Transformation Portfolio Director

This is a unique opportunity to join the Data & Analytics Division of The London Stock Exchange Group as the Transformation Portfolio Director for Analytics. The role reports directly to the Head of D&A Transformation within the Chief Operating Office and serves the D&A Analytics business. Analytics provides market-leading cross-asset analytics models, software and Generative AI solutions for Financial Service customers across the globe, is one of highest growth areas of the Group and plays a central role in LSEG’s flagship and industry-leading partnership with Microsoft.

The successful candidate will partner with the Group Head of Analytics and the CIO Analytics to define and deliver the investment portfolio for Analytics with an annual investment budget of £30m+. He/she will play a central role in investment prioritisation, portfolio management, delivery oversight, governance, financial management and reporting, working with the broader Transformation Leadership Team to ensure robust and timely delivery of programme outcomes within the Group’s Change Framework. The role will directly manage a team of around 5 FTE.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with Group Head of Analytics and Analytics CIO to translate the Analytics product strategy into an associated Transformation roadmap, programme and architecture blueprint
• Lead the investment planning process for Analytics, developing and maintaining initiative business cases and running associated portfolio prioritisation activities to ensure optimal capital allocation
• Deliver the Analytics programme portfolio, ensuring timely delivery of business outcomes, financial benefits and milestones within budget. Define and maintain dynamic portfolio management to ensure flexibility to address project overspends or fund new projects outside of annual planning processes
• Define and maintain portfolio and programme governance, ensuring robust delivery oversight, risk and dependency management, financial management and reporting aligned with the Group’s Change Framework
• Manage the change and product roadmaps, orchestrating dependency management and cross-portfolio communications to ensure transparency and accountability
• Proactively identify and resolve key delivery issues, ensuring clear escalations and strategic decision making to remove barriers to execution or mitigate risks
• Maintain best-in-class programme reporting, fulfilling central PMO requirements whilst ensuring full transparency for D&A and Group Executives
• Promote and foster cross-functional collaboration across a broad range of LSEG and Microsoft stakeholders, providing collegiate leadership consistent with the LSEG Group Values
• Lead, coach and mentor programme and project managers within direct report line and across the D&A Transformation community

Skills and experience

• Extensive previous portfolio and programme management experience, demonstrated track record in delivering strategic and complex programmes within a matrix environment
• Deep understanding of core programme management disciplines, eagerness to adopt and facilitate agile change frameworks
• Ability to engage with technical product managers and engineering teams through immersion in the content of programmes, not just running a process
• Proactiveness and energy to identify key issues / roadblocks and work collaboratively with stakeholders to drive through prompt resolution
• Strong financial management skills in terms of business case development, budget and benefits management
• Deep interest in Analytics and AI strategies and products, prior experience a bonus
• Excellent interpersonal, presenting and relationship management skills at all levels of the organisation, including C-level stakeholders and 3rd parties
• Attention to detail, ability to lead and quality assure best-in-class planning, reporting and forecasting
• Proven ability to manage / develop a high performing team
• Degree (or equivalent) and relevant professional qualification
• Proficiency in Powerpoint and Excel to Advanced level

Location

• Location for this role is London.

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.

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