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Associate Project Manager, Operations
full-timeChicago$80k - $90k

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Location

Chicago

Salary

$80k - $90k

Type

full-time

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Company Description

L&G's Asset Management business is a major investor across public and private markets worldwide, with $1.533 trillion in AUM.* Our clients include individual savers, pension scheme members and global institutions, who invest alongside L&G’s own balance sheet.

Our ambition is to be a leading global investor, innovating to solve complex challenges for our clients using the power of L&G. This is rooted in our investment philosophy and processes, which are focused on creating value over the long term.

We believe that incorporating financially material sustainability criteria, when relevant to our clients, can generate value and drive positive change.

Job Description

This role sits within the End to End Solutions function and focuses on the coordination and delivery of complex investment change and stock transfer events.  The role supports the successful execution of client driven and business driven investment activity by working closely with Fund Management, Distribution, Operation, Custodians, Transfer agents, and other internal teams.

This role will take ownership of investment projects and transfer events, applying structured project management and coordination skills to ensure outcomes are delivered on time, within agreed risk parameters, and in line with the regulatory and governance requirements. The role also contributes to broader investment change initiatives including process improvement, client onboarding, product launches and strategic operating initiatives.

Responsibilities:

  • Act on instructions received from clients and consultants in relation to investment change and stock transfer activity.
  • Coordinate and manage stock transfers to and from products where the firm acts as asset manager, ensuring events are well planed, controlled and executed.
  • Engage with internal and external stakeholders (including custody, transfer agents, investment teams, operations, distribution and clients) to define scope, requirements and event- specific considerations.
  • Provide analysis and information to internal portfolio management and fund management teams, including potential transfer portfolios, cost estimates and event details to support investment decision making.
  • Plan and deliver investment change events within agreed timelines and risk frameworks, escalating issues where appropriate.
  • Act as a workstream lead or coordinator for specific investment change initiatives such as restructures, on/off boarding activity or client driven changes.
  • Work closely with Investment Operations and custodians to ensure timely delivery of assets and management of residual cash.
  • Produce accurate and timely post- event reporting, including costs, outcomes and responses to post event queries.
  • Ensure all activity adheres to internal procedures and external regulatory, risk, and compliance requirements.
  • Identify opportunities to improve ways of working across departments and within projects.
  • Lead or contribute to external and internal calls.

Qualifications

  • Collaborative mind set with strong interpersonal skills and a practical, solutions – orientated approach.
  • Strong organisational and coordination skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams or events concurrently.
  • High attention to detail and accuracy, particularly in time- sensitive or risk-controlled environments
  • Clear and confident written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage a range of stakeholders.
  • Minimum experience of 3-5 years working across investment, operations or change environments (e.g. asset management, custody, fund operations, or investment change projects).
  • Ability to adapt to change, challenge existing processes constructively, and support continuous improvement.
  • Comfortable with working under pressure and managing competing priorities.

Additional Information

$80,000 to $90,000

The starting salary offer will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to the applicant’s education, job-related experience, skills, and abilities, geographic location, and market factors. This position is also eligible to participate in the company’s annual discretionary bonus plan. Full time employees may be eligible for health insurance with an optional HSA, short term disability, long term disability, dental insurance, vision care, life insurance, Healthcare, Dependent and Limited Care Flexible Spending Accounts, 401K, vacation, sick time, an employee assistance program, and commuter and transit programs.  Additional voluntary programs include: supplemental health benefits including accidental injury, critical illness and hospital indemnity insurance and pet insurance. 

EOE Statement

As an EOE employer, L&G Asset Management, America will extend equal opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ancestry, national origin, age, disability, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, pregnancy, military status, and/or any other characteristic protected under applicable federal, state or local laws governing non-discrimination in employment. (2025)

  • Permanent/Regular or Fixed Term Contract/Temporary: Permanent (UK and ROW) / Regular (US)
  • L&G Business Unit: Legal & General Investment Management
  • L&G sub Business Unit: LGIM
  • Primary Location: USA, Chicago
  • Job Family: Investments
  • Compensation: USD80000 - USD90000 - yearly
  • Other facts

    Tech stack
    Project Management,Coordination,Stakeholder Engagement,Analytical Skills,Attention to Detail,Communication Skills,Organizational Skills,Problem Solving,Investment Management,Risk Management,Process Improvement,Client Onboarding,Event Management,Team Collaboration,Adaptability,Time Management

    About LegalAndGeneral

    Legal & General is a leading UK financial services group and major global investor.

    Our three divisions enable us to carefully invest capital over the long term in a responsible way that delivers returns to shareholders while doing good. Along with growing our pension risk transfer business, our strategy focuses on asset management as the cornerstone of our business, including by opening up private markets to more of our clients. Meanwhile, our retail business is focused on building lifelong relationships with customers as they save for retirement and protect themselves and their families.

    What unites all three parts of our business is summed up in our purpose statement which sets out what we do, why we do it, and our belief in the power of capital. It builds on what’s inspired us since our beginnings in 1836, and challenges us to do more, with greater urgency, in more places, for more people and in more ways, for the long term.

    Team size: 10,001+ employees
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    Industry: Financial Services

    What you'll do

    • The Associate Project Manager will coordinate and deliver complex investment change and stock transfer events, ensuring timely execution and adherence to regulatory requirements. They will also engage with various stakeholders to define project scopes and manage multiple workstreams effectively.

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