Business Designer

Job Description

Company DescriptionHelping over ten million people around the world manage their savings, retirement plans and life insurance requires a lot of people behind-the-scenes. Its up to us in L&G Group functions - which includes our tech and digital teams, Group Finance, HR, Riskand Corporate Comms to provide the essential support services that all areas of the business need, here in the UK and overseas. Simply put, we enable everyone at Legal & General to do what they do best. That means were helping to improve our customers lives,and contributing to the success of the business every day. Job DescriptionWe have an exciting new opportunity for a Business Designer to join Legal and General. The purpose of this role is the delivery of Business Architecture & Design services to Group Functions and Group Technology. By working in concert with Business Architects,providing internal consultancy to Group customers, leveraging a Design mindset and toolkit to solve corporate challenges or leverage strategic opportunities. What youll be doing

• Provide Business Architecture & Design Services: Helping provide fit-for-purpose practice services that can advise on and support visioning and strategy, business model refinement, change and innovation initiatives. The practice will adopta capability-led approach to model each Group Function and apply user-centred design methods to support the development of strategic change initiatives, whilst acting as a bridge between internal customers, stakeholders, and technology teams.
• Build Knowledge and Assets: Supporting the development of a Business Architecture and Design body of knowledge which may include architectural and design frameworks, reference models, templates and tools aligned with industry best practice.
• Build Relationships: Acting as an ambassador and champion for Business Design across L&G by establishing highly effective and collaborative relationships with key stakeholders across Group and other divisions as required. This is criticalto the success of the Business Architecture & Design practice by building recognition of and demand for its services.
• Act as a Business Partner: Supporting business partnering to internal Group customers, in collaboration with Business & Enterprise Architecture, so that their strategic aspirations are considered in the change portfolio in line with Legal& Generals Customer Experience and consumer duty commitments
• Manage and Lead People: As required, building the capability of the team through effective management, coaching and role modelling that align to Legal & Generals behaviours.

Qualifications

• Business Design with knowledge in building businesses from the ground up as well as working on any of the following areas: product development, organisational behaviour, operations and/or finance
• Designing business models, carrying out market research, performing financial modelling, market sizing, and value proposition development highly desirable
• Good command of Design tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite
• Broad experience of business and technology domains and acting as an integrator between them
• Able to work with ambiguity and across varying levels of detail
• Strong communicator with excellent business relationship management skills
• Experience of people leadership

Additional InformationThe brand with the brolly is choosing today to change tomorrow. Since 1836, weve grown to become one of the worlds largest asset managers, homebuilders, pension providers and insurance brands. Were 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, youll find a balance that helps you be your best. Empowered by hybrid working, were 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 athome for individual, focused activities. And, when we achieve great things, we celebrate our success and reward strong performance. Today, theres 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 Great minds dont 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 dont 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 its 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. were always open to discussing flexible working arrangements. Likewise, were committed to finding reasonable accommodations for candidates with specific needs during our recruiting process. So whoever you are, wherever you are, whatever your story, wed love to hear from you.