Delivery Program Manager

Our client is a leading global Financial Market data provider who runs several change programs to deliver high-quality software that connects Financial Markets across the globe in a real-time, high frequency, and low-latency data management chain. The projects are technically challenging in a very engaging environment making the most of cutting-edge technologies covering the domains of Real-Time, Big Data, Cloud, and Machine Learning.

The Index Data Processing Platform (IDPS) is a program whose main purpose is to drive improvements across data collection, data management and data governance resulting in improved efficiencies, robustness, and the ability for our business to use our data as an asset by driving both cost savings and revenue opportunities. Some of the outcomes and benefits of this program include:

• Provides a single, centralized version of the truth/data including standardized logical and physical data model
• Data capabilities to build world class multi-asset indices and data & analytics services
• Universal data quality profiling and checks as well as Data Policies and Governance
• A platform for data discovery, management and cataloguing
• Ability to on-board and integrate new business acquisitions more efficiently
• Improve operational efficiency through automation
• A customized bi-directional packaging and delivery capability

We are looking for a Delivery Manager who has experience in starting up projects, coordination, mentoring multiple teams, conducting planning events, who is comfortable working with Senior Stakeholders, Product Management and has proven experience of establishing proper metrics, KPIs and assessments needed to keep projects on-track.

Lead delivery & governance for multipleteams executing against business initiatives

Provide overall program leadership, guidance and technical expertise to manage all aspects of the change roadmap including requirements analysis, business case creation, planning and execution

Lead the cross functional team driving for business outcomes through working in collaboration with the business and functions, holding ultimate accountability for delivery, managing programmes with great complexity, impact, risk, budget variances and change requests through to ultimate delivery to the end customer

Capital allocation & portfolio planning, including resourcing

Senior stakeholder engagement

Accountability for managing issues through to resolution

Ensure prioritisation of key projects and creating new ideas around delivery improvements

Produce reports for senior management and stakeholders on the progress of the programmes against objectives and plans, highlighting any improvement areas and the requirements to correct them

Promote and foster collaboration across Business and Functions, providing leadership in cross-functional meetings and representing the programmes to senior stakeholders in governance boards and committees

Collaborate with the Portfolio Manager to ensure the programmes achieve objectives and align with business priorities of the Trading area and Data and Analytics more broadly.

*Lead, coach, and mentor project managers within the program, setting performance and delivery expectations to yield consistent results, whilst highlighting and promoting successful practices across the organisation

• 7+ years of professional managerial experience in IT outsourcing industry.

Proven experience of working on vendor's side as a Program/Delivery manager and being responsible for:

• P&L
• Delivery
• Client relationship
• Team/People management

Knowledge & Skill

• In-depth business and managerial knowledge of a department or sub-function
• Client, Delivery, People and Financial Management (budgeting planning and execution)
• Good knowledge and understanding of related functions
• Demonstrates people leadership skills
• Strong knowledge of SDLC
• Strong knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, Waterfall and best scenarios of usage
• Fluent English and excellent communication skills
• Risks and issues management experience
• Hands-on experience leading projects in Agile framework
• Hands-on experience with implementation of enterprise-level software
• Hands-on experience with setting up performance metrics in development process
• Excellent skills with stakeholder management
• Experience working with international customers

Strategic Planning & Decision Making

• Develops delivery unit plans, including business, production and organizational priorities, which support overall business strategy
• Implements processes to produce desired changes
• Directs the resolution of complex or unusual technical, operational and organizational problems which may be multi-disciplinary
• Decisions are guided by resource availability, business unit or functional business plans

Fin domain experience

• Competitive salary
• Luxoft Training Center
• Access to e-learning Library
• Individual development plans
• Long-term cooperation with possibility to gain experience in different projects and technologies
• A significant number of professional communities (Agile Community, Tech Community, Business Analysis Community, etc.)

• Group Life Insurance
• Private healthcare insurance – LuxMed. Unlimited access to specialist consultations with Dental Care included
• Medical costs reimbursement for employees (up to certain amount per quarter)
• Travel Insurance
• Benefit Program - Cafeteria and Multisport Card

• Various communities (sport, recreation activities, trips, board games, cultural and educational activities)
• Discounts program for employees – BeLux (banking offer, car leasing offer and cafeteria program discount)
• Convenient locations in a modern offices with game rooms
• Multinational projects for clients all over the world