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Senior Program Manager

LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)
$147,700 - $246,100
life insurance, 401(k)
United States, New York, New York
Jun 11, 2026
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 crossfunctional 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 execute new commercial opportunities that accelerate the growth agenda. Translate strategic ideas into actionable delivery plans with clear KPIs, milestones, and economic impact assessments. Operational Execution & Delivery Oversight Embed within Scrum teams to support delivery (standups, demos, retrospectives, backlog refinement), ensuring teams have clarity on Sprint goals and remain aligned to broader roadmap objectives. Manage crossteam dependencies, risks, and delivery constraints; shape rollout and deployment strategies across Product, Engineering, and Operations. Identify process gaps and operational inefficiencies, driving rootcause 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 decisionmaking across matrixed organisations. Superior organisational skills with strong problemsolving and analytical capability. Proficiency working with financial data, Jira, Excel, and expertlevel PowerPoint skills. Deliveryfocused selfstarter able to manage 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 Compensation/Benefits Information: LSEG is committed to offering competitive Compensation and Benefits. The anticipated base salary for this position is $147,700 - $246,100. 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. 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 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 mental health or physical disability needs. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas. We are committed to sustainability across our global business and we are proud to partner with our customers to help them meet their sustainability objectives. Our charity, the LSEG Foundation provides charitable grants to community groups that help people access economic opportunities and build a secure future with financial independence. Colleagues can get involved through fundraising and volunteering. LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives. 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