Transition Relationship Manager (Streamlined Lead)

Just Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Bonus scheme

Headspace app

Employee assistance programme

Private medical cover

Job summary

Just Group is seeking a Transition Relationship Manager to lead scheme transitions, align data cleansing activities, and manage complex stakeholder relationships within a hybrid London/Surrey environment.

Responsibilities include coordinating with Trustees, DB Pensions teams, and external partners to meet delivery milestones while developing the Transition Support and Analyst teams for ongoing capability.

Qualifications

• Proven ability to plan scheme transitions and manage diverse workloads.
• Excellent written and verbal communication across levels.
• Experience in pensions or DB de-risking projects is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Drive transition planning and co-ordinate data cleanse activities.
• Manage stakeholder expectations and report progress to leadership.
• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver on transition milestones.
• Collaborate with Trustees and external partners to ensure timely handover.
• Provide guidance to junior transition staff and analysts.

Skills

Strategic planning

Stakeholder management

Data cleansing

Project management

Pensions industry knowledge

Excel proficiency

Negotiation

Communication

Team leadership

Time management

Education

PMI certification

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Transition Relationship Manager (Streamlined Lead)

Location: London or Reigate (Hybrid - 50%)

Contract: Permanent

Hours: 35 hours

Purpose

This role is responsible for project planning and managing scheme transitions through to the end of data cleanse, including the collation and validation of accurate data, agreeing process and timescales with the trustees and internal key stakeholders ensuring client commitments are met and issues are escalated accordingly, with excellent stakeholder management throughout the process.

Delivering strong and consistent stakeholder management setting clear and agreeable timescales and expectations; the engagement experience and journey we deliver to our clients paves the way for future business opportunities.

The role will involve working on a number of transactions across the core and streamlined service at once and the transition manager is responsible for ensuring all parties involved in the initial transition activities are aware of their responsibilities. The role will also provide direction and support for the development of the Transition Support and Analyst roles driving the teams performance and motivation.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive team motivation and support the development of the transition support roles, providing direction and training as required.
• Provide support to the Streamlined Service Manager in building the transition capability within the DB team and improving processes where required, through transition and data cleanse, ensuring project efficiencies at all times both internally and externally.
• Project Manage all assigned transitions from exclusive appointment, or earlier if required, ensuring timely completion of all tasks in line with client and business expectations.
• Act as lead on data cleanse process for assigned projects agreeing project plans with internal and external stakeholders updating as required if any key deliverables change or are delayed.
• Drive through data cleanse processes to a satisfactory conclusion, ensuring key deliverables are completed in line with agreed timescales and coordinating completion of all activities until handover to the Data & Onboarding team/ Buyout Managers.
• Communicate and agree operational tasks for all streamlined schemes in transition such as movement reporting and payroll funding with client, agreeing non-standard processes internally before implementing with clients.
• Ensure effective and complete stakeholder management through the transition process until the final premium is completed, communicated and settled, ensuring Trustees have the best customer experience at all times.
• Ensure understanding of final data and data queries, managing queries between Just and Client until finalised data schedule is agreed to a satisfactory level to be handed over to Data & Onboarding Team.
• Work with Post Transaction Service Manager and Head of True up to understand the true up calculation and TPA set up requirements, ensuring clients are kept informed of progress and any delays or issues that affect them.
• Provide regular transition progress updates to Streamlined Service Manager, Post Transaction service Manager and Head of Post Transactions, ensuring delays and issues are flagged in a timely manner.
• Provide required cover for other transition managers on leave, including oversight of other transitions and client activity.
  

What we're looking for

• Proven planning and organisational skills with the ability to plan scheme transitions and manage a diverse work load.
• Able to work under pressure to achieve objectives within agreed timescales, without compromising accuracy and quality.
• Extremely organised, with the ability to make intelligent decisions when faced with competing priorities.
• Excellent at both verbal and written communication, with great interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate at all levels.
• Self-motivated with a high level of initiative/drive.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel; with the ability to analyse and check data accordingly and efficiently whilst explaining issues to clients in a clear and appropriate manner.
• A strong negotiator, with good influencing skills, and the ability to handle conflicting priorities with internal and external stakeholders.
• Able to `Project Manage’ transactions through to conclusion by effectively partnering with Scheme Trustees and EBCs.
• Good understanding of life and pensions industry essential, in particular DB Pensions and the DB de risking market.
• Excellent problem analysis and resolution skills.
• Experience working in the Pensions Industry for a similar organisation essential.
• Experienced within the Life and Pensions Industry, preferably within DB Pensions or the DB De-risking Market, with knowledge of buy-ins and buy outs or general de-risking being desirable.
• Experience of relationship management and/or project management (attained or working towards project management qualifications desirable, e.g. Prince 2, Agile, APM).
• Desirable: Professional qualifications such as PMI or Project Management or equivalent experience

Our behaviours

At Just you’ll have the opportunity to develop your career, whilst making a difference to the lives of those around you. You’ll be part of a company with a strong and distinctive culture - we’re ambitious, curious and collaborative – and every decision we make centres around being Just and delivering the best outcomes for our customers.

What’s in it for you

• A competitive salary, pension scheme and life assurance
• 25 days annual leave plus an additional day on us for your birthday
• Private medical cover and income protection, just in case
• A generous and highly achievable bonus scheme
• Opportunities to progress your career in-role and within the company
• Free access to the Headspace app, 24/7 employee assistance helpline and trained physical and mental health first aiders
• A variety of employee funded benefits available via our online benefits portal
• Plus, several additional purchase options available for you and your loved ones

Valuing diversity of thought and fostering a sense of belonging is critical to our business success, driving innovation and balanced decision making. Our work on DEIB (Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging) aims to deliver a brilliant employee experience underpinned by a sense of belonging, where our people feel proud to work at Just.

We remain committed to our publicly disclosed HM Treasury Women in Finance Charter and Race at Work Charter targets and support a wide range of employee network and events, championing issues including intergenerational working, social mobility and neurodiversity.