Business Manager

Job Description

At Aberdeen, our ambition is to be the UK’s 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 industry’s 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.

Business Manager – Product & Technology

Accountable for: Business Management and PMO

Location: Edinburgh - hybrid working

Role

Purpose:

This role supports the effective leadership of the Product & Technology function within Aberdeen Adviser. Working directly with the CPTO
, the Business Manager ensures the function operates with clarity, discipline and pace
, connecting strategy, delivery and financial management
. The role leads the PMO and provides strong oversight of performance, governance and budget
, ensuring that investment is aligned to priorities and delivers measurable outcomes.

• Support to CPTO & Leadership
• Act as a trusted partner to the CPTO.
• Support the translation of strategy into clear priorities, plans and actions.
• Support executive and governance forums with clear insight and materials.
• Ensure visibility of progress, risks and decisions.
• PMO & Delivery Oversight
• Lead the PMO and delivery governance.
• Provide a clear, consolidated view of all initiatives.
• Ensure strong planning, prioritisation, reporting and risk management.
• Drive delivery discipline and transparency.
• Financial Oversight & Value Management
• Oversee the Product & Technology budgets and performance
• Track actuals vs forecast vs budget and highlight risks and pressures.
• Ensure strong control of initiative spend through business cases and approvals.
• Link investment to outcomes, benefits and value delivered.
• Support prioritisation to ensure funding is focused on highest-value activity.
• Partner with Finance and leadership to improve cost control and efficiency.
• Governance, Risk & Control
• Maintain strong governance and decision-making processes.
• Ensure risks, issues and dependencies are well managed and escalated.
• Support alignment with regulatory and internal control expectations.
• Planning & Delivery Alignment
• Align strategy, capacity and delivery plans.
• Ensure priorities are clear and achievable.
• Challenge misalignment across scope, funding and timelines.
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Work across Product, Technology, Change, Finance and Risk.
• Support clear communication of priorities and progress.
• Act as a central coordination point for the function.

• Effective support to the CPTO and leadership team
• Strong PMO and portfolio governance
• Clear financial oversight and investment discipline
• Transparent reporting on delivery, risk and spend
• Alignment between strategy, investment and outcomes

• Clear visibility and delivery confidence
• Accurate and transparent financial reporting
• Improved cost control and investment effectiveness
• Delivery of measurable outcomes and benefits
• Strong stakeholder confidence and alignment

• Experience in Business Management and/or PMO
• Strong financial and commercial awareness – budgets, forecasting, ROI, governance, reporting
• Must have a background in Product, Technology and/or Change environments, ideally in a financial services setting
• Experienced in leading a team of direct reports or through matrix management
• Ability to support senior stakeholders and drive execution in a complex environment
• Strong communication and analytical skills

We offer 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.

We are a Disability Confident employer and will provide reasonable adjustments to support applicants.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome enquiries from everyone.