Senior Project Manager - Risk Intelligence - (FTC) in Nottingham

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.

Key Responsibilities

• 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.

Essential Skills/Experience

• 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 for 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.

Key Behaviours

• 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.

This is a 12 Month Fixed Term Contract.

Benefits

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

Equal Employment Opportunity

We are 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.