Product Development Manager

Royal London ,
London, Greater London
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Product Development Manager Apply now Date: 06-Jun-2020 Location: London, GB Company: Royal London Group Job title: Product Development Manager Location: London Contract type: Permanent Closing date: 19/06/20 At Royal London we want to attract the best talent to help us achieve our vision of becoming the most trusted and recommended financial company in the UK. We are the largest mutual life, pensions and Investment Company in the UK. Our culture is welcoming, friendly, flexible and we aim to make you always feel included. To support this we are always open to discussing flexible working to give you the freedom to be your best. For more than 150 years, people have been at the heart of all that is great about Royal London. We know that this is a difficult and uncertain time for everyone and are doing everything we can to support our customers, our people and candidates. Maintaining the Spirit of Royal London is of paramount importance to us as we face new and different ways of working. That is why we are embracing technology throughout our recruitment process to support interactions. As you embark on your journey with us will engage with you via email, telephone and video to ensure we all remain safe. We are committed to wellbeing and at this challenging time, it remains our priority. Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) was established in 1988 and is a wholly owned and central part of the Royal London Group. Since our inception we have built a reputation as an innovative, high performing fund manager. Our track record and exceptional client service have been recognised with a number of awards. We are proud of the people we employ, the performance we have delivered and the wide-ranging group of clients we manage. The role sits in the RLAM Proposition Team within RLAM's Distribution division. The Proposition Team is centre stage in helping drive the next phase of RLAM's growth and plays a critical role in ensuring that our range of products continue to meet the needs of clients and investors - and the team is now positioning itself to ensure it has the right structure, talent, skills and capabilities to continue to support the ambitions of the business. The purpose of the role is to manage RLAM proposition or offering across all target client segments and channels. The Product Development team within this is responsible for the development of our new products for all fund ranges. Key Accountabilities * Responsible for delivery of new products, including new fund launches and new share classes * To contribute to major structural fund changes and also to major regulatory changes * Know and apply product development process with investors' needs at heart * Development of RLAM's new collective investment funds * Manage new complex fund launches and other fund related projects, including both UK and Irish domiciled fund ranges, UCITS and NURS, * To input on large regulatory change projects which are led by the RLAM change team * Able to manage several product development projects simultaneously Skills and Experience * Excellent organisational and time management skills - ability to manage multiple projects * Have the ability to work with key internal partners to establish sound personal working relationships * Strong product development experience in asset management. Essential Criteria * Knowledge of product structures, in particular UCITS domiciled within UK and Dublin * Strong understanding of investment products, including familiarity with various asset/fund types: equity, fixed income, property, cash, multi-asset, derivatives * In-depth and up-to-date knowledge of regulatory environment and authorised funds, including UCITS, COB, COLL. Desirable Criteria * Project management experience What we offer * We've always been proud to reward employees by offering a number of benefits such as Pensions and Protection, Performance and role-related benefits, Lifestyle and Wellbeing * Our culture comes from within, or to put it another way, it comes from our people. It's what makes Royal London a great place to work. * Our People Promise is something we live up to every day. We know we can rely on you, and you can expect plenty from us in return. * Glassdoor have again ranked as among the best places to work in the UK We are an equal opportunities employer. We work hard to attract the best talent for our award-winning team. We believe that embracing difference makes us stronger. Our diverse people bring us different skills - whatever their educational background, disability, gender, age, sexual orientation, race, religion or belief. In fact, the first pillar of our People Promise is designed to make sure you 'work somewhere inclusive'. We want to live up to this promise; it's good for our people and good for our customers too, because our workforce should reflect our communities. Job Segment: Equity, Finance Apply now

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