI

Job description

At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through 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 offer workplace adjustments to ensure you have the support you need to succeed in your role.

The Role

The Head of Sustainability Platform owns the strategy, delivery and operation of the technology and data capabilities that support the organisation's sustainability ambitions, investment activities, client commitments, corporate reporting and regulatory obligations.

Key Accountabilities:

• Set the Sustainability Technology strategy, target architecture and multi-year roadmap, aligning stakeholders, priorities and investment to measurable business, client, regulatory and control outcomes.
• Ensure Sustainability capabilities are embedded within the wider enterprise architecture, reusing and extending common data, technology and operational capabilities rather than creating standalone solutions.
• Own cross-platform delivery planning, ensuring dependencies are identified and resolved early, required teams commit to delivery, and the integrated roadmap is achievable.
• Own delivery and platform performance, using clear measures to improve quality, predictability, adoption, cost, control effectiveness, security and operational resilience.
• Build a scalable sustainability data and technology capability that enables investment decision-making, stewardship, product development, client servicing and corporate and regulatory reporting.
• Simplify and rationalise the technology estate through consolidation onto common platforms, reuse of enterprise data products and integration capabilities, and active reduction of technical debt.
• Own solution design quality and governance across the Sustainability platform, partnering with Enterprise, Solution and Data Architects to secure timely review and approval through the relevant architecture, design and data governance forums.
• Use automation, analytics and AI to improve research, data operations, reporting, controls and user experience within appropriate governance.
• Manage budgets, investment cases, suppliers and commercial performance to deliver service quality and value for money.
• Lead the multidisciplinary global team, continuously improving ways of working, domain capability, accountability, engagement and stakeholder confidence.
• Use clear measures of team effectiveness and stakeholder sentiment to improve ways of working, domain capability, engagement, adoption and stakeholder confidence.

Key Skills, Competencies and Experience:

Leadership and Experience

• Essential senior leadership experience in sustainability or ESG technology within asset management or financial services.
• End-to-end ownership of a business-critical technology capability spanning strategy, investment, delivery, live service and benefits realisation.
• Leadership of globally distributed, multidisciplinary teams, matrix resources, strategic partners and organisational change.
• Commercial and financial leadership covering technology budgets, investment cases, suppliers and specialist data and technology vendors.
• Strategic judgement, communication and influencing skills, with the ability to align senior stakeholders and translate complexity into clear decisions.

Sustainability, Data and Technology Expertise

• Expert knowledge of how sustainability is embedded across investment, risk, stewardship, product management, client servicing and corporate reporting.
• Deep understanding of sustainability and ESG data, methodologies, models, calculations, vendor content and associated governance and controls.
• Knowledge of climate, nature and stewardship capabilities and the sustainability disclosure and regulatory landscape relevant to asset managers.
• Ability to challenge business requirements, data models, architectures, solution designs, methodologies, controls and operating-model implications.
• Understanding of data governance, cloud, integration, workflow, automation, analytics, AI, cybersecurity, privacy, resilience and technology risk in regulated financial services.

Work Level: Manager/Expert

Location: London

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