PMO Manager

About Us:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It's how we've 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 our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific.

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Role Summary:

Reporting to the Director Engineering Workforce Strategy Transformation, the PMO Manager is responsible for leading the PMO & governance function for the Workforce Strategy Programme and subordinate programmes across Engineering reporting into the Chief Technology and Operating Office.

The PMO Manager will be responsible for embedding governance best practice and driving the maturity of processes, while ensuring the portfolios remain closely aligned to the LSEG Change Framework, toolsets and divisional governance as required.

Working closely with programme and project teams, the Engineering leadership team and wider LSEG stakeholders, the PMO Manager will ensure projects across the portfolios are supported and that obstacles to the successful delivery of the constituent projects are identified and removed.

What You'll Be Doing:

• Act as a recognised expert on the LSEG Change Framework, Clarity and related systems.
• Lead the PMO function and manage the team on a day to day basis
• Ensure project managers and PMOs are supported in adhering to all LSEG governance and internal processes (e.g. Change Framework, Clarity), and in doing so drive the adoption of best practice across all projects.
• Act as roving problem solver / troubleshooter, proactively taking the lead in resolving systemic, portfolio level blockers that impact successful project delivery.
• Partner with key stakeholders to support WFS portfolio delivery.
• Provide a layer of project assurance, review, challenge and quality control across all projects in the portfolios.
• Develop systems, processes, structures, procedures, and training to support effective and efficient portfolio delivery.
• Driving the resolution of blockers, challenges and issues identified within Clarity
• Oversee the portfolio from a resource management perspective, driving accurate resource allocation, demand and supply data to support resource optimisation.
• Understand and manage risk within the portfolios, enforcing LSEG Group Standards for governance and risk management.
• Guide project managers in preparation of project status reports, facilitating keeping management appraised of portfolio progress.
• Manage and create visibility around the complete portfolio health and reporting, tracking and reducing delivery risk at a project and portfolio level.
• Contribute to the overall development of the wider WFS Transformation function, taking ownership of shared deliverables where identified.

What You'll Bring:

• Recent and direct experience as lead PMO within a Corporate Development environment
• Extensive portfolio governance and management experience in high profile/high value Corporate Development activities
• Experience in a high paced, multi-project WFS Transformation portfolio within an Engineering organisation of a similar scale to LSEG
• High level of competence (Minimum of 2 years) working with the Clarity PPM tool, with demonstrated expertise in front end functionality.
• Experience working across culturally diverse, geographically distributed, hybrid or remote working teams.
• Senior stakeholder management skills, with direct experience reporting to Director level.
• Strong understanding of portfolio financial processes (accounting knowledge highly desirable), including budgeting, forecasts, timesheets, purchase orders etc.
• Exceptional understanding of the change management process / lifecycle and its practical application, including experience in both Waterfall and Agile environments.
• Ability to multi-task yet prioritise among competing demands, wear multiple hats, and be both a "thinker" and a "doer".
• High levels of emotional intelligence that enhance communication and collaboration.
• Highly motivated, strong work ethic, proactive, self-starting attitude and the ability to work with limited direction and oversight to resolve issues.
• Exceptionally strong attention to detail, with ability to dig deep into a problem to find root causes.
• Strong process management skills - able to understand and coordinate complex organizational processes and consolidate input from multiple collaborators.
• Fast learner, able to link diverse sources of information to our business including ability to handle confidential information and materials with appropriate discretion.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills - ability to communicate findings in a compelling manner to internal and external audiences which include senior level executives.
• Strong analytical capability, with ability to generate powerful insights and the communication skills required to make the numbers come alive by clearly conveying complex information in a way that supports decision making.

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)
• Life insurance
• Pillar 3 Private Pension
• Meal Vouchers
• Flexible Benefits
• Bookster
• Volunteering Events
• All LSEG colleagues with at least one year's continuous service, who become parents, are now entitled to at least 26 weeks' paid leave, and the option to return to work on a phased basis, in relation with specific company's policy and guidelines

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you're ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we'd love to hear from you.

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.

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.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

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