Method Lead

Job Description

At Aberdeen our ambition is to be the UKs leading Wealth & Investments group.

Strengthening talent and culture is one of our strategic priorities. We strive to make Aberdeen a great place to work so that we can attract and retain the industrys best talent. Our people put our stakeholders at the heart of everything they do by helping us to make a positive difference to the lives of our clients customers colleagues shareholders and society. We are focused on growing our direct and advised wealth platforms and repositioning our specialist asset management business to meet client demand. We are committed to providing excellent client service supported by leading technology and talent.

Aberdeen comprises three businesses interactive investor (ii) Investments and Adviser each of which focuses on meeting and adapting to our clients evolving needs:

• interactive investor the UKs second largest direct-to-consumer investment platform enables individuals in the UK to plan save and invest in the way that works for them.

• Our Adviser business provides financial planning solutions and technology for UK financial advisers enabling them to create value for their customers.

• Our investments business is a specialist asset manager that focuses on areas where we have both strength and scale to capitalise on the key themes shaping the market through either public markets or alternative asset classes.

About the Department

Youll be joining theProduct Operations teamwithin Aberdeen Adviser a key enabler of our transition to a product operating model. The team works closely with both established and newly formed product and enabling teams to embed delivery methods that drive high performance across our product and technology operations.

About the Role

As aMethod Lead you will be responsible for facilitating teams and stakeholders in applying and adapting delivery methods that maximise value and align with strategic goals. Acting as a coach subject matter expert and enabler you will support teams in shaping valuable opportunities refining feasible solutions delivering high-quality outputs and capturing learnings for sustained performance improvement.

You will use data observation and team feedback to foster a culture of continuous improvement and help evolve our product operating model and delivery method.

Key Responsibilities

• Embed and adapt established delivery methods (e.g. Agile Scrum Lean Kanban) to suit team and organisational contexts.

• Collaborate with stakeholders to align delivery efforts with strategic goals and measurable outcomes translating objectives into actionable team plans.

• Facilitate teams in prioritising high-value work and delivering incremental value to customers and stakeholders.

• Enable teams to establish and track delivery performance metrics (e.g. lead time throughput quality) to identify improvement opportunities.

• Drive a culture of continuous improvement through retrospectives planning sessions and iterative optimisation.

• Coach teams to self-manage take ownership of their processes and deliver against agreed outcomes.

• Facilitate adaptive dependency management and foster collaboration across cross-functional teams in multi-team or scaled delivery environments.

• Partner with stakeholders to resolve delivery challenges mitigate risks and adapt to shifting priorities.

• Promote adoption of new practices or tools that enhance delivery effectiveness while addressing resistance to change.

About the Candidate

The ideal candidate will possess the following

• Proven expertise in applying and adapting delivery methods (e.g. Agile Scrum Lean Kanban) across diverse team environments to drive measurable business outcomes.

• Strong facilitation and coaching skills enabling teams to self-manage improve performance and sustain delivery over time.

• Experience partnering with stakeholders to define objectives prioritise work manage dependencies and resolve delivery challenges.

• Proficiency in setting up tracking and interpreting delivery performance metrics (e.g. lead time cycle time throughput) to identify and act on improvement opportunities.

• Demonstrated success in fostering a culture of continuous improvement through retrospectives planning sessions and iterative optimisation.

• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills with the ability to balance competing priorities and influence change.

• Experience working in multi-team or cross-functional environments managing interdependencies and promoting adaptive delivery practices.

We are proud to be a Disability Confident Committed employer. If you have a disability and would like to apply to one of our UK roles under the Disability Confident Scheme please notify us by completing the relevant section in our candidate questionnaire. One of our team will reach out to support you through your application process.

Our benefits

Theres more to working life than coming home with a good salary. We have an environment where you can learn get involved and be supported.

When you join us your reward will be one of the best around. This includes 40 days annual leave a 16% employer pension contribution a discretionary performance-based bonus (where applicable) private healthcare and a range of flexible benefits including gym discounts season ticket loans and access to an employee discount portal. You can read more about our benefitshere.

Our business

Enabling our clients to be better investors drives everything we do. Our business is structured around three distinct areas our vectors of growth focused on our clients changing needs. You can find out more about what we dohere.

An inclusive way of working

Whatever way you like to work if you have the talent and commitment to join our team wed like to hear from you.

At Aberdeen weve adopted a blended working approach. This approach combines the benefits of face-to-face collaboration coaching and connecting in our offices with the flexibility of working from home. It enables colleagues to find a balance that works for their roles their teams our clients and our business.

An inclusive culture where diverse perspectives drive our actions is at the core of who we are and what we do. If you need assistance with your application or a reasonable adjustment to your interview arrangements for example because you are neurodivergent or have a physical sensory cognitive mental visible or invisible disability please let us know and well be happy to help.

Were committed to providing an inclusive workplace where all forms of difference are valued and which is free from any form of unfair or unlawful treatment. We define diversity in its broadest sense this includes but is not limited to our diversity of educational and professional backgrounds experience cognitive and neurodiversity age gender gender identity sexual orientation disability religion or belief and ethnicity and geographical provenance. We support a culture that values meritocracy fairness and transparency and welcomes enquiries from everyone.

If you need assistance or an adjustment due to a disability please let us know as part of your application and we will assist.