New Markets & Instruments Delivery Lead

Prudential UK Services; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

M&G plc is seeking a New Markets and Instruments Specialist to lead end-to-end assessment and implementation of new markets, exchanges and instruments. You will coordinate investment, operations, risk, compliance, technology and external service providers from initial request to go-live, ensuring governance and operational readiness.

You will document requirements, manage cross-functional due diligence and develop operating models that meet regulatory and business needs, while championing a

Qualifications

• Essential: leading complex cross-functional initiatives from scoping and feasibility through to implementation.
• Strong end-to-end understanding of asset-management operating models and the interaction between front-office, risk, compliance, operations, technology, finance and external parties.

Responsibilities

• Leads end-to-end delivery of new market, exchange and instrument initiatives from feasibility through to implementation and operational readiness.
• Captures and documents Fund Manager requirements, investment rationale and expected outcomes in detail.
• Coordinates cross-functional due diligence across investment, operations, risk, compliance, technology and legal teams, including internal, overseas and third-party dependencies.
• Assesses the proposed investment lifecycle and operating model, identifying requirements relating to trading, funding, settlement, custody, collateral, valuation, accounting, reporting and lifecycle-event management.
• Ensures that material risks—including operational, regulatory, compliance, scalability and third-party risks—are identified, assessed and either mitigated or formally accepted through the appropriate governance process.
• Designs or coordinates changes to operating models, processes and controls, working with NMI Process Champions and impacted teams to develop proportionate and sustainable solutions.
• Plans, manages and, where necessary, performs implementation activities to ensure that all approvals, documentation, system changes, testing, training and operational-readiness actions are completed.
• Collaborates with custodians, third-party administrators and other external service providers, including State Street and HSS, to define and implement required service and operating-model changes.
• Provides Fund Managers and senior stakeholders with clear reporting on scope, delivery status, timelines, risks, dependencies and capacity constraints, escalating issues where requirements or delivery dates are at risk.
• Critically evaluates information and consolidates input from multiple teams to support executive decision-making and formal approval.
• Develops and shares specialist knowledge of investment markets, instruments, risks and operational requirements across the NMI Process Champion network.
• Identifies and implements improvements to the NMI process to strengthen controls, remove inefficiencies and reduce time to market.
• Maintains accurate and current procedures, implementation artefacts and records of approved markets and instruments, including approval conditions and supporting evidence.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Asset-management operating models

Stakeholder management

Job description

M&G plc is seeking a New Markets and Instruments Specialist to lead end-to-end assessment and implementation of new markets, exchanges and instruments. You will coordinate investment, operations, risk, compliance, technology and external service providers from initial request to go-live, ensuring governance and operational readiness.

You will document requirements, manage cross-functional due diligence and develop operating models that meet regulatory and business needs, while championing a