Senior Business Transformation Manager - Private Markets - Fixed Term Contract

Our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions. 

Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.

Through telling it like it is, owning it now, and moving it forward together with care and integrity; we are creating an exceptional place to work for exceptional talent.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The role:

The Business Transformation Team is reshaping the Asset Management business to meet the demands of an evolving industry. The team is running projects to enable scalable growth, operational excellence and deliver a market leading client experience. As a Senior Business Transformation Manager for Private Markets, you will be hands on in leading projects or work streams, redefining operating models and delivering scalability to meet M&G’s growth ambitions. 

You will have a proven ability to structure and deliver complex projects, combining strong analysis, communication and operating model design skills. You are comfortable managing diverse stakeholders and cross‑functional teams in complex environments. You also bring an understanding of wholesale financial markets, with Private Markets experience strongly preferred.

This is a Fixed Term contract, ending 31st December 2026.

Responsibilities:

• Lead transformation projects or work streams; including growth, operating model and integration
  • Take accountability for outcomes, including metrics and deliverables
  • Effectively project manage delivery in a range of settings
• Design target operating models for critical areas of the Private Markets organisation.  This will include overall model down to detailed process mapping
  • Effectively and efficiently gain understanding of current state and work with stakeholders to agree target state. 
  • Use a range of techniques including workshops, interviews and desk based analysis
  • Collate and synthesise ambiguous and often incomplete information in to clear and actionable hypotheses
  • Consider all levers: people / organisation, process, technology and data
• Use existing knowledge of Private Markets and Asset Management to accelerate the design of operating models and set programme priorities.  In businesses where you have less knowledge, quickly and credibly gain an understanding of the business operations and success factors
• Build high trust, productive relationships with stakeholders.  This includes senior stakeholders and steering committees
• Help the organisation and its leadership take data driven decisions through targeted analysis and clear and compelling business cases

Skills & Experience:

• Project management – experience structuring and managing projects and work streams to deliver business outcomes on time and within budget
• Analysis – strong analytical capabilities, including quantitative and financial data as well as process and efficiency.  Ability to present and communicate findings clearly and simply across a range of mediums
• Design – operating model toolkit, including conceptual design through to detailed process mapping.  Tools such as six sigma and design thinking methods an advantage
• Stakeholders – effective stakeholder management, listening and communication skills
• Organisation – can run projects with cross-functional teams and multiple priorities
• Working style – comfortable working in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and sometimes incomplete and/or ambiguous information
• Industry – understanding wholesale financial services and financial markets.  Experience in Private Markets asset management strongly preferred

Recruiter: Sarah Hawkins

Job Level: Manager or Expert

Type: Fixed Term contract ending 31st December 2026

What we offer:

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.

• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.  

• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.

• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. 

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: careers@mandg.com