PMO Lead - London Stock Exchange Group

At LSEG, Group Investment Management provides the enterprise level rules of the role across all aspects of Project and Programme Management. We run the Group's Investment Allocation process, track and monitor progress against commitments, ensure adoption of Group standards and tools - also responsible for assurance. Reporting to the Director PMO, the PMO Lead will specifically work with stakeholders across the organisation to mature and enhance our programme management processes, capabilities and tools - to better drive decision making. This role sits at the enterprise level across all projects and programmes. You will have strong stakeholder management skills and a deep understanding of how change is performed at LSEG. Experience with PPM tools is essential.

Role Responsibilities & Key Accountabilities:

• Developing, maintaining and enhancing the organisation's Change Framework, which governs the delivery of all change initiatives.
• Working within the GIM team and across the organisation to agree and implement improvements to the Change Framework best practice, minimum standards, templates, guides and tooling.
• Project Planning, Financial, Resource and Issue & Risk Management.
• Reporting and Communications, Governance and Change Control, Quality Assurance.
• Partnering with Portfolio/Programme/Project Managers to understand and handle risk within several key portfolios and implementing LSEG Group Standards for governance and risk management.
• Tracking the portfolio pipeline, providing accurate resource demand and supply data to drive resource optimisation.
• Overseeing the preparation of portfolio status reports, keeping management appraised of portfolio progress, major risks and issues and scope and resource changes.
• Leading the annual portfolio budget request process and regular financial reviews to track key financial portfolio metrics.
• Managing and creating visibility around the holistic portfolio health and reporting, tracking and reducing delivery risk at a programme and portfolio level.
• Creating and monitoring a change roadmap for the portfolio and leading on the implementation of change management processes, policies and best practice.
• Overseeing the induction and training of all new project managers within the portfolio and performing people leadership responsibilities if required.

Key Behaviours:

• Continuously adopt a pragmatic, flexible and responsive approach.
• Manage competing demands from various portfolios/projects/managers simultaneously.
• Maintain constructive and supportive working relationships with stakeholders across the group.
• Provide creative solutions regarding use of tools to support planning, management, reporting and data requirements.

Observation of Internal Controls:

• Demonstrate and practice adherence to internal controls, all relevant procedures, keeping appropriate records and, where appropriate, timely implementation of internal and external audit points related to projects within remit.
• Adhere to LSEG change standards, communicate these to project stakeholders, and monitor accordingly.
• Attention to detail.
• Continually evaluate the quality of data in the project management tools and repositories, ensuring status reports are updated, all mandatory fields completed, issues and risks closed on time, projects to be closed on time, as governed by LSEG Group Standards.

Candidate Profile / Key Skills:

• Experience working with PPM tools.
• Stakeholder Management.
• Strong Data / Excel skills & ability to manipulate data / draw insights.
• Proven experience in a similar project- or programme-level PMO role.
• Strong knowledge and experience of formal project management methodologies, project planning, and project financial and resource management.
• Strong computer literacy, including advanced knowledge of the MS Office suite of projects, and a willingness and skill to learn new tools quickly.
• Excellent documentation skills; ability to create high quality steering committee materials.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with all organisational levels.
• Management of data and proficiency with project management and reporting tools such as Clarity PPM or other similar PPM tools.
• Willingness and ability to challenge and coach project managers on information consistency, quality, and standards.

About Us:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) 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 culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shapes how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. 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. We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer.