Regional Wealth Operations Lead

The Progeny Group Limited; Otley; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Progeny Group Limited is seeking a Wealth Operations Manager (Team Operations Manager) to lead a regional team of Client Executives and Paraplanners, ensuring strong performance, service levels and alignment with regional priorities.

You will report to the Regional Operations Manager and help deliver strategic objectives, improve processes, and champion digitisation and automation across the function while maintaining a high-performing culture.

Qualifications

• Strong people management and team leadership capability.
• Ability to manage workflow, priorities and service delivery in a fast-paced operational environment.
• Data-driven approach to performance management and continuous improvement.
• Ability to coach, support and develop individuals and teams.
• Experience leading change, transformation or integration activity (including M&A).
• Strong focus on simplification, standardisation and operational scalability.
• Experience with digital tools, workflow systems or automation solutions.
• Confident communicator with the ability to influence and build relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead, supervise and support a regional team of Client Executives and Paraplanners, ensuring clear expectations, accountability and high standards of performance.
• Build a high-performing, development-focused team culture through coaching, feedback and capability building alongside Technical Heads.
• Translate regional priorities and operational goals into clear team actions.
• Provide effective day-to-day people management, supporting engagement, development and performance improvement.
• Oversee day-to-day team performance, ensuring high-quality service delivery and positive client outcomes.
• Monitor team KPIs, productivity and client outcomes, using MI and data to evidence performance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Reinforce processes, service standards and behaviours that support a consistent and high-quality client experience.
• Promote practices that strengthen Progeny's brand identity and client reputation.
• Manage workflow, capacity and task allocation to ensure work is prioritised and delivered effectively.
• Balance workloads across Client Executives and Paraplanners in response to changing business needs.
• Identify capacity or workload risks early and work with the Regional Operations Manager to resolve them.
• Support scalable growth, including the effective integration of new teams or acquisitions through structured workload planning.
• Drive standardisation and simplification of processes to improve consistency and reduce operational complexity.
• Champion digitisation and automation, encouraging adoption of systems and tools to improve efficiency and control.
• Identify opportunities to remove manual activity, streamline processes and enhance scalability.
• Promote consistent ways of working that support sustainable growth and operational excellence.
• Ensure the team operates in line with regulatory requirements, internal controls and governance expectations.
• Monitor operational risks, errors and compliance concerns, taking prompt corrective or escalation action.
• Support operational practices that align with Progeny's risk appetite and growth, including M&A activity.
• Lead clear, consistent and timely communication across the team.
• Act as a key link between the Regional Operations Manager and the team, ensuring alignment and effective feedback loops.
• Promote engagement through regular communication, structured supervision and constructive feedback.
• Work collaboratively with Regional Operations Managers, Regional Directors and Advisory teams to deliver aligned outcomes.
• Build strong relationships with Operations, Advisory, Technology, Risk and Compliance functions.
• Contribute to M&A integration activity, supporting onboarding of new teams and embedding consistent processes, culture and standards.
• Act as an ambassador for the Progeny brand, values and ways of working.
• Encourage knowledge sharing and best practice across the region.

Skills

People management

Workflow management

Data-driven performance

Coaching & development

Change leadership

Process simplification

Digital tools

Communication ability

Job description

The Progeny Group Limited is seeking a Wealth Operations Manager (Team Operations Manager) to lead a regional team of Client Executives and Paraplanners, ensuring strong performance, service levels and alignment with regional priorities.

You will report to the Regional Operations Manager and help deliver strategic objectives, improve processes, and champion digitisation and automation across the function while maintaining a high-performing culture.