Overview

At MandG our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work. As an international savings and investments business with roots stretching back more than 170 years, we offer a range of financial products and services through Asset Management, Life and Wealth. All three operating segments work together to deliver attractive financial outcomes for our clients, and superior shareholder returns. Through our behaviours of 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:

MandG Life covers over 5 million customers with more than £300 Bn invested across all of its products and wrappers, and has an ambitious growth plan for 2025 and beyond. Role Purpose: The Head of Proposition Integrity and Technical Excellence ensures all propositions are technically robust, customer-centric, and aligned with regulatory expectations. Acting as a safeguard for the wider Propositions team, this role provides technical sign-off, identifies regulatory opportunities and threats, and ensures propositions deliver demonstrable customer value. The role builds a strong foundation for technical excellence, enabling safe and compliant proposition design and evolution across the portfolio.Key Responsibilities

Technical Sign-Off: Approve the technical integrity of all new and evolving propositions, ensuring alignment with internal standards and external expectations. Consult with wider teams to maintain objectivity and rigour.Regulatory Opportunity Scanning: Identify emerging regulatory trends, opportunities, and threats. Feed insights into the monthly Proposition Forum to inform strategic decision-making.Customer-Centric Assurance: Ensure all propositions deliver demonstrable customer value alongside technical compliance. Act as a critical friend to proposition leads to maintain customer focus.Risk Identification and Mitigation: Highlight and quantify risks across business, customer, and colleague dimensions. Ensure mitigation strategies are in place and flag any risk acceptances for wider team approval.Governance and Documentation: Ensure propositions meet internal policy and product standards. Maintain high-quality technical documentation through collaboration with proposition and communications teams and reporting across all proposition areas.Cross-Functional Collaboration: Embed the team across all proposition leads and work closely with Operations, Legal, Compliance, Risk, Product, and Distribution to ensure seamless proposition development.Team Structure

Leads a team of four technical experts, each aligned to a proposition lead:Aligned to ECommerce Enablement and Platform StrategyAligned to Investment PropositionsAligned to Savings and RetirementAligned to Guaranteed Income and InsuranceKey Focus Areas

Completion of a comprehensive sweep of all existing technical propositions to establish a baseline and identify improvement opportunities.Delivery of demonstrable evidence of customer value across all propositions reviewed or developed.Implementation of enhanced technical reporting standards, improving clarity, consistency, and usability.Establishment of a quick and efficient technical build process for new propositions, enabling faster time-to-market.Identification and articulation of regulatory and market opportunities, feeding into the monthly Proposition Forum.Development of a prioritised technical roadmap to guide the team\''s focus and support the wider change agenda.Proven experience in technical proposition development within financial services.Deep understanding of regulatory frameworks, with the ability to identify emerging opportunities and threats.Strong leadership and collaboration skills, with experience managing technical teams and influencing senior stakeholders.Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear, non-technical language for diverse audiences.Skilled in balancing technical excellence with pragmatic decision-making, ensuring both compliance and commercial viability.Leadership Style and Behaviours

Confident and collaborative, able to influence across senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams.Pragmatic yet technically rigorous, with deep expertise across all products and wrappers.Commercially minded and data-driven, using insights and evidence to challenge assumptions and drive better outcomes.Exceptional communicator, able to simplify complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.Strong people leader, focused on building resilience, developing talent, and coaching the team to high performance.

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