Programme Manager

At M&G 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.

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. Steer Co) 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 work streams.
• 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.

• 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 work streams, dependencies, and risks.
• Led teams doing transformational…