Senior Marketing Manager

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: Senior Marketing Manager

12 month Fixed term contract

We are seeking a highly experienced and strategically minded Senior Marketing Manager to lead the planning, development, and execution of institutional-facing marketing initiatives for M&G’s products and services. This role is pivotal to the success of the Corporate Pensions Solutions proposition (both bulk annuity and workplace) and reports directly to the Head of Corporate Pensions and International Solutions Marketing (CPS&I).

This is a senior-level position suited to a marketing professional with a strong track record in UK financial services, preferably within corporate pensions bulk annuity market, who already operates with autonomy and influence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Strategic Leadership: Shape and drive the Corporate Pension Solutions marketing strategy, ensuring alignment with broader business objectives and adviser needs.
• Market Insight & Innovation: Leverage deep market knowledge and corporate pensions audience insight to develop compelling, insight-led campaigns that drive awareness, engagement, and conversion.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with senior stakeholders across distribution, corporate affairs, brand, and marketing to deliver integrated, high-impact marketing programmes.
• Campaign Management: oversee the end-to-end delivery of multi-channel marketing campaigns across key audience segments, ensuring measurable outcomes and ROI.
• Performance & Budget Oversight: Define KPIs, manage budgets, and report on performance to ensure continuous improvement and accountability.
• Operational Excellence: Champion scalable, secure, and sustainable marketing practices, integrating innovations and third-party partnerships where appropriate.
• Brand Stewardship: Ensure all materials are consistent with M&G and Pru brand guidelines and regulatory standards.
• Market Monitoring: Stay ahead of industry trends, competitor activity, and regulatory developments to inform strategy and execution.
• Governance & Compliance: Maintain rigorous control standards and ensure all marketing activity complies with relevant regulations.

Key Skills & Experience:

• Extensive experience in UK financial services marketing, with a strong focus on B2B marketing and corporate pensions facing propositions, including pitches.
• Proven ability to operate at a senior strategic level, with experience influencing senior stakeholders and contributing to business-wide initiatives.
• Deep understanding of the UK DB and DC Corporate Pensions landscape, including key audiences of EBCs, corporate advisers, scheme trustees and sponsors, employers and members.  
• Demonstrable success in developing and delivering highly effective strategic marketing plans that drive commercial outcomes.
• Strong project management and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple complex initiatives simultaneously.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft clear, engaging content for professional audiences.
• Experience representing Marketing in senior forums and contributing to cross-functional leadership discussions.

Team Development & Capability Building

• Act as a subject matter expert in media advertising, digital marketing and channel optimisation, taking a proactive role in upskilling and mentoring colleagues within the Corporate Pensions and International Solutions Marketing team.
• Lead knowledge-sharing initiatives, workshops, and best practice sessions to enhance team capability in areas such as digital campaign strategy, performance analytics, marketing automation, and multi-channel optimisation.
• Foster a culture of continuous learning and innovation, ensuring the team remains at the forefront of digital marketing trends and technologies.

Work Level: Manager Expert

Reporting to: Head of Corporate Pensions and International Solutions Marketing

Location: London - Hybrid 2 - 3 days per week

Closing Date: 25th March 2026

Recruiter: Phoebe Ewers

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