Senior Customer Communications Manager

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VN-23538

Permanent

Hove

£Competitive + Bonus + Benefits

30 September 2022

You will manage the Communications Team to deliver and implement plans and strategies to ensure market leading Customer Communications across multiple distribution channels, products and mediums with a focus on digital first.

You'll also oversee and manage Communication work streams for Product / Proposition / UW / Regulatory / Customer Experience and / or Brand changes to deliver Customer Communications to deadline whilst ensuring all collateral is on brand and adheres to approvals procedures.

Managing a programme of transformation to digitise and transform Customer Communications whilst ensuring best practice written communications which enhance the customer experience with best use of technology to realise cost efficiencies.

Overseeing the approvals process to ensure that all Customer Communications are technically compliant, relevant, and meet regulatory and Consumer Duty requirements whilst making process efficiencies.

Driving, delivering and implementing an efficient target operating model for the Communications Team to deliver best in class operational communications.

Working with agile methodologies (writing user stories, estimating capacity etc.) to deliver communications changes to support any product, customer experience or regulatory transformation to meet sprint deadlines.

Making data and insight led decisions and implement behavioural science techniques to maximise the impact of operational communications whilst prioritising customer centric improvements which remove friction from the customer journey with inclusion considerations and vulnerable customers in front of mind.

Building and maintaining strong relationships to influence and communicate with key stakeholders and suppliers.

Ensuring sufficient prominence is given to key policy features and benefits at each touch point along the customer journey (for example Reviews, End of Term, Arrears, Cancellations) and ensure that customer journeys for operational communications are maintained and mapped.

Managing, motivating and developing employees at all levels, in a manner that is consistent with the Company’s policies and procedures the including Partnership Agreement, to maximise the performance of the area.  Covering other team processes for contingency purposes when team members are absent. 

 

Qualifications:

Marketing /Communication qualifications or previous financial services communications experience essential.

Prince 2 desirable, not essential.

Copywriting qualification desirable, not essential.

Knowledge:

Understanding of branding principles, desirable.

Understanding of behavioural science principles, desirable.

Knowledge of customer / operational communications, essential.

Knowledge of Insurance products desirable, not essential.

Understanding of Customer Communications Management software (Quadient or Open Text Exstream, desirable).

Experience:

Strong attention to detail.

Excellent organisational skills.

Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

Strong influencing skills.

Strong copywriting skills.

Good team player.

Ability to manage and assess dynamic workload.

A good understanding of the ways in which customer data is created, gathered, transferred, and manipulated.

Understanding of complex rules-based logic using data to create dynamic communications.

Leadership:

Excellent proven people management experience essential.

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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 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. 

About L&G

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

About the business area

Life can sometimes be unpredictable, and it pays to plan ahead. Our aim at Legal & General Retail is to help our customers plan for the unexpected, achieve financial security for their tomorrow, and protect everything that’s important to them. To better understand our customers and meet their needs, we’ve brought our protection, retirement income, savings, lending and advice, fintech and mortgage businesses under one umbrella. Created at the start of 2022 through the merging of our long-standing and trusted retail retirement and insurance businesses, we’re a fast-growing division with big, customer-centered ambitions. 

Our commitment to Equal Opportunities

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.

How to find out more

If this opportunity excites you but you’re not sure you meet all the requirements, or you’d like to know a bit more, please contact Joanne Greenep at joanne.greenep@landg.com (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-greenep-03248264/).

If you’d like to be considered for this role, please submit your application through our careers website as we’re not accepting email applications.

About L&G

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world's largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. 

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders - helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

About the business area

Life can sometimes be unpredictable, and it pays to plan ahead. Our aim at Legal & General Retail is to help our customers plan for the unexpected, achieve financial security for their tomorrow, and protect everything that’s important to them. To better understand our customers and meet their needs, we’ve brought our protection, retirement income, savings, lending and advice, fintech and mortgage businesses under one umbrella. Created at the start of 2022 through the merging of our long-standing and trusted retail retirement and insurance businesses, we’re a fast-growing division with big, customer-centered ambitions. 

Our commitment to Equal Opportunities

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we'd love to hear from you.

How to find out more

If this opportunity excites you but you’re not sure you meet all the requirements, or you’d like to know a bit more, please contact Joanne Greenep at joanne.greenep@landg.com (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-greenep-03248264/).

If you’d like to be considered for this role, please submit your application through our careers website as we’re not accepting email applications.