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.

We will consider flexible working arrangements for any of our roles and also offer work place accommodations to ensure you have what you need to effectively deliver in your role.

The Talent Partner plays a critical role in shaping M&G’s leadership pipeline and ensuring the organisation has the right talent in place to deliver its strategic objectives. This role partners with senior leaders and HR colleagues to drive talent conversations, succession planning, and leadership development strategies. You will act as a trusted advisor, using data-driven insights and assessment tools to identify high-potential individuals and create robust plans for future leadership needs.

Main Responsibilities

• Lead and facilitate talent reviews and succession planning discussions with senior leaders and HR Business Partners, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
• Identify critical roles and assess succession risk, creating actionable plans to mitigate gaps and strengthen leadership capability.
• Develop and maintain succession pipelines for senior and critical roles, ensuring readiness and diversity of talent.
• Use talent assessment tools and methodologies to evaluate potential and readiness for leadership roles.
• Provide insights and recommendations to inform leadership development programmes and targeted interventions for successors.
• Collaborate with HR Business Partners and Learning & Development teams to align talent strategies with organisational priorities.
• Monitor and report on talent and succession metrics, ensuring data integrity and actionable insights for decision-making.
• Champion diversity and inclusion in all talent processes, ensuring equitable opportunities for progression.

Key Knowledge, Skills and Experience

• Strong understanding of talent management principles, including succession planning and leadership development.
• Experience in facilitating senior-level talent discussions and influencing outcomes.
• Knowledge of assessment tools and methodologies for evaluating leadership potential.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build trust and credibility.
• Analytical mindset with the ability to interpret data and provide strategic insights.
• Commitment to promoting an inclusive culture and equitable talent practices.

Key Measures of Success

• Completion of annual and mid-year talent reviews across designated business areas.
• Succession plans in place for all identified critical roles, with clear development actions for successors.
• Increased diversity representation within leadership pipelines.
• Improvement in succession readiness metrics (e.g., percentage of roles with at least one ready-now successor).
• Positive feedback from senior leaders on the quality and impact of talent conversations.
• Accurate and timely reporting of talent and succession data to inform strategic decisions.

What we offer:

At M&G, we’re committed to helping you thrive and supporting your wellbeing, both at work and beyond. Our benefits are designed to help you balance your professional and personal life, while planning confidently for your future. Our UK benefits include:

• As a savings and Investments firm we are proud to offer a valuable pension scheme of 18%, with 13% made up of Employer Contributions and 5% Employee Contributions. We also offer Share Save and our Share Incentive Plan, together with access to financial wellbeing and support services - to help give you real confidence to put your money to work.

• Enjoy 38 days annual leave including bank holidays, with the opportunity to purchase up to 5 extra days and additional flexibility through our Time Off When You Need It policy – to balance your work and personal commitments.  

• Our market leading Inspiring Families policy includes comprehensive support and paid parental leave covering maternity, adoption, surrogacy, and paternity leave - as supporting families is a core aspect of our inclusive culture.

• Health & Protection cover including Private Healthcare, Critical Illness cover and Life Assurance for you, with family options - for peace of mind.

To explore more about life at M&G and our full benefits offering, visit Life at M&G

We have a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture at M&G, underpinned by our policies and our employee-led networks who provide networking opportunities, advice and support for the diverse communities our colleagues represent. Regardless of gender, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, nationality, disability or long term condition, we are looking to attract, promote and retain exceptional people. We also welcome those who take part in military service and those returning from career breaks.

M&G is also proud to be a Disability Confident Leader, and we welcome applications from candidates with long-term health conditions, disabilities, or neuro-divergent conditions. 

If you need assistance or an alternative means of applying for a role due to a disability or additional need, please let us know by contacting us at: [email protected]