Business Development Manager (m|f|x) Frankfurt

Legal & General (L&G) is a leading UK financial services group and a major global investor. 

We’ve been safeguarding people’s financial futures since 1836, and strive to build a better society, while improving the lives of our customers and creating value for shareholders. 

We are one of the world’s largest asset managers and offer robust asset origination capabilities. Together, these capabilities underpin our retirement and protection solutions: we are a global leader in pension risk transfer, UK and U.S. life insurance, and UK workplace pensions and retirement income. 

Our global asset management business provides our clients and partners with complex, responsible investment solutions, operating internationally across public and private markets. 

Who we are:

We are one of Europe’s largest asset managers and a major global investor across public and private markets.

Asset Management is a critical driver of our Group strategy. The business aims to work synergistically with our Institutional Retirement and Retail divisions to benefit our clients and customers and deliver enhanced shareholder returns.  

Our investment philosophy and processes are focused on creating value over the long term. We believe that incorporating financially material sustainability criteria—when relevant to our clients—can create value and drive positive change.

We’re recruiting a Business Development Manager to join one of Europe’s largest institutional asset managers and become part of a highly successful Frankfurt-based team. This is an exciting opportunity to build a career in institutional asset management within a collaborative, entrepreneurial, and international environment.

You’ll work closely with experienced business development professionals, gaining exposure to some of Germany’s leading institutional investors while developing your commercial, relationship management, and investment expertise. Offering meaningful responsibility from day one, this role provides excellent scope for professional growth and the opportunity to contribute directly to the continued expansion of the firm’s institutional business across Germany and Europe.

Tasks

• Developing and maintaining strong relationships with institutional investors
• Identifying and pursuing new business opportunities across the German institutional market
• Representing the firm at client meetings, conferences, and industry events
• Conducting market and competitor analysis, while monitoring developments affecting institutional investors
• Preparing and delivering high-quality client presentations and investment solutions
• Coordinating new business opportunities and tender processes with internal stakeholders
• Maintaining oversight of the pipeline of prospective clients and business development initiatives
• Actively contributing to the continued growth of the firm’s institutional business in Germany and across Europe

Profile / Your qualification / Your personality

• Experience in institutional distribution, consultant relations, client relationship management, or a related role within asset management or financial services
• Demonstrating an understanding of institutional investors, the German institutional investment market, and the regulatory landscape affecting pension funds, insurers, and other asset owners
• Ability to communicate complex investment concepts clearly and effectively through strong analytical, presentation, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Building effective relationships with institutional investors and senior stakeholders through a professional, confident, and client-focused approach
• Identifying and developing new business opportunities through a proactive, entrepreneurial, and results-oriented mindset
• Holding a bachelor’s or master’s degree in business administration, economics, finance, or a related discipline, with CFA or CAIA charterholder status or progress toward a professional investment qualification
• Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken
• Collaborating effectively within high-performing teams, leveraging strong interpersonal and networking skills in an international environment

That awaits you

Whatever your role, we reward performance and behavior with a package that takes care of everything that matters to you. Here are some of the benefits we offer:

• Base salary range: €85,000 - €100,000
• The opportunity to participate in our annual, performance-based bonus plan 
• Pension contribution
• Life insurance
• 30 days of annual leave
• Competitive family leave
• We offer many discounts—both on our own products and at a variety of retail stores and online retailers

Contact

Miriam Uebel

Deputy Head of Europe, Institutional

Telephone +49 69 7104-7415

Mobile +49 151 40429809

miriam.uebel​@lgim.com

Location

Senckenberganlage 10–12, DE-60325 Frankfurt am Main