Senior Manager Product Tooling & Data - London Stock Exchange Group

Position Summary

We are looking for someone proactive with excellent knowledge of PPM systems and other digital tools related to transformation and project management.

The Group Investment Management Team is hiring for a Senior Manager – Product Tooling & Data (Product Tooling Focused) with specialist expertise in PPM tools like Clarity, Jira and Asana. In addition to managing a team of PPM tooling SMEs, the role holder will drive the delivery of the PPM Tooling Strategy. You'll work as part of a team to proactively engage with business partners to capture, specify and validate requirements for changes to Clarity, Jira and Asana and add to the consolidated PPM Tooling.

Come join this team with multifaceted strengths of product owners and make an impact through your work!

Role Responsibilities

• Support Product Owner to engage with customers, understand objectives and translate these into clearly defined functional requirements using the agreed Change Request template.
• Development Roadmap and Backlog.
• Define requirements to meet business objectives while making best use of existing Clarity configuration.
• Review Jira items with developers to check they meet business requirements.
• Oversee structured testing of functional Jira items to ensure they are fit for purpose and record test results.
• Document functional designs where needed to augment Jira requirement descriptions.
• Manage changes to Clarity static data (such as resource details, organisational hierarchies) following the project processes.
• Lead or support reviews of project data for quality checking purposes.
• Conduct reviews to assure that business processes meet audit requirements.
• Identify opportunities for automating manual processes.

Required Experience & Qualifications

• Familiarity with the functional aspects of PPM applications – proven track record.
• Strong Business Analysis skills – requirements management, testing, process description.
• Solid understanding of project processes: milestones, cost plans, forecast vs actuals, reporting.
• Proficiency in crafting and detailing business process flows and experience of transferring project data between Finance and HR systems.
• Ability to influence well with both business users and Clarity developers, acting as a communication bridge
• Proficient documentation skills: able to convey complex concepts effectively in documents
• Prior experience using Clarity tool
• Recognised Business Analysis (BA) qualification
• Experience and knowledge of large scale, global, change programmes and portfolio management
• Experience in large investment banking or financial services organisations preferred

LSEG is committed to encouraging a diverse, equitable, an inclusive work environment, ensuring equal opportunities for all employees, regardless of their background. We offer great employee benefits to make sure everyone performs to the best of their abilities. We offer a hybrid working model to accommodate flexibility.

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. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

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

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