Head of Sustainability Tech & Data 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

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.