Programme Manager, M&G
12 month Fixed Term Contract
International savings and investments company
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International savings and investments company
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
1001+ employees
Company mission
To help people manage and grow their savings and investments, responsibly.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience delivering complex projects or programmes, ideally within financial services or a regulated environment. A previous Integration role will be advantageous
- Strong programme and project management capability, with confidence managing multiple workstreams, dependencies, and risks
- Led teams doing transformational change – likely to have involved multiple parties and had unclear solutions/outcomes to the achieve the objectives/goals set
- Demonstrable experience working with business areas to assess, track, and evidence Business Readiness, including operational readiness, training, controls, and handover to BAU
- Experience leading and developing delivery teams, including day‑to‑day direction and formal line management where required
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior leaders and governance forums
- Strong ownership mindset, with a clear focus on outcomes, adoption, and benefits realisation
- Proficiency with delivery tools and reporting; Jira experience highly desirable
- Relevant qualifications (e.g. PRINCE2, AgilePM, MSP, PMP) desirable; degree‑level education or equivalent experience
- Sets the tone for delivery excellence, readiness discipline, and execution focus
- Proactive, adaptable, and resilient under pressure
- Takes full ownership for delivery outcomes and business adoption
- Constructively challenges delivery teams and business stakeholders where readiness is at risk
- Collaborative, inclusive, and committed to continuous improvement
- Leans into hard conversations and brings a good energy to the team
What the job involves
- M&G Life supports over 5 million customers with more than £300bn invested across its products and wrappers, and has an ambitious growth and transformation agenda for 2026 and beyond
- Our International business unit encompasses the oversight and delivery of operations and change across M&G’s international markets, including governance of strategic initiatives, partner‑led service delivery, and local business change
- It operates across multiple geographies including the UK and regulatory environments, requiring strong coordination between global services, external suppliers, and local leadership teams
- We are seeking a high‑performing & experienced Programme Manager to provide hands‑on leadership and drive the successful delivery of a strategic & transformative integration programme, within the International portfolio
- Reporting to the Portfolio Director, you will translate strategic direction into tangible outcomes, ensuring that delivery is matched by demonstrable business readiness and adoption
- This role can be based from the UK or Ireland
- This role is pivotal in ensuring that change is not only delivered, but ready, embedded, and sustainable across the business
- Lead the end‑to‑end delivery of a sizeable strategic integration project, ensuring alignment to portfolio objectives and business priorities
- Establishing and maintaining key stakeholder and sponsor relationships which serve to underpin the dynamic, energy and success of the programme
- Build strong, trusted relationships with stakeholders at all levels, supporting the Portfolio Director in governance forums (e.g. SteerCo) and day‑to‑day delivery
- Prepare and present delivery and readiness updates to governance forums, escalating risks and issues appropriately with agreed mitigants ready to share in advance
- Act as a hands‑on delivery leader, resolving issues, removing blockers, and maintaining momentum across workstreams
- Work closely with business areas to define, track, and evidence progress, ensuring people, processes, controls, and capabilities are ready to adopt change at go‑live
- Apply and coach best‑practice delivery approaches (Agile, Waterfall, hybrid), adapting methods to suit project and business needs
- Support benefits tracking and realisation, ensuring outcomes are measurable and linked to successful adoption
- Own and maintain all delivery artefacts (plans, RAID, dashboards, reporting packs), ensuring accuracy, transparency, and timeliness
- Establish clear readiness criteria, milestones, and evidence, integrating Business Readiness into programme plans, RAID, and governance
- Line manage, coach, and develop Project Managers, setting clear expectations and high standards of execution and accountability
- Champion the use of delivery tools and data‑driven decision making
- Foster a culture of accountability, challenge, collaboration, and continuous improvement across delivery and business teams
Application process
- Closing Date: 17 March 2026
Our take
Established through a merger with Prudential's UK and Europe operation in 2017, M&G has emerged as a leading savings and investment company. Combining five prominent brands under one umbrella - M&G Real Estate, M&G Investments, Pru, M&G Wealth, and Infracaptial - the company boasts a robust global financial services operation.
M&G's commitment to enhancing its platform's offerings is evident through substantial investments in service and support infrastructure. Innovations such as deep back-office integration, cloud-based customer relationship management tools, and e-signature software underscore the company's dedication to providing top-notch solutions.
Catering to a diverse clientele ranging from individuals to major enterprises, M&G continues to expand its international presence. It reported an impressive £1.8 billion in flows from open business in 2025, and continues to diversify and leverage advancements in AI and Big Data. This approach should help the company maintain its position as a key player in the ever-evolving landscape of savings and investment.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- 8% non-contributory pension plus up to 5% matching
- Life Assurance & Death in Service
- Support, feedback and development programmes to help you reach your full potential
- Flexible culture and ways of working
- Focus on health & wellbeing
- 30 days holiday as standard (excluding bank holidays), with the ability to purchase an additional 5 days
- Time off when you need it includes carer's leave, faith leave, grandparent leave and career breaks
- New parents receive up to 26 weeks of full pay while on leave
- 4-week back-to-work transition for new parents: work 80% of your contractual hours, be paid for 100%
- New parents can take family leave in flexible blocks within the first year of birth/adaoption
Company HQ
City of London, London, UK
Leadership
Andrea Rossi
(Group CEO)Co-Founder & Director at REsustain. Former CEO of AXA, and was an FC Girondins de Bordeaux Board Member.
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