End Date
Friday 24 January 2025
Salary Range
£57,546 - £63,940
Flexible Working Options
Hybrid Working, Job Share
Job Description
Job title: Platform Onboarding Manager
Location: Edinburgh, Bristol, Leeds or London
Salary: £57,546 - £63,940
Hours: Full time
Working Pattern: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our above offices.
About this opportunity:
With over five million customers, and having celebrated our 200th anniversary in 2015, Scottish Widows (SW) is one of the UK’s most trusted Life, Pensions and Investments providers. Our acquisition of Embark means that we'll have a wider range of products to work with Intermediaries on.
The Platform Adoption team are integral to the success of our insurance strategy. Our colleagues represent and promote the SW propositions across the financial services industry, engaging with Advisers, Paraplanners and Administration staff to ensure the smooth transition to the SW Platform.
The core purpose of this role is to lead a team of seven Platform Adoption Consultants who represent the Service and implementation proposition with Distributors through securing and leading implementation adoption of our Retail Platform.
What you’ll be doing:
* Lead, supervise and drive platform adoption through the platform consultants.
* Take ownership of creating and delivering an ongoing engagement programme for Platform adoption consultants.
* Provide technical support to the wider Distribution team.
* Facilitate the sharing of best practices and collaborate closely with management.
* Provide a pivot point between the Distribution, Proposition and Marketing teams.
* Support key events and meetings.
* Help with the onboarding of key advisers and partners.
What you’ll need:
* Detailed knowledge of the Intermediary market.
* Experience in consultative selling.
* Experience of leading people handling intermediary relationships.
* Ability to craft and deliver an effective training programme.
* Strong leadership skills and experience of mentoring.
* Strong analytical skills.
About working for us:
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
* A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
* An annual performance-related bonus
* Share schemes including free shares
* Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle
* 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
* A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.
We’d love to hear from you.
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