Job Description
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Contract type: Fixed Term Contract – 12 months
Location: London
Working style: Hybrid min 50% office based
Closing date: 13th July 2026
We’re looking for an experienced Product Development Manager to join Royal London Asset Management (RLAM) within our Client Group. This is an exciting opportunity to play a key role in shaping and delivering new investment solutions, working at the heart of product innovation within a leading UK asset manager.
You’ll be responsible for managing the delivery of new fund launches end-to-end, ensuring they meet client needs and align with RLAM’s long-term goals. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you’ll help bring client-focused investment solutions to the market.
This role offers the chance for those with experience in launching a variety of funds and structures to the market to join RLAM ambitious growth agenda.
About the role
- Lead the delivery of new fund launches, including both UK and Irish/ EU domiciled UCITS and AIF structures
- Manage significant product changes including fund mergers, closures and regulatory-driven updates
- Oversee end-to-end product development projects, ensuring they are delivered on time, within budget and in line with RLAM policies
- Coordinate internal and external approvals, working with key stakeholders across the business
- Interpret and advise the business on appropriate fund structures and features
- Apply market, regulatory and product knowledge to support the design of client-centric investment solutions, including the application of consumer duty
- Consider ESG and sustainability factors within product design and development.
- Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders to support successful project delivery
About you
- Proven experience in product development within asset management
- Strong understanding of fund structures, particularly IUK and Irish domiciled UCITS and AIFs
- Broad knowledge of investment products across multiple asset classes: equity, fixed income, property, cash, multi-asset, private assets
- Up-to-date knowledge of regulatory requirements including UCITS, AIFMD, COBS and COLL
- Experience managing complex projects and delivering solutions to market
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills
- Investment qualifications (e.g. IMC/IAQ) preferred.
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About Royal London Asset Management
Royal London Asset Management (RLAM), part of the Royal London Group, is one of the UK’s leading fund management companies, supporting a wide range of clients globally to achieve their investment goals. Our long-term, client-focused approach is underpinned by a strong commitment to responsible investment and stewardship.
We’re proud of our culture and our People Promise, where colleagues work in an inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling environment, guided by our values: Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate and Achieve.
We’ve always been proud to reward employees by offering great workplace benefits such as 28 days annual leave in addition to bank holidays, an up to 14% employer matching pension scheme and private medical insurance.
Inclusion, diversity and belonging
We’re an inclusive employer. We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across Royal London. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected – whatever their background.
We’re the UK’s largest mutual life, pensions and investment company, offering protection, long-term savings and asset management products and services.
Royal London is a purpose-driven mutual. Our Purpose, ‘Protecting today, investing in tomorrow. Together we are mutually responsible’, defines the impact we want to have. It shapes what we do on behalf of our members and customers, financial advisers, our colleagues and the communities in which we operate. Our People Promise is our collective commitment that our workplace will be inclusive, responsible, enjoyable and fulfilling where all colleagues can thrive and experience a sense of belonging. This is underpinned by our Spirit of Royal London values; Empowered, Trustworthy, Collaborate, Achieve.
Our inclusive values and people promise are core to who we are and how we work. It’s good for our people, and good for our customers too, because with an inclusive workplace and a diverse workforce we will reflect our members, customers and communities to deliver the best outcomes.
We celebrate and value different backgrounds and cultures across our organisation. Our diverse people and perspectives give us a range of skills which are recognised and respected– whatever their background.
Workplace Initiatives
Program for parents returning to work after Parental Leave? |
No |
Leadership development programmes? |
Yes |
Mentoring programmes? |
Yes |
Coaching programmes? |
Yes |
Employee-led diversity networks? |
Yes |
Internal women’s networking groups? |
Yes |
Open to discussing flexible work arrangements at interview stage? |
Yes |
No. of weeks paid maternity leave at full salary: |
26 weeks (followed by 13 weeks half pay) |
Minimum weeks tenure required to be eligible for paid maternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
No. of weeks paid paternity leave at full salary: |
4 weeks |
Minimum tenure required to be eligible for paid paternity leave: |
Open to all regardless of length of service |
Gender pay gap reporting information 2022: |
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Mean pay gap: |
35.3% |
Median pay gap: |
33.9% |
Mean bonus gap: |
70.4% |
Median bonus gap: |
48.5% |
Signatory of the UK Women in Finance Charter? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of women in leadership? |
Yes |
Targets to raise the number of BAME individuals in leadership? |
No |
Listed in the Bloomberg Diversity & Inclusion Index? |
No |
Graduate Programmes
We have a number of graduate programmes designed to deliver technical experts and future leaders.
Royal London Career Confidence programme
Our hybrid programme focuses on equipping you to feel empowered in your career and supported to explore new opportunities as they arise.
Apprenticeships
We offer a wide range of Apprenticeships that are targeted at both new joiners and existing colleagues.
Inclusion
We promote an inclusive culture at Royal London and have a range of inclusion networks for our colleagues to get involved with.
Our Women's Network is a community that celebrates and supports its members, helps everyone to learn more and inspires all of us to aim higher. Confidence and development are strong themes here and our events focus on three key areas of team working, finance, and wellbeing. There are two sub-groups to the Women’s Network – Women in Technology and our Periods and Menopause Group – focused on actions such as supporting over 20 new Periods and Menopause champions and launching guidance and training for leaders.