Company Description

The brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow.

Since 1836, we’ve grown to become one of the world’s largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands.

We’re all here to improve the lives of our customers, build a better society for the long term, and create value for our shareholders – helping to shape a better future for society and the planet.

We need people who share our ambitions, agility and entrepreneurial spirit to help us do it.

At L&G, you’ll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, we’re supported by technology and workplaces that enable us to work effectively wherever we are. We come together in offices to collaborate and connect, and use time at home for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance.

Today, there’s over 10,000 of us, working towards our mission, with plenty of opportunities to grow your career as we grow L&G. Will you join us?

The UK is facing a housing crisis, and not everyone has the means to enjoy the security and stability of owning their own home. Our aim at Legal & General Affordable Homes is to transform the affordable housing sector. With a fast-growing pipeline of over 80,000 homes, we’re committed to investing in housing for all ages, social groups and tenures. We’re collaborating with developers, housing associations and public sector bodies across the country to drive investment into the UK’s affordable housing and social housing sector. Focusing primarily on the affordable rent, shared ownership and rent-to-buy markets, we’re striving to be the UK’s leading private affordable housing provider, known for excellent service and quality homes. We want to have a positive economic and social impact on the regions and communities in which we work.

Legal & General Affordable Homes is a subsidiary of Legal & General Capital, which focuses on growth opportunities and scale ups, and invests its long-term capital in sectors in need of investment and innovation.

Job Description

Created in 2018, Legal and General Affordable Homes (LGAH) is a commercial business with a social purpose. We focus on injecting institutional capital into the affordable housing sector to build good quality homes and deliver a great customer experience.

Our commitment is to increase the much-needed supply of affordable homes in England and provide best-in-class customer service, putting customers at the heart of our business, listening to their needs and delivering services which matter to them most. Technology is central to these aims and one of the four pillars of our corporate strategy to deliver better homes for our customers.

As the Director of Technology, you will be responsible for the successful operation and resilience of existing business critical systems on which the business relies. In tandem, you will also be responsible for the design and delivery of programmes of work to continue the evolution of LGAH as a digitally driven affordable housing provider and landlord.

Working with stakeholders, you will ensure that technology empowers all functions of the organisation for the benefit of our customers, staff and partners. You will sit at the heart of our work to develop a truly efficient and effective business model through which thousands of our customers gain access to much needed, well managed affordable housing.

What you’ll be doing:

Overseeing the management of the organisation’s technology stack to ensure that the organisation continuously benefits from robust and resilient systems
Building and then delivering a technology roadmap that underpins the corporate strategy and enables the business to fully capture its strategic aims and solidify its competitive advantage over the wider residential sector
Drawing together technologies that enable the business to operate a seamless ecosystem across its supply chain network
Horizon scanning for new opportunities to lever further gain from technologies that help the business to deliver its corporate aims
Working collaboratively with internal SMEs and colleagues across change, data and process design to ensure that business solutions are developed and designed with a rounded view of business requirements
Delivering a comprehensive assurance framework for the technology environment, recognising the regulated nature of the business and parent organisation
Operating an effective IT and Cyber security framework to manage risks to the business and its customer
Ensuring policy and procedure is effective, up to date and using business assurance techniques to test these regularly

Qualifications

What we’re looking for:

Lots of experience working in a product and service type environment with large eco-system or platform-based environments
A strong track record of working in a scaleup organisation and driving a business to maturity as a successful digitally backed organisation
Ability to bring together technology roadmaps and architectural designs to support the business in navigating through its corporate strategy; using technology as an enabler to achieve business aims
Experience of working in both SME & large businesses and an understanding of the challenge each scenario brings
Managed organisations comprised of cloud architectures
Previous experience of delivering complex programmes and projects and working with SAFe type methodologies of change.
Confident in translating business needs into technological solutions; you can get to grips with what the business is trying to achieve commercially and how technology can aid and contribute to this
Cyber Security management experience
Strong interpersonal skills to engage with stakeholders across the business and to support building functions across LGAH
Ability to build high performing teams through proactive leadership that helps foster an environment of trust in which colleagues feel confident to operate autonomously
An engaging style and the ability to communicate effectively with colleagues across the business

Additional Information

When you commit to Legal & General, we’ll commit to you too. That means we’ll recognise and reward your hard work, your performance and your contribution.

If you join us, you’ll get access to some great benefits, including family private medical insurance, 25 days holiday (excluding bank holidays), a generous pension scheme and life assurance. You’ll receive a car allowance of 10% of your annual salary, and you can participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice. We’re also proud to offer competitive family leave.

You’ll have the opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-related bonus plan. And then there are the many discounts we offer that you can take advantage of – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online offerings.

Great minds don’t have to think alike, so we welcome voices from all backgrounds. Bringing together people with different life experiences helps us build empathy with our customers and drive innovation.

We don’t just talk about it, we actively promote diversity and equitable opportunities for all. That means our employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or protected veteran status. In fact, we embrace every dimension of diversity to reflect the customers and communities we serve.

We think it’s important to create an inclusive environment where we can all belong, contribute and drive progress, where you can develop and grow, and be empowered. We want you to use your voice to help us build a better tomorrow.

We all work differently, and have different needs, which is why. we’re always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, we’re committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process.

So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, we’d love to hear from you.