Product Manager

abrdn; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 days leave

16% pension contribution

Discretionary bonus

Private healthcare

Flexible benefits

Gym discounts

Season ticket loans

Employee discounts

Job summary

abrdn in Edinburgh is seeking an experienced Product Manager to join the Adviser team on a permanent basis. You will shape platform investment and advice propositions, leading development from discovery to launch while balancing customer needs, regulatory requirements and commercial outcomes.

You will influence the adviser vision, work with senior stakeholders, and help deliver enhanced outcomes for financial planning professionals on our platform.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in proposition, product or platform roles within financial services.
• Strong understanding of adviser platforms, pensions and investment solutions.
• Experience using data and user research to design customer-centric solutions.
• Ability to translate complex requirements into deliverable propositions.
• Strong stakeholder management across diverse areas.
• Strategic, commercial mindset with focus on execution.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive platform product strategy aligned with business goals.
• Conduct market research, discovery and user testing to identify opportunities.
• Design and deliver adviser propositions from concept to launch.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve adviser engagement.
• Communicate vision and progress to senior stakeholders.
• Monitor regulatory developments and market trends to enhance offerings.

Skills

Product management

Financial services

Stakeholder management

Market research

User testing

Job description

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK's leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industry's best talent.

Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients, customers, colleagues, shareholders, and society.

We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service, supported by leading technology and talent.

ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT

Aberdeen comprises three businesses, interactive investor (ii), Investments, and Adviser, each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients' evolving needs:

Interactive investor, the UK's second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform, enables individuals in the UK to plan, save, and invest in the way that works for them.

Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers, enabling them to create value for their customers.

Our Investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market, through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are looking for an experienced Product Manager to join our Adviser team in Edinburgh on a permanent basis at Level 4. This is a strategic role responsible for shaping and delivering platform product, investment and advice propositions that transform how financial planning professionals interact with our platform. You will lead proposition development from discovery through to launch, balancing innovation, customer needs, regulatory requirements and commercial outcomes. The role offers the opportunity to influence the Aberdeen Adviser vision and strategy while working with senior stakeholders across the business. Through this position, you can invest in your tomorrow by helping define the future of adviser experiences and customer outcomes. (Location: Edinburgh, Permanent)

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Define and drive platform product and investment strategy, aligning innovation, usability and accessibility with business objectives .
• Conduct market research, customer discovery and user testing to identify opportunities and improve adviser propositions.
• Design and deliver new and enhanced adviser propositions from concept through to implementation and distribution.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop impactful solutions that improve adviser engagement and customer outcomes.
• Communicate proposition vision, progress and outcomes to senior stakeholders and influence strategic decision-making.
• Monitor proposition performance, regulatory developments and market trends to continuously enhance offerings.

ABOUT THE CANDIDATE

Essential criteria:

• Proven experience in proposition, product or platform roles within financial services.
• Strong understanding of adviser platforms, pensions and investment solutions.

DESIRABLE EXPEREINCE;

• Experience developing customer-centric solutions using data, insight, user research and feedback.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex requirements into clear, deliverable propositions.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across diverse business areas.
• Strategic and commercial mindset with a focus on execution and measurable outcomes.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme, please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

OUR BENEFITS

There's more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn, get involved and be supported.

When you join us, your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days' annual leave, a 16% employer pension contribution, a discretionary performance based bonus (where applicable), private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits - including gym discounts, season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefits here.

OUR BUSINESS

Enabling