Programme manager

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, handle risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years. Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 65 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

Role Description:

We are looking for a Program Manager who will be responsible for overall Delivery and Leadership for organizational transformation programme across the Infrastructure and Cloud division. The organizational transformation will lead the location footprint strategy, the alignment of the organisation to the technology transformation enablers, as well as the upskilling and learning for the overall I&C.

The ideal candidate should have strong stakeholder engagement and project management experience, ideally in a technical environment, be able to work and manage various collaborators at all levels through strong interpersonal and presentation skills.

Key Responsibilities:

• You will supervise the overall progress of the programme, with particular focus on budgets, key achievements, resources, and dependencies
• You will provide overall programme leadership, guidance and expertise to manage all aspects of a programme, project or initiative, including requirements analysis, case creation, planning and execution
• You have ultimate accountability for delivery, managing projects/initiatives with significant complexity, impact and risk
• You will ensure the Programme interface with wider senior stakeholders across the business
• You will promote and foster collaboration across broad categories of various collaborators (including customers), leading cross-functional meetings and gaining commitments to ensure corrective actions take place if required
• You will align team priorities and activity to the strategic delivery and transformation direction, ensuring prioritization of key initiatives and devising new ideas and initiatives to support the organization
• You will lead and coach project managers within the programme, setting performance and delivery expectations to yield consistent results
• You will provide programme reporting and status presentation to senior management
• You will develop resourcing strategies to ensure optimum support for day-to-day operational activities, addressing escalated issues
• You will manage programme-level risks and interdependencies, budget variances and change requests
• You will ensure programme adhere to LSEG Group Standards for project methodology, governance and risk management.

Required Skills:

• Program management, project management, Governance, Data Analysis, Information Management experience
• Ability to collaborate effectively across organizational boundaries and establish relationships
• Significant experience (10+ years) of managing programs, business transformation, change in a financial technology/information service or a similar organization
• Uses a systematic approach to deal with change, transition or transformation of an organisation's goals, processes or technologies, implementing strategies for effecting behavioral and cultural change, controlling change and helping people to adapt to change.
• Directs and leads others, coordinating activities and providing encouragement and inspiration to help others succeed
• Strong analytical, problem solving, collaboration and technical skills.
• Ability to influence across multiple Divisions, Businesses and Functions
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills;
• Ability to work effectively with 3rd parties, internal teams, and international business units, promoting knowledge sharing within and across teams
• Demonstrates the subject area of planning, organizing and managing resources and activities to achieve specified outcomes within a clearly defined timeframe and standards.
• Understands different approaches to project management (e.g. Agile, Waterfall etc.) and ensures flexibility to deliver and implement within different ways of working.

Benefits:

We are looking for intellectually curious people, passionate about the bigger picture of how technology industry is evolving, ready to ask difficult questions and deal with complicated scenarios! If you are creative and a problem solver, this is the place to be as will be supporting you to fast-forward your career!

We maximise each employee’s potential through personal development through a wide range of learning tools both formal and informal. We believe in remunerating our people with competitive salaries and a range of attractive benefits such as:

• 25 days’ holiday per year
• 1 additional day off for your Birthday
• Annual wellness allowance
• Share Purchase Plan
• Medical Health Insurance
• Medical Subscription (preventive medical services)
• Dental Coverage
• Life insurance
• Pillar 3 Private Pension
• Meal Vouchers
• Flexible Benefits
• Bookster
• Volunteering Events

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.