Group Director, Artificial Intelligence

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. LSEG is a systemically important part of the global financial system. It is the UK’s second largest financial services business by market capitalisation, and in the top 10 of the FTSE 100.

A major financial information provider, with extensive experience, deep knowledge, and worldwide presence across financial markets, LSEG enables businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. LSEG has 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 its open-access model – LSEG provides the flexibility, stability and trust that enable its customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in London, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America, and Asia Pacific. The Group employs 26,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

The core values of the business are integrity, partnership, excellence, and change.

LSEG has demonstrated its successful strategy as shown in its strong financial performance. Post the Refinitiv acquisition, LSEG has shifted from a period of integration to transformation. The Group is a proven innovator with its market leading strategic partnership with Microsoft enabling next-gen data, analytics and cloud infrastructure solutions.

LSEG operates across the following divisions:

Data & Analytics: delivering data-driven insights, workflow and products to customers simply and flexibly so they can make better-informed decisions.

FTSE Russell: delivering category-defining indices across asset classes and investment objectives to create new possibilities for the global investment community.

Risk Intelligence: providing a comprehensive suite of screening, due diligence, verification and onboarding solutions, helping customers protect their businesses from a wide range of threats.

Markets: supporting customers across the end-to-end capital markets workflow, providing them with access to liquidity across multiple asset classes and regions; supporting their clearing and reporting obligations; and providing risk and balance sheet solutions.

Role Profile

As part of our AI@LSEG Centre of Excellence team, we are looking to hire key product leadership roles. Reporting to the Group Leader of AI, in this role you will have the opportunity to help define LSEG’s approach to AI and how it plays a part in the future success of the company.

 This role will partner with global leaders to scope and deliver a robust group wide AI strategy for both internal and external customers.

You will work across LSEG to understand current skillsets, requirements and opportunities.  You will build and present a planned approach to ExCo, seeking buy-in from multiple global stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities and Accountabilities

Partner closely with product leadership teams across Data and Analytics, Markets, FTSE Russell and Risk Intelligence to help identify and evaluate commercial opportunities and competitive positioning. Collaborate with leaders of our Sales & Account Management (“SAM”), Operations, Engineering as well as all wider enabling functions to ensure each area of our Group is incorporating AI into its plans and informing investment priorities. In partnership with key customers, product and engineering teams, support the product design and delivery of innovative AI product solutions. For products owned by the AI CoE team, ensure end-to-end product design, accountability and maintenance Provide thought-leadership on AI for the Group, ensuring all divisions are supported with the latest innovations and capabilities in AI. Partnership ownership; Support divisions in the assessment of potential new vendors, partnerships and/or acquisitions.  Partner closely to shape group-wide AI Governance framework and policy, including responsible use of AI, and group-wide steering committees and ensure Legal, Risk, Compliance and GSSR partnership to align ethical, regulatory and customer requirements/standards.  Ensure LSEG remains up to date with external market technology, adapting to market changes, ensuring we are able to take advantage and know where to be a fast follower. Ensure our external products support customer communities and internal products support our functions to drive operational efficiency, productivity and improved customer service and experience.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong grasp of machine learning, LLMs, knowledge graphs, predictive analytics and their real -world application