Director, Program Management

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

Job Overview

Leads the delivery of strategic programmes and projects across FTSE Russell, ensuring effective prioritization, resource allocation, and governance to maximize business value. You will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations leaders and act as an integrator across functions, connecting teams and initiatives to drive organizational change and strategic outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Investment Governance

  Lead the development of investment cases for growth, innovation, and operational resilience initiatives, forming a critical part of the annual FTSE Russell Investment Planning Process.

  Contribute to the creation of the global product roadmap, ensuring strategic alignment and cross‑functional input.

  Conduct ongoing assessments of the global indexing landscape to inform prioritization, competitive positioning, and forward strategy.

• Growth Opportunity Evaluation & Execution

  Partner with Product Owners, Regional Heads, and Global Product Leaders to scope, validate, and implement new commercial opportunities that accelerate the growth agenda.

  Translate strategic ideas into actionable delivery plans with clear metrics, milestones, and economic impact assessments.

• Operational Execution & Delivery Oversight

  Embed within Scrum teams to support delivery (stand‑ups, demos, retrospectives, backlog refinement), ensuring teams have clarity on Sprint goals and remain aligned to broader roadmap objectives.

  Manage cross‑team dependencies, risks, and delivery constraints; shape rollout and deployment strategies across Product, Engineering, and Operations.

  Identify process gaps and operational inefficiencies, driving root‑cause analysis and implementing corrective actions.

• Governance, Reporting & Performance Management

  Build and maintain a streamlined reporting framework to support multiple governance forums (Scrum rituals, Steering Committees, Investment Committees, Board reporting).

  Leverage automation and data visualization to enhance transparency of progress, risk, and impact.

Skills & Experience

• 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.

Career Stage

Director

Compensation/Benefits Information

LSEG is committed to offering competitive Compensation and Benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $162,600 - $271,000.

Please be aware base salary ranges may vary by geographic location, city and state. In addition to our offered base salary, this role is eligible for our Annual Incentive Plan (AIP/\"bonus plan\"). Target AIP rates will be commensurate with role level and posted career stage. Individual salary will be reflective of job related knowledge, skills and equivalent experience. LSEG roles (excluding internships and part-time roles of less than 20 hours per week) are typically eligible for inclusion in our LSEG Benefits program, which includes offerings of: Annual Wellness Allowance, Paid time-off, Medical, Dental, Vision, Flex Spending & Health Savings Options, Prescription Drug plan, 401(K) Savings Plan and Company match. LSEG's Benefits plan also includes basic life insurance, disability benefits, emergency backup dependent care, adoption assistance commuter assistance etc.

• Annual Wellness Allowance
• Paid time-off
• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Flex Spending & Health Savings Options
• Prescription Drug plan
• 401(K) Savings Plan and Company match
• basic life insurance
• disability benefits
• emergency backup dependent care
• adoption assistance commuter assistance etc.

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 opportuni