Business Programme Manager (CDSClear)

CDSClear as a Business Programme Manager, a senior delivery role within the CDS Transformation function. You will lead a portfolio of complex projects covering commercial, regulatory, resilience, and strategic infrastructure priorities.

Strong programme governance capability and experience in financial services are required.

About London Stock Exchange

• A rigorous, curious and hands-on approach, with sound judgement, resilience and a strong focus on outcomes, collaboration and accountability
• Awareness of cloud infrastructure and technology modernisation topics

Responsibilities

• You will coordinate delivery across business and technology stakeholders, develop programme and project briefs, and establish governance frameworks.
• You will also act as the primary delivery lead for significant transformation initiatives and ensure operational readiness.
• Lead delivery of CDSClear’s most complex strategic, regulatory, resilience and commercial transformation initiatives, ensuring alignment with business objectives, regulatory commitments and target operating outcomes.
• Own assigned programmes and projects from inception through delivery, in accordance with approved Group change policies and governance processes.
• Establish proportionate programme and project management frameworks, governance forums, controls, reporting and decision-making routes.
• Strong programme governance capability, including planning, critical-path management, dependency management, risk and issue control, financial oversight and executive reporting
• Ability to lead regulatory and strategic change, translating commitments and business priorities into executable plans and coordinated delivery outcomes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English, including the preparation of high-quality programme documentation, business cases, plans and senior management reporting
• Knowledge of OTC derivatives, trade lifecycle, clearing and risk sufficient to understand and challenge programme deliverables affecting the CDSClear service
• Delivery of programmes involving significant technology change and front-to-back process impacts across Trading, Risk, Operations and client or member-facing functions
• Credibility to engage senior colleagues, chair governance forums, present delivery choices and trade-offs, and drive timely decisions across organisational boundaries
• Experience working with business analysts and change analysts, with a clear understanding of the distinction and interdependency between programme delivery, requirements, functional analysis, testing and business readiness

Requirements

• Substantial experience leading complex, cross-functional programmes in financial services, financial market infrastructure, clearing, post-trade or another highly regulated environment
• Strong understanding of technology delivery methodologies and the software development lifecycle, including business acceptance testing and sign-off
• Detailed knowledge of the credit derivatives trade lifecycle, including clearing and post-trade events
• PRINCE2, PMP or an equivalent programme or project management qualification
• Business-level French, spoken and written

Preferred

• Experience delivering external product launches with dependencies on clearing members, clients or other external partners
• Knowledge of regulations affecting credit derivatives trading and clearing