Requirements
- Significant experience (typically 5+ years) leading complex projects and programmes in a structured delivery environment
- Proven ability to identify, assess, and manage risks and issues to the benefit of the project
- Demonstrated experience resolving team conflicts, building collaborative partner relationships, and making clear, timely decisions
- Proactively seeks opportunities to improve processes and ways of working
- Experience in estimating costs, timescales and resource requirements for the successful completion of each project
- Experience designing and operating effective communication and reporting rhythms, producing clear and accurate management information
- Proven track record of monitoring delivery performance and intervening decisively when cost, schedule, or resource tolerances are exceeded
- Strong analytical and problem‑solving skills with high attention to detail
- Continuously embraces a pragmatic, flexible and adaptable approach
- Maintains constructive, inclusive and encouraging working relationships
- Maintains a High Agency approach to delivery and problem solving
- Displays resilience and composure, remaining outcome‑focused in a complex, fast‑paced, environment
- Is upbeat, self‑motivated, and delivery‑driven, able to work autonomously while motivating and inspiring others
What the job involves
- The Risk Intelligence division focuses on fighting financial crime through innovative use of risk screening, identity and account verification and avoiding risks around sanctioned individuals and businesses
- We are looking for a dedicated Senior Project Manager to work as part of the Risk Intelligence team, leading the Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD) and Shared Services product areas
- As a Senior Project Manager, you will be accountable for leading and delivering complex, large-scale projects across the project lifecycle to the agreed scope and timescale, and to budget
- You will work closely with the Product Engineering Teams to co‑ordinate delivery activities and communications around project status and progress
- Lead complex, large‑scale projects comprising multiple workstreams and cross‑functional teams, ensuring delivery against clearly defined success criteria, and in line with LSEG standards
- Direct and coordinate large, multi‑disciplinary project teams across locations and time zones, fostering accountability and high performance
- Establish and maintain clear, effective communication with project teams, senior stakeholders, and partners throughout the delivery lifecycle
- Own and actively manage RAID (Risks, Assumptions, Issues, Dependencies), ensuring timely resolution and mitigation to protect delivery outcomes
- Plan and manage project resources, balancing capacity, capability, and delivery priorities across concurrent initiatives
- Develop and control project budgets, ensuring accurate cost planning, forecasting, and cost control
- Create and manage project roadmaps, tracking progress and proactively addressing slippage and dependencies
- Track projects providing dashboards and reporting to support transparent decision‑making
- Apply problem‑solving and decision‑making skills, making trade‑offs to optimise scope, time, cost, and quality
- Manage internal and external partners and stakeholders, building trusted relationships and ensuring alignment to delivery objectives
- Coach, and manage project team members to enhance capability, engagement, and delivery effectiveness
- Drive continuous performance and process improvement, embedding lessons learned and standard methodologies into future delivery
