Investment Proposition Manager

at  Aegon

Job Description Summary
Job Description
Investment Proposition Manager
Permanent
Location: Edinburgh (typically 2 days in the office per week, 3 from home)
Salary: A competitive salary from £56,480 - £87,720 depending on the experience you can bring
Closing date: 3rd of November
Our team are focused on providing retirement, investment and workplace savings to over 3.8 million customers. To do that we work with financial advisers and employers, to help improve peoples’ financial wellbeing.
We help people live their best lives. We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.
A new opportunity has arisen for an Investment Proposition Manager to join our Investment Proposition team.
As Investment Proposition Manager you will lead the development and oversight of a range of investment proposition initiatives as required by business need. These initiatives will support the development across our Adviser, Workplace and Advised business, leveraging the scale of Aegon to build innovative solutions which grow our assets.

In this role you will be responsible for:

• Leadership of new initiatives to build investment solutions
• Oversight of existing propositions, identifying opportunities to improve customer outcomes.
• Development of proposals, utilising customer and distributor insights
• Presentation of analysis of propositions and competitors
• Ownership of Board and Committee requirements and management of relevant internal committees
• Liaison with senior management and across functions to agree delivery mechanisms

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Experience leading on the development and management of propositions
• Strong knowledge of investment propositions.
• A track record of delivery of projects and initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of customer and adviser investment solution needs.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and experience presenting to senior stakeholders

It would also be desirable but not essential if you have :

• IMC Qualifications

What’s in it for you?

• A non-contributory pension between 8%-12%
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 34 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments.
We ask everyone to be brave, raise their game, deliver first time, help others, and act in everyone’s best interests. If you recognise yourself in this, we’d love to hear from you.
The legal bits
We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.
Equal Opportunity Employer:
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity

• Leadership of new initiatives to build investment solutions
• Oversight of existing propositions, identifying opportunities to improve customer outcomes.
• Development of proposals, utilising customer and distributor insights
• Presentation of analysis of propositions and competitors
• Ownership of Board and Committee requirements and management of relevant internal committees
• Liaison with senior management and across functions to agree delivery mechanism