Data & Analytics Investment Planning Director

Role profile: We are seeking a high‑calibre Investment Planning Director to join the Data & Analytics Transformation team, reporting directly to the Head of D&A Transformation. This high‑impact, high‑visibility role has regular exposure to the D&A Executive Leadership Team and Group senior stakeholders, including the CEO. The successful candidate will play a central role in shaping and governing the investment agenda across the D&A division, ensuring capital is deployed effectively to drive growth, innovation, and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Investment Strategy & Planning: Partner with senior D&A leadership to translate strategic priorities into a clear, actionable investment roadmap. Lead the end‑to‑end investment planning process, including business case development, prioritisation, and capital allocation across a multi‑hundred‑million‑pound portfolio. Ensure alignment between investment decisions and D&A’s growth, innovation, and risk management objectives.
• Portfolio Prioritisation & Governance: Run robust portfolio prioritisation frameworks to optimise return on investment and strategic impact. Establish and maintain best‑in‑class investment governance, ensuring transparency, consistency, and executive‑level clarity. Provide high‑quality materials and insights to support decision‑making at Executive Committee and Board‑level forums.
• Performance Management & Insights: Track and evaluate portfolio performance, ensuring delivery against financial targets, strategic outcomes, and milestones. Develop clear, insightful reporting and dashboards to enable proactive management of investment trade‑offs and risks. Identify opportunities to reallocate capital dynamically in response to changing business priorities.
• Stakeholder Engagement & Influence: Build strong relationships with senior stakeholders across Product, Technology, Operations, Finance, Risk, and Strategy. Act as a trusted advisor to D&A leadership, bringing structured thinking, analytical rigour, and independent challenge. Communicate complex analyses and recommendations clearly and concisely to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Problem Solving & Execution: Lead complex, ambiguous problem‑solving efforts—structuring issues, synthesising data, and driving actionable recommendations. Proactively identify risks, bottlenecks, and opportunities, and work collaboratively to resolve them at pace. Foster a culture of continuous improvement in investment planning processes and tools.

Candidate Profile

• Experience: Background in a top‑tier strategy consulting firm, ideally at engagement manager / principal level, or similar industry strategy / transformation role. Proven experience in strategy, investment planning, or large‑scale transformation programmes. Exposure to financial services, data businesses, and technology‑led organisations is advantageous.
• Core Skills: Outstanding analytical capability; excellent written and verbal communication skills; strong stakeholder management and collaboration; attention to detail and quality; commercial acumen.
• Personal Attributes: Energetic, proactive self‑starter with a strong sense of ownership. Curious, intellectually rigorous, resilient, adaptable, and with high leadership potential. Strong desire to grow into senior roles within LSEG.
• Knowledge of AI: Foundational understanding of Artificial Intelligence or a strong passion to grow in this space.
• Product‑Led Mindset: Embrace a product‑led approach prioritising user experience, data‑driven decisions, and continuous improvement.

Benefits

• Healthcare and retirement planning.
• Paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
• Tailored benefits and support.

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