- Senior
- Oficina en Edinburgh
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.
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 UK’s 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
The Digital Workplace Engineering team is a key capability within the Digital Workplace Services function. The team works collaboratively across the Group COO, business stakeholders, CoEs & Product Owners. It is responsible for the creation and delivery of our Digital Workplace technology roadmap, maintaining a modern, secure and cost-efficient service. We are passionate about enhancing colleague experience and delivering an evergreen service to our business.
About the role
The Digital Workplace Adoption & Enablement Partner is responsible for driving the adoption and enablement of digital workplace technologies across Aberdeen, to improve employee proficiency, engagement, and productivity. This is a high-profile role within the company, and the enablement partner will feel confident working and building relationships across the business, blending stakeholder engagement with operational delivery, focusing on tools such as Microsoft 365, Copilot, and Power Automate.
The role works closely with technical leads, business service leads (HR, L&D, corporate communications), IT colleagues, and business stakeholders. It also collaborates with CoEs architecture to ensure enablement efforts are strategically aligned and technically informed.
Key Responsibilities
Stakeholder Engagement
Partner with IT, HR, L&D, and business units to understand workflows and digital tool usage needs.
Facilitate feedback loops between employees and technical product teams to inform continuous improvement.
Represent digital workplace initiatives in onboarding sessions, team meetings, and cross-functional forums.
Operational Enablement Delivery
Coordinate and deliver enablement campaigns including webinars, drop-in sessions, and “Ask the Expert” events.
Develop and maintain enablement resources such as guides, videos, and in-app content.
Monitor and adapt enablement materials based on usage patterns and employee feedback.
Working closely with strategic partners e.g. Microsoft, to leverage their expertise. collateral and services
Technical Enablement
Support employees in developing proficiency in adopted tools (e.g. M365, Copilot, Power Automate).
Maintain awareness of configuration features and platform capabilities to inform enablement efforts.
Deliver enablement sessions and facilitate continuous learning opportunities.
Foster and lead a business champions' network built around M365 and Copilot
Adoption Metrics & KPIs
Measure and report on application adoption, engagement, and proficiency across departments.
Establish baselines and track progress against KPIs related to employee satisfaction, productivity, and business outcomes.
Identify and manage goals and metrics to demonstrate the impact of enablement activities.
Strategic Collaboration
Work closely with the architecture team to ensure enablement efforts are aligned with enterprise strategy and technical roadmaps.
Provide input into strategic planning and guidance documents to support long-term digital workplace evolution.
About the candidate
Strong interpersonal and communication skills
Analytical and problem-solving ability
Digital dexterity and tech-savviness
Empathy and enablement mindset
Organised and detail-oriented
Ability to influence and gain support across business lines
Change management and continuous improvement orientation
Strategic awareness and ability to collaborate with architecture
The ability to build relationships and influence senior stakeholders
Experience driving and reporting on digital workplace technology adoption
Experience in project management and managing multiple initiatives
Experience with various learning modalities (e-learning, instructor-led, blended)
Strong understanding of digital workplace tools and their business use cases
Our benefits
There's 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 benefits here.
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 do here.
An inclusive way of working
Whatever way you like to work, if you have the talent and commitment to join our team, we’d like to hear from you.
At Aberdeen we’ve 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 we’ll be happy to help.
