Senior Product Manager - Pensions

JPMorgan Chase & Co.; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services firm is seeking a Senior Product Manager to transform its pensions business. This role involves leading a team to implement a new operating model, ensuring compliance, and driving product innovation. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in pensions and strong leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Significant experience within the pensions domain.
• Experience in delivering complex projects impacting multiple teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design and implementation of a new operating model for pensions business.
• Drive innovation in product design while adhering to compliance standards.
• Plan and execute customer migration to the new platform.

Skills

Leadership

Product Management

Regulatory Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree

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Job Description

Senior Product Manager - Pensions

Job in a Nutshell:

We are seeking an experienced Senior Product Manager to lead the design and implementation of a new operating model for our pensions business. This role involves leading a squad of developers to integrate a new platform with internal and external applications, working with colleagues to obtain necessary regulatory permissions, establishing the trust structure, and migrating existing customers to the new model. You will play a pivotal role in transforming our pensions business, ensuring it aligns with strategic goals and regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

• Subject Matter Expertise: Become a go-to expert for the pensions product, assuming a visible role within the company and taking responsibility for delivery.
• Regulatory and Compliance Leadership: Lead efforts to secure regulatory permissions and establish a compliant operating framework, including setting up the trust.
• Strategic Roadmap Development: Define and manage a comprehensive roadmap for the new operating model and platform, ensuring alignment with business objectives and customer needs. Ensure best-in-class features and online-only journeys are incorporated into the delivery plan.
• Customer Migration: Plan and execute the migration of existing customers to the new platform, ensuring a seamless transition.
• Product Development Excellence: Drive innovation in product design (e.g. digital drawdown journeys and delivery of other retirement options) while adhering to financial compliance standards.
• Team Collaboration: Work collaboratively across the organization to deliver strategically aligned product development.
• Agile Methodology: Lead agile teams through iterative discovery and delivery sprint cycles, participating in agile ceremonies such as daily stand-ups, planning meetings, and retrospectives.
• Cross-Departmental Coordination: Act as a liaison among departments, translating ideas and concepts into actionable plans.

Your Skills:

• Educational Background: Bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline.
• Product Management Experience: Significant experience within the pensions domain, ideally on defined contribution direct-to-consumer personal pensions.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Familiarity with governance procedures and practices, particularly in the context of financial services.

Desirable Skills:

• Complex Project Delivery: Experience in delivering complex projects that impact multiple teams.
• UK Retail Investing Knowledge: Understanding of UK retail investing, including other tax wrappers, is advantageous.
• Financial Guidance Expertise: Experience or knowledge of financial guidance and advice, and the distinction between them.

Above all, we are looking for a hard-working and passionate individual with leadership experience, who will bring significant value to our business as we enhance our customer proposition.

About Us

J.P. Morgan is a global leader in financial services, providing strategic advice and products to the world's most prominent corporations, governments, wealthy individuals and institutional investors. Our first-class business in a first-class way approach to serving clients drives everything we do. We strive to build trusted, long-term partnerships to help our clients achieve their business objectives.

We recognize that our people are our strength and the diverse talents they bring to our global workforce are directly linked to our success. We are an equal opportunity employer and place a high value on diversity and inclusion at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute, including race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital or veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. We also make reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs. Visit our FAQs for more information about requesting an accommodation.

About the Team

Our professionals in our Corporate Functions cover a diverse range of areas from finance and risk to human resources and marketing. Our corporate teams are an essential part of our company, ensuring that we're setting our businesses, clients, customers and employees up for success.

The Digital team is dedicated to creating innovative, industry-leading products and experiences that help customers access, share and control their financial data so they can make smart decisions with their money. Teams enable innovation while adhering to the firm's data sharing principles of security, customer control and convenience, and privacy.