Senior Manager, Portfolio Delivery and Management

Senior Manager, Portfolio and Business Management, ADC/Datastream

Lead the delivery of an end-to-end technology and workforce transformation program for the >150 person Analytics Data Cloud / Datastream organization, which encompasses 20+ technology platforms and multiple Important Business Services.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build positive relationships with the key partners, innovating with product management, business transformation and various other technology groups tightly connected to this technology transformation program.
• Oversee, with full budgetary accountability, financial management for the organization.
• Collaborate and work closely with other group technology functions to ensure that business and technical needs are addressed.
• Lead critical path work, schedule items, and escalate to leadership on potential risks and delays.
• Drives cost efficiency of delivery and maintenance through technology and process innovation.
• Implement a strong governance and risk management framework for technology delivery to identify risks early and to ensure appropriate reporting and remedial actions are undertaken to keep delivery on track.
• Assist the Director with all administrative aspects of the day-to-day running of the organization, including frequent special projects.
• Oversee the work of area program managers
   

Essential Skills

• Proven experience in Portfolio and Business Management on a broad scale.  Financial Data Technology experience preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to champion culture change while leading a multi-year strategic program.
• Strong proficiency in program management with a history of delivery complicated programs.
• Able to lead in a highly matrixed organization, work with, and accept feedback from, a wide variety of collaborators, communicate complicated issues to senior decision makers, focusing on relevant details and considerations.
• Ability to analyze / review and work across various functions such as Business, Operations, Legal, Compliance and Regulation and comfortable communicating/presenting to all levels internally and externally
• Ability to present confidently to C-Level stakeholders

Job Description (Job advert content)

Drives the direction and delivery of major, high-risk programmes to achieve strategic objectives and transformational change.

Role Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities:

• Monitors overall progress of the programme, with particular focus on budgets, key milestones, resources, and dependencies
• Provides overall programme leadership, guidance and technical expertise to manage all aspects of a programme including requirements analysis, business case creation, planning and execution
• Holds ultimate accountability for delivery, managing programmes with great complexity, impact, risk, budget variances and change requests
• Aligns programmes to the strategic delivery, portfolio and transformation direction, ensuring prioritisation of key projects and devising new ideas and initiatives to support the organisation
• Produces reports for senior management and stakeholders on the progress of the programme against objectives and plans, highlighting any improvement areas and the requirements to correct them
• Promotes and fosters collaboration across broad categories of stakeholders (including customers), providing leadership in cross-functional meetings and representing the seniority of the programme or senior stakeholders in governance boards and committees
• Collaborates with the Head of Project & Programme Delivery to ensure the programme achieves objectives and aligns with business priorities
• Leads, coaches, and mentors programme and project managers within the programme, setting performance and delivery expectations to yield consistent results, whilst highlighting and promoting successful practices across the organisation
• Ensures all projects adhere to LSEG Group Standards for project methodology, governance and risk management.
• Ensure visibility of ongoing cost base and project finance for the organization
• Track and manage departmental budgets in alignment with finance

Qualifications & Experience:

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent in Business Management, Finance or similar
• Demonstrable experience in portfolio management, business operations, transformation or other related field

WHAT YOU'LL BRING:

Essential skills:

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Stakeholder management across all levels of the organization
• Strong financial competence and understanding of CAPEX & OPEX
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to