Planning Analyst (Jira and Jiara Align)

We are seeking a Planning Analyst to join our Group Technology Strategy team and play a key role in shaping and delivering our Enterprise Technology Strategy. This is a dynamic, hands-on position focused on planning, coordination, and the creation of integrated plans that bring technology-enabled initiatives to life. You will collaborate closely with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to influence the future of technology at Legal & General—driving simplicity, connectivity, and sustainable growth across the organisation.

What you’ll be doing:

• Developing and maintaining the integrated technology roadmap, ensuring alignment with strategic initiatives and fostering collaboration with senior leaders and cross-functional teams
• Co-leading and coordinating Big Room Planning sessions to drive engagement, collaboration, and cross-functional participation
• Documenting and tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and objectives and key results (OKRs) to monitor progress against the Technology Strategy and roadmap
• Coordinating and supporting critical meetings while owning plans, resources, risks, issues, and action logs—including oversight of the Technology Solution Alignment sub-committee
• Capturing and following up on actions from key meetings and workshops to ensure timely execution and accountability
• Maintaining dashboards, reports, and documentation to provide clear visibility of progress and outcomes
• Preparing high-quality presentations, communications, and engagement materials to support stakeholder alignment and strategic initiatives

Who we’re looking for:

• Strong hands-on integrated planning and management skills, involving dependency, sequencing, risk an issue management
• Strong co-ordination and organisational skills with a real attention to detail
• Solid experience with Jira and Jiara Align
• Confidence using Microsoft 365 tools, especially SharePoint, Excel and PowerPoint 
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities in a structured way 
• Comfortable working with data to generate insights and recommendations 
• Proactive mindset with a collaborative approach to problem-solving 
• Interest in technology, innovation and AI

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behaviour with a package that looks after all the things that are important to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance -related bonus plan and valuable share schemes
• Generous pension contribution
• Life assurance
• Healthcare Plan (permanent employees only)
• At least 25 days holiday, plus public holidays, 26 days after 2 years’ service. There’s also the option to buy and sell holiday
• Competitive family leave
• Participate in our electric car scheme, which offers employees the option to hire a brand-new electric car through tax efficient salary sacrifice (permanent employees only)
• There are the many discounts we offer – both for our own products and at a range of high street stores and online
• In 2023, some of our workspaces were redesigned. Our offices are great spaces to connect and collaborate and have your wellbeing at the heart

At L&G, we believe it's possible to generate positive returns today while helping to build a better future for all. 

If you join us, you’ll be part of a welcoming, inclusive culture, with opportunities to collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds, views, and experiences. Guided by leaders with integrity who care about your future and wellbeing. Empowered through initiatives which support people to develop their careers and excel.

We care passionately about outcomes rather than attendance and are therefore open to discussing all kinds of flexible working options including part-time, term-time and job shares. Although some roles have limited flexibility due to customer demand, we accommodate requests when we can. 

It doesn’t matter if you don’t meet every single criterion in this advert. Instead, think about what you excel at and what else you can bring in terms of strengths, potential and connection to our purpose.