Project Manager – DGRSE Programme Management

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Project Manager to report into the Head of DGRSE Programme Management within the Data Governance, Resilience & Service Escalation (DGRSE) function in the Operations division of the London Stock Exchange Group ("LSEG")

The DGRSE Programme Management team is focused on inspiring change on behalf of DGRSE across the broader LSEG organization by implementing & embedding common frameworks, capabilities, tools, policies, and standards as well as putting in place metrics and reporting to track the progress and impact of the work being done.

The successful candidate for this role would:

• Work to project manage initiatives collaborating across multiple collaborator groups, as well as bringing together teams from across LSEG to successfully deliver.

• Have strong Project Management Skills with experience working across a broad organisation co-ordinating initiatives demonstrating both agile and waterfall techniques.

• Have Financial Services experience with an understanding of the functions performed in a Financial Services Organisation, especially Operations

• Have awareness and experience in areas such as of Operational Resilience, Risk & Controls, Data Goverance, Data Management, Records Management and/or Business Process Mapping

Role Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities

The successful candidate will be expected to be responsible and accountable for:

• Managing complex, large-scale and/or high-risk project that involves multiple senior internal and external partners

• Lead the development of project artifacts, integrated project plans, resource and contingency plans, ensuring they are scoped and documented and that risk management processes are in place

• Partners with project sponsors/collaborators to define project objectives, milestones and success criteria and develops status reports to update senior partners on project progress, and gains commitments to ensure corrective actions take place if required

• Anticipates issues and delays and evaluates trade-offs between project size, complexity, cost, risk etc. effectively assessing and resolving high-priority project risks

• Leads multiple workstreams and large project teams throughout the project lifecycle delivering results that meet the success parameters stated in the business case

• Handles the project budget request process and performs regular financial reviews, tracking and measuring financial performance and key metrics against plan and validating financial forecasts

• Ensures all projects adhere to LSEG Group Standards for project methodology, governance and risk management

Candidate Profile / Key Skills

Essential

• Strong planning and organisation skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and the shown ability to work effectively with all organisational levels

• Excellent at leading and influencing a wide network of collaborators, including senior management, who can influence and build relationships

• Willing and able to challenge customers and partners to better understand their needs

• Expert knowledge of financial management, risk, and project management methodologies

• Excellent documentation skills; ability to create high quality steering committee materials

• More than 5 years of project or programme experience

• Educated to degree level or equivalent

Preferred

• Understanding of Risk & Controls, Operational Resilience, Data Goverance, Data Management and/or Records Management

• Global experience - working successfully with teams in multiple locations simultaneously

• Experience and knowledge of large scale, global, change programmes and portfolio management

• Experience in large investment banking or financial services organisations

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 Team Buildings

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.

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