Reporting to the PMO Director, the Senior PMO Manager role is responsible for providing all primary PMO services to the Transformation Investment Management Team with a specific focus on financial management (including resource effort and purchase costs) in addition to standard PMO activities including:
- Planning and schedule management
- Resource management
- Risk and Issue management
- Reporting and communications
- Governance and change control
- Quality assurance
This role is part of the Transformation Investment Management Team responsible for running the Group-wide Capital Allocation process (in collaboration with Finance) which culminates in capital investment portfolio approval at LSEG Board. On a day-to-day basis, you'll work closely with Finance and change portfolios, business divisions and functions to track and review project spend and monitor benefit realisation. Comfortable working with large data sets to generate insight and make recommendations to the Group Investment Committee and ExCo is a core part of the role.
You'll be part of the broader Transformation Team which is responsible for governing all change initiatives and setting the standards, process and framework by which all change is delivered. On an ad-hoc basis, the PMO Senior Manager will also support several additional initiatives (and their associated teams) and be responsible for project planning, resource and issue & risk management, as well as, reporting and communications, governance and change control, quality assurance.
Major Challenges (The challenges inherent in the role that require a continual test of the role holder's abilities)
- Continuously adopt a pragmatic, flexible and responsive approach.
- Manage competing demands from various portfolios/projects/managers simultaneously
- Maintain constructive and supportive working relationships with stakeholders across the group
- Provide creative solutions regarding use of tools to support planning, management, reporting and data requirement
Observation of Internal Controls
- Demonstrate and practice adherence to internal controls, all relevant procedures, keeping appropriate records and, where appropriate, timely implementation of internal and external audit points related to projects within remit
- Adhere to LSEG change standards, communicate these to project stakeholders, and monitor accordingly
Attention to detail
- Continually evaluate the quality of data in the project management tools and repositories, ensuring status reports are updated, all mandatory fields completed, issues and risks closed on time, projects to be closed on time, as governed by LSEG Group Standards
Candidate Profile / Key Skills
- Proven experience in a similar project- or programme-level PMO role
- Strong knowledge and experience of formal project management methodologies, project planning, and project financial and resource management
- Strong computer literacy, including advanced knowledge of the MS Office suite and a willingness and skill to learn new tools quickly
- Excellent documentation skills; ability to create high quality steering committee materials and ExCo presentations
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills and proven ability to work effectively with all organisational levels
- Management of large data sets and proficiency with project management and reporting tools such as Clarity PPM or other similar PPM tools
- Willingness and ability to challenge and coach project managers on information consistency, quality, and standards
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
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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. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.
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