The opportunity
The opportunity
This is a senior, influential role with responsibility for leading the development, management and distribution of Openwork’s Wealth Proposition, ensuring it aligns to our strategic objectives, supports adviser success and delivers strong client outcomes.
You’ll act as a key voice for the Wealth proposition across the business, working closely with senior stakeholders, advisers and external partners.
This role is hybrid working, 3 days a week from the Swindon office.
The benefits:
1. Salary – £96,000 to £120,000
2. Car Allowance: £7245
3. Bonus scheme - on target bonus – 30%
4. Pension scheme - contribute up to 5% of your salary and Openwork will match you and put in an extra 5%
5. Critical illness cover
6. Income protection - 1x salary
7. Death in service - 4x salary
8. 27 days holiday + bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy up to an additional 10 days
9. A range of other flexible benefits to include private medical insurance, dental insurance and much more.
Key accountabilities include:
10. Leading the end‑to‑end development and ongoing management of Openwork’s Wealth Proposition
11. Researching the market and competitor landscape to identify opportunities to enhance customer outcomes and drive profitability
12. Managing and developing strong relationships with product providers and third‑party partners
13. Providing senior Wealth proposition input into corporate projects, committees and management boards
14. Shaping and leading proposition‑focused distribution and marketing activity across Openwork and 2plan
15. Acting as a senior point of contact for Wealth Advisers, supporting their businesses, resolving issues and identifying sales and growth opportunities
16. Engaging directly with advisers through masterclasses, peer groups and events to support adviser development and proposition adoption
What will you need to succeed?
17. Extensive experience in wealth product proposition development and management
18. A proven track record of driving strategic proposition change from design through to successful implementation
19. Strong commercial acumen and experience managing third‑party providers
20. Deep understanding of how adviser firms operate and what motivates advisers
21. Broad technical knowledge across the wealth landscape and strong regulatory awareness
22. Excellent leadership, influencing, communication and decision‑making skills
23. A minimum of 5 years’ relevant financial services experience in a regulated environment is essential. A degree or professional financial services / marketing qualification is desirable.
Why us?
At The Openwork Partnership, we're a dynamic, fast paced, and growing business with huge ambition. This is all made possible by the brilliant people who are part of The Openwork Partnership family. We're investing heavily in our colleagues, continuously striving to give them the platform to develop personally and professionally and reach their full potential. We’re also very proud of our culture, as one of the Best 100 Large Companies to work for in 2022. The Openwork Partnership values, and respects individuality and we are committed to building an inclusive culture and environment which truly recognises and celebrates our colleague’s individual differences and identities – just like our financial advice, for us, it’s personal. We believe everyone can make a difference and your race, religion, disability, and gender will never be a barrier. At Openwork, we have a strong ethic of care for each other where you can balance a successful career with your commitments and interests outside of work. We believe that you will bring your best self to work if you are trusted to choose when, where and how you do it.