We're hiring a Product Principal to lead the EU funds team within our Product Management function. You'll be directing and driving the Product Management component of the LGIM integrated global product platform, ensuring that LGIM delivers effective management of its product throughout the lifecycle to the benefit of its customers.

Managing a team of 4-5 staff, you'll have particular responsibility for our European regulated funds including the line management of senior product managers and product managers, overseeing our EU Fund change projects, representing Product Management in strategic projects and ensuring the teams product and regulatory knowledge is high. 

• Product Management – Directing the delivery and continued development of LGIM’s Product Management process, thereby ensuring that each LGIM product is fully managed from the completion of implementation through to the end of its lifecycle, adhering at all times to the Legal & General Group Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) requirements and LGIM’s product process
• Product Change – Direct and deliver required product changes to bring an effective implementation.  Ensure that all communications, for example EGMs and Notifiable Events, meet regulatory and commercial timescales
• Regulatory Documentation – Review and develop regulatory documentation and communications, ensuring that all regulatory requirements are accurately incorporated, prospectus changes are delivered and governance oversight is provided for KIIDs. Liaise with internal and external (for example Legal, Trustee, Depositary) functions to ensure the production and sign off of regulatory documentation such as Terms & Conditions, prospectus, trust deeds, depositary agreements and instruments of incorporation
•  Product Technical Support – Direct and deliver product technical support on matters such as regulation and tax on both an on-going and project basis so that LGIM manages existing products to meet the needs of customers. This will include support for external communication materials delivered through various media along with support for customer communications, thereby ensuring customers are provided with clear information before, during and after the sale
• Operational Support –Ensure all relevant operational areas are both involved in decision making processes around Product Management and also informed of changes that will affect their own and Product’s effectiveness in terms of PLM delivering clear and fair customer communications and service
• Business Relationships – Develop key relationships at a senior level with internal and external customers to ensure understanding of the Product Management function and the required support for and adherence to all relevant policies and procedures. Customers such as Investments, Risk, Compliance, Fund Operations, External Partners and Suppliers, Operations, Distribution,  Marketing
• Regulatory and Product Knowledge – Acquire, maintain and share a focused knowledge of the regulations surrounding products and product structures and the application of regulatory guidelines to product literature, marketing and advertising, keeping abreast of changes and developments and being able to discuss these in an informed manner

• A strong track record of delivery in a product management environment
• Excellent working knowledge of the asset management industry including investor types, distributional channels, the competitor landscape and a good working technical knowledge of investment products across pooled product structures (including UCITS and non-UCITS) in UK, Ireland and Luxembourg
• Previous experience in launching, registering, operating and amending pooled investment funds
• Excellent knowledge of product life cycles and the role of product management and governance within that cycle
• Must be delivery focused and demonstrate the ability to meet deadlines and demonstrate high attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills, including the ability to write compelling reports and documents, negotiate and to successfully chair meetings with senior stakeholders present
• Excellent presentation skills including the ability to articulate and convey concepts and ideas to a Board level audience in a clear and compelling manner

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including private medical insurance, 27 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme, life assurance, and Income Protection. You'll receive a car allowance of 12% of your annual salary, and you can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave. 

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan and valuable share schemes. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.