Transformation Portfolio Director, Data & Feeds
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), Goerkes Corner, WI, United States
Role Overview
This is a unique opportunity to join the Data & Analytics Division of The London Stock Exchange Group as the Transformation Portfolio Director for Data & Feeds. The role reports directly to the Head of D&A Transformation and serves the Data & Feeds business. Data & Feeds is a market‑leading business providing Real Time, Pricing & Reference Services and Company Data services for Financial Services customers across the globe. It is a high‑growth area for D&A and is undergoing significant transformation in terms of platform evolution and new product innovation.
The successful candidate will closely partner with the Group Head of Data & Feeds to define and deliver the investment portfolio for Data & Feeds with an annual investment budget of 150m+. They will play a central role in investment prioritisation, portfolio management, delivery oversight, financial management, reporting and governance, 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 20 FTEs focussed on delivering the Data & Feeds product roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with Group Head of Data & Feeds to translate the Data & Feeds product strategy into an associated Transformation roadmap, programme and architecture blueprint.
Lead the investment planning process for Data & Feeds, across both Growth and Risk and Resiliency, developing and maintaining initiative business cases and running associated portfolio prioritisation activities to ensure optimal capital allocation.
Deliver the Data & Feeds 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, product and risk & resiliency 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.
Familiarity with project management, reporting and analysis tools – Microsoft Office, PowerBI, Clarity and Asana. Ability to take an amorphous request, define the problem statement, gather the data and provide an analysis.
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.
Location
Location for this role is US or UK.
Career Stage Director
Compensation and Benefits LSEG is committed to offering competitive Compensation and Benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $162,600 – $271,000. Please be aware base salary ranges may vary by geographic location, city and state. In addition to our offered base salary, this role is eligible for our Annual Incentive Plan (AIP/“bonus plan”). Target AIP rates will be commensurate with role level and posted career stage. Individual salary will be reflective of job related knowledge, skills and equivalent experience. LSEG roles (excluding internships and part‑time roles of less than 20 hours per week) are typically eligible for inclusion in our LSEG Benefits program, which includes offerings of: Annual Wellness Allowance, Paid time‑off, Medical, Dental, Vision, Flex Spending & Health Savings Options, Prescription Drug plan, 401(K) Savings Plan and Company match. LSEG's Benefits plan also includes basic life insurance, disability benefits, emergency backup dependent care, adoption assistance, commuter assistance etc.
Equal Opportunity Employer LSEG is 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.
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The successful candidate will closely partner with the Group Head of Data & Feeds to define and deliver the investment portfolio for Data & Feeds with an annual investment budget of 150m+. They will play a central role in investment prioritisation, portfolio management, delivery oversight, financial management, reporting and governance, 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 20 FTEs focussed on delivering the Data & Feeds product roadmap.
Key Responsibilities
Partner with Group Head of Data & Feeds to translate the Data & Feeds product strategy into an associated Transformation roadmap, programme and architecture blueprint.
Lead the investment planning process for Data & Feeds, across both Growth and Risk and Resiliency, developing and maintaining initiative business cases and running associated portfolio prioritisation activities to ensure optimal capital allocation.
Deliver the Data & Feeds 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, product and risk & resiliency 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.
Familiarity with project management, reporting and analysis tools – Microsoft Office, PowerBI, Clarity and Asana. Ability to take an amorphous request, define the problem statement, gather the data and provide an analysis.
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.
Location
Location for this role is US or UK.
Career Stage Director
Compensation and Benefits LSEG is committed to offering competitive Compensation and Benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $162,600 – $271,000. Please be aware base salary ranges may vary by geographic location, city and state. In addition to our offered base salary, this role is eligible for our Annual Incentive Plan (AIP/“bonus plan”). Target AIP rates will be commensurate with role level and posted career stage. Individual salary will be reflective of job related knowledge, skills and equivalent experience. LSEG roles (excluding internships and part‑time roles of less than 20 hours per week) are typically eligible for inclusion in our LSEG Benefits program, which includes offerings of: Annual Wellness Allowance, Paid time‑off, Medical, Dental, Vision, Flex Spending & Health Savings Options, Prescription Drug plan, 401(K) Savings Plan and Company match. LSEG's Benefits plan also includes basic life insurance, disability benefits, emergency backup dependent care, adoption assistance, commuter assistance etc.
Equal Opportunity Employer LSEG is 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.
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