Tooling Adoption & Enablement Expert

M&G plc; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension (up to 18%)

Share Save / SIP

38 days leave

Job summary

M&G plc is seeking a Tooling Adoption & Enablement Expert to accelerate Jira and Kiplot adoption across the change community. The role emphasizes hands-on coaching, training and practical guidance to embed new ways of working.

You will build a train-the-trainer network, work with stakeholders to align tooling with processes, and develop reusable learning assets to sustain capability across the organisation. This is a remote UK role with a flexible, career‑bright path.

Qualifications

• Experience using Jira for change, transformation, or delivery in large organisations.
• Proven ability to train, coach and enable users rather than just administer tools.
• Strong understanding of adoption and behavioural change principles.

Responsibilities

• Act as the SME for Jira and Kiplot adoption, demonstrating practical use in day‑to‑day work.
• Deliver engaging training, coaching, drop‑in sessions and clinics for varying experience levels.
• Provide hands‑on support during implementation and embedment across teams.
• Identify adoption gaps and tailor coaching to address skills shortfalls.
• Create guidance, learning materials and reusable training assets.

Skills

Jira

Training & coaching

Change management

Stakeholder management

Adoption & behavioural change

Tools

Kiplot

Job description

## Tooling Adoption & Enablement ExpertApply: England: Scotland: Northern Ireland: Wales: Full time: Posted Today: End Date: October 22, 2026 (14 days left to apply): R20587At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions. Through telling it like it is, owning it now and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent. We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and offer workplace adjustments to ensure you have the support you need to succeed in your role.**The Role: Tooling Adoption & Enablement Expert - permanent** We are looking for an experienced **Tooling Adoption & Enablement SME** to accelerate the successful adoption and embedment of **Jira and Kiplot** across our change community. This is not simply a technical tooling role. The successful candidate will work alongside teams and individuals to translate our ways of working into practical, effective use of the tools, providing hands-on coaching, training and support. A key outcome of the role will be to build sustainable capability within the organisation through a **train-the-trainer approach**, reducing reliance on central support over time and creating a confident, self-sufficient community of users. **Key Responsibilities for this Role:**· Act as the SME for Jira and Kiplot adoption, helping colleagues understand not just how to use the tools, but how to use them effectively within their day-to-day work.· Deliver engaging training, coaching, drop-in sessions and practical clinics for different levels of experience.· Provide targeted, hands-on support to teams during implementation and embedment.· Identify common adoption challenges, skills gaps and areas where additional coaching is needed.· Develop practical guidance, learning materials, FAQs and reusable training assets.· Establish a train-the-trainer model, building a network of capable champions who can support their own teams.· Partner with change, delivery, transformation and tooling stakeholders to ensure tooling supports agreed ways of working.· Gather feedback from the community and use it to improve training, guidance and user experience.· Champion good practice and encourage consistent use of Jira and Kiplot across the change community.· Support new functionality and changes through communications, demonstrations and targeted learning.Bullet **Key Knowledge, Skills & Experience:**· Strong practical knowledge of Jira, ideally within change, transformation, portfolio or delivery environments.· Experience of training, coaching or enabling users, rather than purely administering technology.· Strong understanding of adoption and behavioural change.· Ability to translate technical concepts into simple, accessible language.· Confident working with a wide range of stakeholders, from new users to senior leaders.· Experience developing learning materials and delivering group and one-to-one coaching.· A proactive, hands-on approach and genuine passion for helping people build confidence. **Job Level: Manager/Expert****Location: Homebased UK****What we offer:** We’re dedicated to supporting your wellbeing and helping you thrive, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life**,** and financially plan for the future. **Our UK benefits include**: * A valuable **pension scheme of up to 18%** (13% made up of employer contributions and 5% employee contributions).* Access to our **Share Save** and **Share Incentive Plan,** alongside financial wellbeing and support services to help **give you real confidence to put your money to work.*** Enjoy 38 days annual leave (including bank holidays), with the opportunity to purchase up to five extra days. Our **Time Off When You Need It** policy gives you the flexibility - to balance work and personal commitments.* Our market-leading **Inspiring Families** policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - because supporting families is an important part of our inclusive culture.* Health & Protection cover includes **Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover** and **Life Assurance** for you, with additional family options - for peace of mind. To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit **Life at M&G** At M&G we strive to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by our policies and employee-led networks that offer networking, support and development opportunities for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more – including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience. M&G is proud to be **Level 3:** **Disability Confident Leader**under the UK Government Disability Confident employer scheme, and we welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions. If you would like to participate in the initiative, you will have the opportunity to indicate this on your application. We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process. All candidates have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments when applying. If you need any additional support at any stage, please contact us at: [e-mail]