Senior Manager, AI Development Management

London Stock Exchange Group; Greater London; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

26 weeks' parental leave

healthcare

retirement planning

a wellness allowance

two paid volunteering days each year

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group is seeking an experienced delivery leader to guide AI product and software delivery. You will partner with Product and Engineering to align priorities, capacity and delivery expectations across a growing portfolio of AI products and capabilities.

Reporting to the Director of AI Solutions Engineering, you will establish pragmatic processes that improve visibility, predictability and collaboration while keeping teams empowered to learn and adapt in a fast-changing

Qualifications

• Experience leading delivery within software, data or AI product teams.
• Strong backlog management and forecasting skills.
• Ability to manage dependencies and risks across multiple teams.
• Comfortable working with product managers, engineers and technical leaders.
• Knowledge of AI product development and governance considerations.

Responsibilities

• Lead planning, estimation and forecasting across AI product and engineering teams.
• Manage dependencies, risks and blockers across teams and help resolve issues.
• Maintain clear visibility of priorities, progress and commitments across the portfolio.
• Establish lightweight delivery practices using Scrum or Kanban where appropriate.
• Ensure Jira and tooling provide a reliable view of work from demand to delivery.
• Provide clear, evidence-based updates for stakeholders and product reviews.

Skills

Delivery leadership

Backlog management

Planning & forecasting

Dependency management

Stakeholder communication

Scrum / Kanban

Jira

Tools

Jira

Job description

ABOUT US

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

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

ROLE SUMMARY: LSEG Corporate Engineering builds Group-wide AI products and services that help colleagues find trusted knowledge, complete work and interact with enterprise systems more effectively. Reporting to the Director of AI Solutions Engineering, you will help our AI Engineering and Product teams plan, prioritise and deliver work across a growing portfolio of AI products and capabilities. You will establish clear, pragmatic ways of working that improve visibility, coordination and predictability without creating unnecessary process. Working closely with Product and Engineering, you will connect priorities to delivery, help teams manage complexity and ensure stakeholders have a clear view of progress, risks and dependencies. This role is suited to an expert delivery leader who understands modern software and AI development and knows how to help technical teams perform at their best.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING

• Lead delivery Lead planning, estimation and forecasting across AI product and engineering teams, improving predictability over time.
• Manage dependencies, risks and blockers across teams and help resolve issues that affect delivery.
• Maintain clear visibility of priorities, progress and commitments across the portfolio.
• Help teams accommodate discovery, experimentation and changing priorities without losing delivery focus.
• Improve how we work Establish trusted backlogs that connect customer and business priorities to engineering delivery.
• Work with Product and Engineering to ensure work is well shaped, prioritised, ready for delivery and has clear acceptance criteria and completion expectations.
• Establish lightweight delivery practices appropriate to the work, using approaches such as Scrum or Kanban where they fit.
• Continuously improve how teams plan, coordinate and deliver, reducing unnecessary meetings, administration and reporting.
• Make delivery transparent Ensure Jira and supporting tooling provide a reliable view of work from demand through to delivery.
• Use appropriate delivery measures to improve understanding of progress, predictability and change.
• Use automation and AI to reduce manual reporting and coordination.
• Provide clear, evidence-based updates for stakeholders, leadership and product reviews.
• Partner across Product and Engineering Work closely with Product and Engineering leadership to align priorities, capacity and delivery expectations.
• Make trade-offs, dependencies and delivery risks visible and help teams resolve them early.
• Build confidence with stakeholders through clear plans, transparent communication and reliable delivery information.

WHAT YOU'LL BRING

• You are an experienced delivery leader who knows how to help technical teams deliver complex products without burdening them with process. You combine strong delivery discipline with pragmatism and are comfortable working with product managers, engineers and technical leaders in an environment where priorities and technology evolve quickly. You understand that AI development involves experimentation and uncertainty, and know how to create enough structure to make delivery predictable without constraining teams' ability to learn and adapt. You will bring Experience leading delivery within software, data or AI product teams. Strong experience of backlog management, planning, forecasting and dependency management. Enough technical depth to work credibly with engineers on architecture, data, integration and delivery dependencies. A good understanding of how AI products are developed, tested, evaluated and improved. Strong facilitation and communication skills. Understanding of the security, risk and governance considerations involved in delivering AI products in an enterprise environment. Experience working in complex, governed or regulated environments.

HOW WE WORK

We focus on useful outcomes. AI must solve real problems and create measurable value. We build for teams, and with teams. We keep delivery practical. Process should help teams deliver, not become an end in itself. We learn through delivery. We test ideas early, measure outcomes and adapt quickly based on evidence.

WHY THIS ROLE MATTERS

AI development combines software engineering, data, experimentation and rapidly evolving technology. As our AI portfolio grows, we need simple, effective ways of connecting product priorities to engineering delivery. This role will help teams deliver with greater clarity and predictability while keeping our ways of working lightweight. The successful candidate will create visibility, remove friction and help Product and Engineering operate as an effective delivery organisation.

Career Stage: Manager LSEG unlocks the power of markets to create opportunities across the global economy. Through our connected network of market infrastructure, data and analytics, we help customers access capital, manage risk and make confident decisions. Our insights bring clarity to complex markets, and our trusted services ensure resilience and stability. With deep expertise and global scale, we partner with customers to drive innovation and shape the future of finance. Few organisations operate at the scale, complexity and reach of LSEG. Here, you’ll work alongside experts, be inspired to deliver your best work and help shape what’s next for our business and the global economy. Guided by our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change, we bring together diverse perspectives, encourage fresh thinking, and create an environment where learning never stops. Join more than 26,000 colleagues across 60 countries, supporting customers in over 170 countries.

BENEFITS

• 26 weeks' parental leave
• healthcare
• retirement planning
• a wellness allowance
• two paid volunteering days each year

Equal Opportunities

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.

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ABOUT LSEG

LSEG. Make more possible. 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. Our Data & Analytics, Capital Markets and Post Trade divisions have a combined power that provides a comprehensive, integrated suite of trusted financial market infrastructure services to help our customers pursue their ambitions. Explore our divisions LSEG is headquartered in the United Kingdom, with significant operations in 70 countries across Europe, the Middle East, Africa, North America, Latin America and Asia Pacific. Find out more Get to know some of our people who are pushing the boundaries of technology, finance and more around the world.