Director of Strategic Programs & Delivery

LSEG Business Services RM; New York (NY); On-site; USD 163,000 - 271,000; Full time

Job summary

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is seeking a Director to lead strategic programmes across FTSE Russell from our New York hub. You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations to align initiatives with the global roadmap and drive substantial business value.

The role requires steering large transformation programmes, managing senior stakeholders, and delivering results across Waterfall and Agile environments.

Qualifications

• Experience in programme management within Trading, Banking, Asset Management, or Financial Index products.
• Hands-on experience in driving large enterprise-wide transformation programmes.
• Demonstrated strength in financial planning, resource allocation, cost governance, and risk management.
• Excellent senior stakeholder engagement, with the ability to influence decision-making across matrixed organizations.
• Superior organizational skills with strong problem-solving and analytical capability.
• Proficiency working with financial data, Jira, Excel, and expert-level PowerPoint skills.
• Delivery-focused self-starter able to handle multiple initiatives across diverse workstreams simultaneously.
• Experience of driving complex initiatives with geographically dispersed cross-functional teams, in both Waterfall and Agile environments.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Investment Governance: Lead the development of investment cases for growth, innovation, and operational resilience initiatives.
• Contribute to the global product roadmap and alignment across functions.
• Assess the indexing landscape to inform prioritization and strategy.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder engagement

Strategic planning

Cross-functional collaboration

Agile & Waterfall

Tools

Jira

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG) is seeking a Director to lead strategic programmes across FTSE Russell from our New York hub. You will partner with Product, Engineering, and Operations to align initiatives with the global roadmap and drive substantial business value.

The role requires steering large transformation programmes, managing senior stakeholders, and delivering results across Waterfall and Agile environments.