Become a leader at Standard Life
We don’t recruit large scale programmes every year. We don’t bring in big cohorts and hope for great talent to emerge and the others to move on. What we offer is a small, tailored programme for a handful of unique, talented individuals who are seeking a personalised route to becoming a leader. It’s ok if you aren’t sure where you are headed just yet – this programme will offer you rotations around our business to build your skills and find something you’re truly passionate about.
This is a programme for anyone, at any level, with an interest, experience or qualifications in a mathematical capacity due to the nature of the rotations.
We’re a FTSE 100, market leading organisation who are reinventing how we think about pensions. We’re doing some groundbreaking work in sustainability and have a voice in key social issues to make the world a better place. Don’t make any assumptions about the pensions industry – the opportunity to make a difference here is real.
Step 1
Apply online
Step 2
Telephone interview
Step 3
Psychometric assesments
Step 4
Assessment centre
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In the office
Some of our Accelerator programme participants are pictured in our London office. We have offices across the UK, so there will always be a leadership programme community close at hand.
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Accelerator night out
We understand that meeting colleagues informally, outside of work can be as important as in the office. Here a group of Accelerator programme participants enjoy a game of crazy golf.
What can you expect?
Defined Benefit Solutions
Our market leading DB Solutions team has grown immensely over the last two years. We create solutions for corporate and pension clients looking for ways to secure their members financial future. Innovation and a solutions-focused approach has been central to our successes to date
Reinsurance and Structuring
Sitting alongside DB Solutions and Individual Retirement, Reinsurance is a crucial driver of our competitiveness, capital efficiency and risk management. To date, the team has worked through £10bn+ of reinsurance transactions across Retirement Solutions, Heritage and M&A
Individual Retirement Solutions
Individual Retirement Solutions provides retail product solutions that meet customer needs. The team are developing and launching new individual retirement products under the Standard Life brand to both the group’s own customer base and to external market customers
Mortgage solutions
Mortgage Solutions is a key source of assets for the Open Division. You’ll assist the team develop and implement mortgage strategies and create new products. This a dynamic team which is growing at pace to build our Brand in the Mortgage lending space
Annuities Client Services Team
The Annuity Client Services team is responsible for the overall BPA journey ensuring a comfortable transition for all our members and Trustees. Our team is responsible for the administration of both buy-in and buy-out BPA policies. Our team has five distinct areas which work closely together, namely Actuarial Operations, Transitions, Oversight, Risk and Data Services
Commercial
Our purpose is to support the division in maximising value from its in-force assets and liabilities, as well as its future new business ambitions. You will develop a detailed knowledge of the value drivers within our business, building models and undertaking analysis to improve financial results through the delivery of management actions
What can you bring to the role?
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Education and experience
You'll have a STEM degree 2.1 or above with strong commercial experience.
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Customer/client centric
You live and breathe the customer. You understand them, you advocate for them, and you create propositions for them.
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Industry expertise
You can navigate the complex world of business, including the different roles advisers, employers and customers can play.
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Track record of delivery
You will have experience of delivering test & learn projects, pilots and taking completed ideas to market. You thrive on being a team player and can manage multiple project deliveries at the same time.
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Relationship builder
You will have experience of delivering test & learn projects, pilots and taking completed ideas to market. You thrive on being a team player and can manage multiple project deliveries at the same time.
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Curious, strategic thinker
You are creative, imaginative, and working with the team, will generate ideas that solve customer problems. You can spot ideas through research and data analysis, and you will take those ideas into execution, overcoming obstacles.
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Passionate leader
You are natural leader who is fully engaged and committed to achieving your goals whilst helping others to achieve theirs. You will inspire others to join and identify your vision.
Hear from our current cohort
Also included during my time in the Client Service rotation, I will be involved in the data analyst team and working within the actuary team learning how to conduct calculations for both the BPA and reinsurance facing aspects of the deals – all of this is aimed at giving me a high level understanding of the end-to-end process of BPA deals from the point of quoting on a deal to transitioning it to buyout with EQ, whilst overviewing all operations from both a BPA and reinsurance perspective until the final member of the scheme exits.
During my recruitment and onboarding experience so far, I have found that the people at Standard Life are open and friendly, senior people are delighted to share their knowledge and understandings. Plus, management team are quite happy to hear from junior joiners, I have always felt a sense of belonging in my team and the company. The culture convinced me that Standard Life is somewhere I want to work.
The best part about the leadership accelerator programme is that it is built to help us all get a holistic idea about the businesses across Standard Life, hence I've been involved in various training programmes with Directors all across the company to help get a better understanding of their respective business area.
Meet the leaders
Joyeeta Kanungo, Head of Structuring, is leading the recruitment for our 2023 Accelerator programme. We caught up with her and asked why she thinks the Accelerator Programme is awesome. Check out her video.
