Senior Delivery Lead

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group); Nottingham; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is seeking a Senior Delivery Lead to join the Product Engineering Risk Technology team in the UK. The role reports to the Senior Delivery Manager and leads all aspects of the technical delivery of large-scale transformation programs, ensuring alignment between technology and business strategy.

The successful candidate will coordinate multiple development teams, manage dependencies, and drive governance, with responsibility for delivering scope on time and

Qualifications

• Validated experience of working in a software delivery role.
• Partner engagement experience in a complex environment.
• Experience of working in a high-paced setting with distributed teams.

Responsibilities

• Clarify project scope and drive governance to baseline scope and changes.
• Plan activities to deliver against roadmaps and manage dependencies.
• Ensure engineering work delivers on time and budget; manage interdependencies; use JIRA.
• Identify and mitigate risks, issues, dependencies, assumptions.
• Coordinate across dependent teams to align plans and schedules.
• Influence decisions to demonstrate business benefits and secure approvals.
• Report status weekly with clear, concise updates.
• Engage with partners across Technology for consistent communication.

Skills

Delivery lead

Partner engagement

Distributed teams

Stakeholder mgmt

Software delivery

Tools

JIRA

Job description

ABOUT US:

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) is more than a diversified global financial markets infrastructure and data business. We are dedicated, open-access partners with a dedication to excellence in delivering the services our customers expect from us. With extensive experience, deep knowledge and worldwide presence across financial markets, we enable businesses and economies around the world to fund innovation, manage risk and create jobs. It’s how we’ve contributed to supporting the financial stability and growth of communities and economies globally for more than 300 years.Through a comprehensive suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services – and our open-access model – we provide the flexibility, stability and trust that enable our customers to pursue their ambitions with confidence and clarity.

LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across EMEA, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. We employ 25,000 people globally, more than half located in Asia Pacific. LSEG’s ticker symbol is LSEG.

OUR PEOPLE:

People are at the heart of what we do and drive the success of our business. Our culture of connecting, creating opportunity and delivering excellence shape how we think, how we do things and how we help our people fulfil their potential. We embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. We break down barriers and encourage teamwork, enabling innovation and rapid development of solutions that make a difference. Our workplace generates an enriching and rewarding experience for our people and customers alike. Our vision is to build an inclusive culture in which everyone feels encouraged to fulfil their potential.

We know that real personal growth cannot be achieved by simply climbing a career ladder – which is why we encourage and enable a wealth of avenues and interesting opportunities for everyone to broaden and deepen their skills and expertise. As a global organisation spanning 70 countries and one rooted in a culture of growth, opportunity, diversity and innovation, LSEG is a place where everyone can grow, develop and fulfil your potential with meaningful careers.

ROLE SUMMARY:

We are looking for a senior Delivery Lead to join the Product Engineering Risk Technology team organisation based in UK. The role will report into the Senior Delivery Manager and lead all aspects of the technical delivery of large-scale transformation programs, ensuring alignment between technology and business strategy.

It is encouraged that the candidate will have experience handling the deliverables and dependencies of multiple development teams. In addition, there will be an opportunity to take on some wider responsibilities to support the effective running of the Department.

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING:

• Ensuring that the scope of each project/programme is clearly understood by all involved parties, driving governance forums to ensure base-lining of scope and change control


• Planning the activities required to deliver against the product roadmaps; identifying and handling dependencies with other workstreams; identifying the resource requirements to deliver efficiently


• Being responsible for the engineering work which delivers the scope on time and on budget. This includes understanding technical interdependencies and working with tools such as JIRA


• Proactively identifying Risks, Issues, Dependencies, Assumptions, detailing them and proactively resolving or mitigating them


• Ensure all impacts of dependencies are addressed in the overall project plan. Effectively work across the organization to ensure all dependent teams are aligned with the project plans and schedules


• Good judgment using influencing skills to demonstrate business benefits and to ensure the decision is fully understood and accepted


• Reporting status weekly (or more frequently as the need arises) with high quality well written updates


• Effective engagement with partners across the organisation and vertically within Technology to ensure consistent communication

WHAT YOU’LL BRING:

• Validated experience of working in a software delivery role


• Partner engagement experience


• Experience of working in a sophisticated, high-paced environment with a distributed team


• Excellent interpersonal skills both written and verbal


• A real self-starter with the ability to make clear decisions and address problems, generating solutions and ultimately getting the job done

Career Stage:

Senior Associate

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) Information:

Join us and be part of a team that values innovation, quality, and continuous improvement. If you’re ready to take your career to the next level and make a significant impact, we’d love to hear from you.

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.

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.

You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering.

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

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