Head of Market Services, Shared Technology Jobs at LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group) in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Job Overview

Head of Market Services, Shared Technology

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our business as The Head of Market Services in Sri Lanka to deliver and lead the Market Services Team (formally known as Millennium or (MIT)) for the Shared technology group.

Working closely with the other technology groups and business divisions, we are looking for someone to deliver high performing exchange platforms, Surveillance capabilities, Post trade capabilities, and Index components of our product lines.

Critical to this, you will need to provide strong leadership to the team and work in collaboration with the corporate functions that offer support in achieving our strategic objectives and ensuring we have a strong, engaged, inclusive culture in the region.

Role Responsibilities

– Leads the development and execution of strategy for Market Services Team, setting and driving the achievement of KPIs and objectives through effective leadership and ensuring alignment with the broader function and Group technology strategies
– Champions and delivers an agile delivery methodology to enable business agility and a culture of continuous improvement. Provides leadership, coaching and development to their team to drive high performance.
– Manages relationships with key suppliers, setting performance standards and managing the resolution of escalated service issues
– Ensure resource optimization through a blended strategic work force plan of FTE/Contractor and Scale partners, and ensure that resource allocation is aligned with business priorities and identify solutions for the optimal utilization of resources
– Ensures that all teams have been trained in appropriate methodologies, standards and policies and understand their role in the organization
– Leverages latest emerging & innovative technology and automation, to enable business growth, simplification of processes, improve customer experience and drive cost reduction of delivery & maintenance
– Leads a team of technical SMEs, e.g., engineering, architecture, delivery, product, etc., for the delivery of Change services against business requirements and the day-to-day delivery of operational services and production systems, ensuring that the agreed operational SLAs and KPIs are met

-Demonstrate strong leadership capability to with external and internal stakeholders,

– Responsible for the total MIT Team, circa 600 FTEs

– Responsible for the leadership of the Malabe, Sri Lanka office, Member of the Shared Technology Leadership Team

Minimum Requirements

– This is a People Manager role
– Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or Electronics / Electrical Engineering, or equivalent
– Extensive experience in Financial Services and of running Research and Development programs of work
– Extensive experience in people management and multi-group management
– Significant experience of Software Development, Business and Technical Analysis, Quality Assurance, and / or Emerging Technology and Governance.

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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