Head of Government Relations & Regulatory Strategy, Americas

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND REGULATORY STRATEGY (GRRS):

GRRS’s mission is to advance LSEG’s policy agenda and profile with key policy stakeholders as well as serve as a strategic adviser on reputational issues and business initiatives.  Our work is focused around four pillars:  advocacy, engagement, thought leadership and advisory.  We partner with business divisions and functions as well as with our colleagues in the Corporate Affairs & Marketing Division to position LSEG as a trusted resource and thought leader with key decision-makers on policy issues impacting the future of our industry.  The GRRS team is truly global, comprised of nearly 30 professionals across 11 LSEG offices globally, with team members speaking 16 languages across 14 different nationalities.  

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING:

Given LSEG’s critical presence in the US, the increasingly complex stakeholder landscape, and their growth and expanded global footprint over the last 12 months, the institution is seeking a new Head of GRRS, Americas. Based in Washington, DC and reporting to the Global Head of GRRS, the core responsibility is to influence policy, legislative, and regulatory outcomes to support the Group’s business and strategic objectives in the region through a range of activities. Specific responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Strategic & Organizational Leadership

Operating as an organizational strategist first and foremost, providing input on critical institutional decisions and developing functional strategies that align with organizational objectives and imperatives.

• Anticipating, analyzing and communicating policy, legislative, regulatory, political and reputational developments that impact LSEG’s strategic and business priorities in the Americas and developing and implementing advocacy and engagement strategies to shape them. 

• Leading, managing, and developing the GRRS function in the Americas, both strategically and operationally, to further strengthen a center of excellence as a trusted business partner. Translating policy for the business and ensuring strategic execution aligned with business imperatives.

• Supporting an integrated, coordinated approach to GRRS across LSEG globally, ensuring specific support to business divisions and regions while striving for consistency of message, policy risk identification and mitigation, and strategic coordinated initiatives that best showcase the company and secure engagement with policymakers, regulators, and key influencers in the Americas. 

• Acting as a true organizational leader, demonstrating an understanding of LSEG’s underlying business goals, and providing input even beyond core government affairs-related competencies. 

• Translating the strategy into a clearly articulated, actionable plan with key deliverables, which are regularly monitored and measured.

• Collaborate with the Global GRRS team on key Group-wide initiatives and projects

• Assist in advising ExCo and senior management on key political and regulatory developments in the Americas

Government Relations and Regulatory Strategy Expertise

Operating as the senior-most functional and stakeholder expert with US governmental entities.

• Managing and growing LSEG’s network of policymakers, regulators, politicians, industry bodies and counterparts, academics, think tanks and other stakeholders in the region

• Strengthen LSEG positioning and reputation with private and public sector stakeholders in Washington, DC and in the key areas in which we operate in the region.

• Working with senior management to develop and drive LSEG’s policies and objectives involving government affairs and policy, working in close coordination with local, state, and internationally focused counterparts.

• Connecting legislative, regulatory, and government relationship matters to key business issues and competitive drivers. Synthesizing the external environment to anticipate government and policy actions that could potentially affect the company and its business.

• Establishing a positive, credible, bipartisan, and influential presence for LSEG with government entities.

• Managing and reinforcing a positive, credible, and influential presence for LSEG with key trade associations, public policy and legislative groups, and other relevant external stakeholders and organizations (including NGOs).

• Managing and growing LSEG’s Political Action Committee, employing creative PAC strategies to increase political engagement.

Team & Operational Leadership

Providing leadership as a functional manager, while operating as a strategist/doer.

• Manage and develop a team of around 5 government affairs profes