Director, Digital Solutions Lead

Why work for us

A career at Janus Henderson is more than a job its about investingin a brighter future together.

Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights disciplined investments and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.

Our Values are key to driving our success and are at the heart of everything we do:

Clients Come First - Always Execution Supersedes Intention Together We Win Diversity Improves Results Truth Builds Trust

If our mission values and purpose align with your own we would love to hear from you!

Your opportunity

As the Digital Solutions Lead youll support the London digital team in keeping Janus Hendersons public websites up to date. Youll help ensure that content is accurate timely and meets local regulations across different regions and languages. Youll also assist in planning and improving website features and tools.

Success in this role requires strong leadership exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills and a proven ability to deliver complex digital programs while acting as the subject matter expert of the CMS.

• Team Leadership: Lead a team of digital professionals who are responsible for the CMS administration development and support. Engage directly in problem-solving activities especially when projects face technical challenges or roadblocks. Work alongside the team to brainstorm solutions leveraging both your managerial perspective and technical expertise.
• Project Management: Oversee the planning execution and delivery of digital projects which includes implementation of CMS features upgrades and integrations. Ensure projects are completed on time within budget and meet quality standards.
• Stakeholder Engagement: Act as the main point of contact for all digital project-related communications. Communicate CMS capabilities limitations and project status to stakeholders. Effectively manage stakeholder expectations and ensure consistent and clear communication across all levels of the organisation.
• Quality Assurance and Risk Management: Implement quality control processes to ensure the output meets the required standards and objectives. Identify potential risks associated with digital projects and develop mitigation strategies.
• Technology Oversight: Stay abreast of the latest digital technologies and industry trends. Make recommendations on new technologies that could enhance project outcomes or operational efficiency.
• Collaboration with IT Departments: Work closely with the IT department to ensure CMS projects align with the broader IT strategy and infrastructure. This involves coordinating on technology implementations ensuring compatibility and integration with existing systems and addressing any technical issues that arise. Foster a collaborative environment between the digital delivery team and IT team to enhance efficiency and leverage cross-functional expertise. Actively participate in agile meetings such as daily stand-ups sprint planning retrospectives and reviews.
• Performance Measurement: Develop and implement performance metrics to evaluate the success of digital projects and the productivity of the team. Use these insights to improve processes and outcomes continually.
• Change Management: Lead change management initiatives associated with digital transformation efforts. Lead adoption of new CMS features and migrations.
• Carry out other duties as assigned.

What to expect when you join our firm

• Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
• Generous Holiday policies
• Excellent Health and Wellbeing benefits including corporate membership to ClassPass
• Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
• Support to grow through professional development courses tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
• Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
• Complimentary subscription to Headspace the mindfulness app
• All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
• Lunch allowance for use within our subsidized onsite canteen

Must have skills

• Experience in a product management role and working with global teams.
• Strong project management skills and familiarity with agile and waterfall methodologies.
• Deep knowledge of production management technologies timeline creation and workflow building tools (Workfront Airtable Jira).
• Familiarity with marketing production processes and requirements.
• Background using and administering content management systems: WordPress etc.
• Experience using process mapping tools: LucidChart (Visio).
• Aspiring leader equally comfortable working with production teams as senior leadership.
• Strong attention to detail and superb organisational skills.
• Comfortable in fast-paced deadline driven environments.
• Professional written and verbal communication skills.
• Resourceful pragmatic and solutions-oriented mindset.
• Ability to view conflicts and issues from multiple perspectives and keep the big picture in focus to seek resolution.

Nice to have skills

• Bachelors degree or equivalent.
• Proficiency in MS Office suite with emphasis on Excel and PowerPoint.

Supervisory responsibilities

• Yes

Potential for growth

• Mentoring
• Leadership development programs
• Regular training
• Career development services
• Continuing education courses

You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.

At Janus Henderson Investors were committed to an inclusive and supportive environment. We believe diversity improves results and we welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds. Dont worry if you dont think you tick every box we still want to hear from you! We understand everyone has different commitments and while we cant accommodate every flexible working request were happy to be asked about work flexibility and our hybrid working environment. If you need any reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process please get in touch and let us know at .

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Annual Bonus Opportunity:Position may be eligible to receive an annual discretionary bonus award from the profit pool. The profit pool is funded based on Company profits. Individual bonuses are determined based on Company department team and individual performance.

Benefits: Janus Henderson is committed to offering a comprehensive total rewards package to eligible employees that includes; competitive compensation pension/retirement plans and various health wellbeing and lifestyle benefits. To learn more about our offerings please visit the Why Join Us section on the career pagehere.

Janus Henderson Investors is an equal opportunity employer.All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or veteran status. All applications are subject to background checks.

Janus Henderson (including its subsidiaries) will not maintain existing or sponsor new industry registrations or licenses where not supported by an employees job functions (as determined by Janus Henderson at its sole discretion).

You should be willing to adhere to the provisions of our Investment Advisory Code of Ethics related to personal securities activities and other disclosure and certification requirements including past political contributions and political activities. Applicants past political contributions or activity may impact applicants eligibility for this position.

You will be expected to understand the regulatory obligations of the firm and abide by the regulated entity requirements and JHI policies applicable for your role.