project manager London, England
LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
Full Time
London, England
100000 - 54623 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description
What you’ll be doing
- Project Manage the delivery of the separation requirements of the divested entity.
- Day to day project management responsibilities across phases of the deal from pre-deal diligence to post close separation and transition services (TSA) exit.
- Plans resource requirements and assigns tasks and inspire teams that may never have collaborated to work towards a shared goal.
- Organise and facilitate project kick off.
- Support the drafting of TSA Schedules, managing separation planning, Day 1 readiness and deal cutover.
- Support TSA governance and managing TSA exit activities, financials, and key metrics.
- Develop, deploy, and leverage the M&A toolkit to identify and monitor action items and coordinate issues and dependencies.
- Help work streams balance competing priorities and manage differences that may arise.
- Anticipate, plan, and solve cross function interdependencies.
- Building and managing the project budget identifying, tracking, and capturing synergies
- Conduct post – mortems on deal separation execution and feed back into process improvement initiatives.
- Serve as a subject matter expert representing Corporate Technology M&A Centre of Excellence in developing, espousing the philosophies, processes, and results of the team.
- Flexible aptitude to applications, data and architecture project scenarios
- Stakeholder mapping and engagement
- Creation of relevant status reports that are appropriate to relevant audiences including Board level.
- Support the continuous improvements process to drive process maturity.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to understand and incorporate synergy opportunities and operational risks into business and financial plans.
- Establish and maintain strong and supportive relationships across all capabilities and business units to enable the swift and effective management of issues, risks and dependencies when escalated.
- Contribute to the overall development of the wider M&A department and take ownership of shared deliverables where identified.
- Continuously adopt a pragmatic, flexible, and responsive approach
- Working with teams in multiple locations simultaneously
- Apply judgement to assess the relative importance of assigned tasks and prioritises effectively.
You’ll bring (Candidate Profile / Key Skills)
- 10+ years of combined Project Management & Business Analysis experience
- Recent and direct experience in Corporate Development within a financial services organisation of a similar scale to LSEG
- Excellent workshop facilitation and presentation skills
- End to end project lifecycle experience
- Expert stakeholder management
- Ability to quickly prioritize is essential.
- Able to clearly communicate goals and objectives.
- Able to see the big picture with an eye for detail (microscope and telescope views)
- Must be a collaborative person who can push things along through influence and persuasion.
- Experience with projects in multiple technologies, functions (e.g., transaction management, risk management etc.) and industries
- Exceptional understanding of the change management process / lifecycle and it’s practical application
- Ability to develop and leverage relationships/ influence key stakeholders both internally and externally
- Capable of working independently and collaboratively as needed to deliver against objectives
- Demonstrated track record as a self-starter with the ability to multi-task and prioritize among competing demands; ability to wear multiple hats and be both a "thinker" and a "doer"
- Experience of working with multiple ‘Corporate technologies’, to enable recognition of interdependencies in end-to-end processes that bisect functional boundaries (JML etc)
- Highly motivated / Strong work ethic – Proven commitment to adapt and champion time sensitive/mission critical processes operating in a global and matrix-type organization
- Beneficial to have recent experience in a consulting firm or industry of preparing and delivering technology programmes in an M&A environment
- Professional presentation skills with impact, competent in presenting ideas clearly, convincingly to influence senior stakeholders and possessing personal presence, with the ability to earn trust and respect
- Strong Process Management skills - able to understand and coordinate complex organizational processes and consolidate input from multiple stakeholders
- Fast learner and able to link diverse sources of information to our business including ability to handle confidential information and materials with appropriate discretion
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills - ability to communicate findings in a compelling manner to internal and external audiences which include senior level executives
- Exceptional project management capabilities and ability to drive multi-disciplinary teams of internal and external stakeholders to deliverables on tight deadlines
At LSEG, we believe that creating a diverse and inclusive organisation is fundamental to the way we deliver on our promise of creating essential partnerships and open opportunities. Our open culture is central to how we deliver our purpose – driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth – in everything we do.
Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 70 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.
LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.
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 any mental health or physical disability needs.
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