Snr Project Manager, Corporate Affairs & Marketing

The Corporate Affairs & Marketing ("CAM") organisation acts as a strategic partner to the LSEG business, powering commercial value through an insight led approach that maximises the impact of our investment and our relevance in the market.

We are growing our project management team in the CAM function to support strategic, cross-team initiatives that are critical to delivering our Group and Divisional strategic objectives. You will lead a variety of complex and medium to large scale CAM projects and ensure smooth delivery on time, in budget and within scope and to meet agreed project outcomes and expectations of senior executives across the Group.

The successful candidate will report into the CAM Operations team and working in close partnership with leadership team members and project sponsors on assigned projects.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES:

The Senior Project Manager is a highly visible position across CAM and LSEG and will play a leading role in planning and coordinating LSEG's presence and strategic engagement at external/industry events.

Coordinate workstream owners from across the CAM function to join up key deliverables in support of our overall objectives - typically a blend of executive speaking engagements, thought leadership papers, media opportunities, co-sponsored events, social media, marketing activities, executive briefing materials and general logistics.

Define and manage the project plan and workstreams for assigned cross-functional projects

Ensure the appropriate operating rhythm is in place for all assigned projects, based on assessment of scale and complexity

Organize and chair working groups/project team meetings, agendas and track actions at a project-level. Ensure the day-to-day activity of the various workstreams are also tracked, are on target and any issues are escalated and communicated.

Play an important role in connecting across the workstreams so that deliverables are considered holistically by project sponsors

Create and maintain supporting materials for projects for use in internal executive briefings and checkpoints.


SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED:

Significant experience working in project management or business operations role in the area of corporate affairs, external/internal communications, sustainability and/or marketing

Proven track record of delivering projects spanning multiple teams and deliverables

Initiative-taker with positive, proactive and confident presence with ability to empower, motivate, influence, and maintain credibility with senior management.

Broad business knowledge with a good understanding of financial services and the London Stock Exchange Group, the market it competes in and its strategic objectives. Hands-on knowledge of the working on communications and marketing related projects. Experience in projects related to areas including sustainable finance or public policy related matters desired.

Strong cross-functional team engagement and collaboration skills

Ability to deal with change and ambiguity and focus on solutions

Excellent written and verbal communication and influencing skills, with the ability to tailor messages to audience and be appropriate for senior executives

Demonstrates the discipline of planning, organising and managing resources and activities to achieve specified outcomes within a clearly defined timeframe, budget and standards.

Manages the relationships with external third parties, where there is a need

Professional certification such as PMP from the Project Management Institute is desirable.

Understands different approaches to project management (e.g. Agile, Waterfall etc.) and ensures flexibility to deliver and execute within different ways of working.

Scope of Impact :o Leads significant projects, programs and business initiatives, demonstrating creativity and ingenuityo Determines work priorities based on general direction from managerso May manage budget for projects or programs within areao Contributes to the development of new principles and concepts and Business Unit strategyo Provides specialist advice to middle and senior management to resolve complex issues.Strategic Planning & Decision Making :o Applies a broad perspective to identify innovative solutionso Anticipates customer needs; assesses requirements and identifies new solutionso Solves complex problems which may be multidisciplinary or require an in-depth evaluation of variable factorso Makes decisions in non-routine situations applying considerable interpretative thinking

At LSEG, we believe that creating a diverse and inclusive organisation is fundamental to the way we deliver on our promise of creating essential partnerships and open opportunities. Our open culture is central to how we deliver our purpose - driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth - in everything we do.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 70 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.

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