Senior Program Manager

London Stock Exchange • $110K — $130K *

Charlotte, NC 28269In-Person

Finance & Insurance

Less than 5 years of experience

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Qualifications

5-7 years of experience in program management in finance-related fields
Experience in large enterprise-wide transformation initiatives
Strong capabilities in financial planning and risk management
Excellent stakeholder management and decision-making influence
Highly organized with exceptional problem-solving skills
Proficient in financial data analysis and project management tools such as Jira and Excel
Experience working in both Agile and Waterfall project methodologies

Responsibilities

Lead investment case development for growth and resilience initiatives
Contribute to global product roadmap creation with cross-functional input
Assess global indexing landscape for strategy and competitive positioning
Scope and implement new commercial opportunities with Product Owners and Regional Heads
Translate strategic ideas into actionable plans with measurable outcomes
Support Scrum teams in achieving Sprint goals and maintaining alignment
Identify and address operational inefficiencies through root-cause analysis
Develop and maintain a risk reporting framework for governance forums

Benefits

Robust opportunity for career advancement within a growing organization
Exposure to diverse cross-functional teams and global projects
A collaborative work environment that encourages innovative thinking
Support for professional development and continuous learning initiatives
Flexibility to work in a dynamic, evolving industry with significant impact

Full Job Description

Job Overview

As a Senior Program Manager, you will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Operations leaders to shape strategic priorities and ensure execution excellence across the index business. You will drive initiatives from strategic rationale and business case development through to planning, delivery, and performance measurement-ensuring alignment to FTSE Russell's growth, resilience, and operational effectiveness objectives.

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 prioritisation, 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 visualisation 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 organisations.
Superior organisational 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:
Manager

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