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About the Role

The New Markets and Instruments Specialist leads the end-to-end assessment and implementation of new markets, exchanges, and instruments, enabling Fund Managers to expand their investment universe safely and efficiently. The role coordinates investment, operations, risk, compliance, technology, and external service providers to evaluate feasibility, identify and mitigate risks, design appropriate operating models, and confirm operational readiness.

Responsibilities

Leads the end-to-end delivery of new market, exchange, and instrument initiatives from initial feasibility assessment through to implementation and operational readiness.
Captures and documents Fund Manager requirements, investment rationale, and expected outcomes.
Coordinates cross-functional due diligence across investment, operations, risk, compliance, technology, and legal teams.
Assesses the proposed investment lifecycle and operating model, identifying requirements for trading, funding, settlement, custody, collateral, valuation, accounting, reporting, and lifecycle-event management.
Ensures material risks are identified, assessed, and either mitigated or formally accepted.
Designs or coordinates changes to operating models, processes, and controls.
Plans, manages, and performs implementation activities to ensure all approvals, documentation, system changes, testing, training, and operational-readiness actions are completed.
Collaborates with custodians, third-party administrators, and other external service providers to define and implement required service and operating-model changes.
Provides clear reporting on scope, delivery status, timelines, risks, dependencies, and capacity constraints to Fund Managers and senior stakeholders.
Critically evaluates information and consolidates input from multiple teams to support executive decision-making.
Develops and shares specialist knowledge of investment markets, instruments, risks, and operational requirements.
Identifies and implements improvements to the NMI process to strengthen controls, remove inefficiencies, and reduce time to market.
Maintains accurate and current procedures, implementation artefacts, and records of approved markets and instruments.

Requirements

Demonstrable experience of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives from initial scoping and feasibility assessment through to implementation and closure.
Strong end-to-end understanding of asset-management operating models and the interaction between front-office, risk, compliance, operations, technology, finance, and external service providers.
Strong working knowledge of public-market asset classes, including equities, fixed income, exchange-traded derivatives, over-the-counter derivatives, and money-market instruments.
Strong knowledge of equity, interest-rate, credit, and currency derivatives, including their front-to-back investment and operational lifecycles.
Experience of analysing and designing operating models, documenting processes and controls, and translating investment requirements into implementable solutions.
Strong analytical judgement and attention to detail.
Excellent communication, stakeholder-management, and facilitation skills.
A proactive, organised, and delivery-focused approach.
Experience with complex or structured instruments, such as equity-linked notes, credit-linked notes, and total return swaps.
Knowledge of technical front-to-back operational processes, including trade capture, confirmation, settlement, custody, collateral, valuation, accounting, and lifecycle-event management.
Exposure to private-market asset classes and the associated operational and control considerations.

Skills

New Markets and Instruments
Cross-functional initiative leadership
Asset-management operating models
Public-market asset classes
Equities
Fixed income
Exchange-traded derivatives
Over-the-counter derivatives
Money-market instruments
Equity derivatives
Interest-rate derivatives
Credit derivatives
Currency derivatives
Operating model design
Process and control documentation
Investment requirement translation
Analytical judgement
Attention to detail
Risk identification
Option evaluation
Information synthesis
Communication
Stakeholder management
Facilitation
Challenging constructively
Resolving competing priorities
Driving decisions
Proactive approach
Organised approach
Delivery-focused approach
Workstream management
Dependency management
Risk management
Deadline management
Complex or structured instruments
Equity-linked notes
Credit-linked notes
Total return swaps
Technical front-to-back operational processes
Trade capture
Confirmation
Settlement
Custody
Collateral management
Valuation
Accounting
Lifecycle-event management
Private-market asset classes

Experience Level

Demonstrable experience of leading complex, cross-functional initiatives

Benefits

Valuable pension scheme of up to 18%
Access to Share Save and Share Incentive Plan
Financial wellbeing and support services
38 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
Opportunity to purchase up to five extra days of leave
Time Off When You Need It policy
Market-leading Inspiring Families policy
Comprehensive support and paid parental leave
Private Healthcare
Critical Illness cover
Life Assurance
Additional family options for Health & Protection cover

About the Company

At M&G, our purpose is to give everyone real confidence to put their money to work.
With a heritage dating back more than 175 years, we have a long history of innovation in savings and investments, combining asset management and insurance expertise to offer a wide range of solutions.
Our two distinct operating segments, Asset Management and Life, work together to provide access to balanced, long-term investment and savings solutions.
Through 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.

Equal Opportunity

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and offer workplace adjustments to ensure you have the support you need to succeed in your role.
At M&G we strive to have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture, underpinned by our policies and employee-led networks that offer networking, support and development opportunities for the diverse communities our colleagues represent.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds – across gender, ethnicity, age, disability, sexual orientation and more – including neurodivergent individuals, career returners and those with military service experience.
M&G is proud to be Level 3: Disability Confident Leader under the UK Government Disability Confident employer scheme, and we welcome applications from candidates with disabilities and long-term health conditions.
We are committed to providing an inclusive recruitment process.
All candidates have the opportunity to request reasonable adjustments when applying.
If you need any additional support at any stage, please contact us at: careers@mandg.com