Senior Program Manager
RELX · Paris · €78,000–€129,800 (stated in the posting)
About the Business
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is the essential partner in the assessment of risk. Within our Business Services vertical, we help organizations make more informed decisions through data, advanced analytics and innovative technology.
Our Financial Crime Compliance solutions support organizations in managing regulatory and financial crime risks by helping them screen transactions, payments and customers, investigate alerts and make more informed risk decisions.
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is part of RELX, a global provider of information-based analytics and decision tools for professional and business customers.
About the Role
LexisNexis Risk Solutions is seeking a Senior Program Manager to support a strategic initiative delivering innovative AI and agentic technology capabilities within Financial Crime Compliance.
This role will lead complex, cross-functional programs spanning multiple products, platforms and teams, helping take new AI-enabled capabilities from development through customer delivery and value realization.
As Senior Program Manager, you will establish program strategy, governance and integrated delivery plans while coordinating senior stakeholders across Product, Technology and other business functions. A key part of the role will be managing complex relationships, identifying risks and dependencies, facilitating executive decisions and ensuring that programs deliver measurable customer and business value.
This is more than a traditional project management role. We are looking for someone with strong executive presence, excellent relationship-building skills and the ability to influence senior stakeholders without direct authority.
The role also requires strong AI fluency and an interest in how AI, AI agents and automation can improve program delivery, decision-making and customer outcomes.
This role can be based in Paris or London and will work within a globally distributed and highly collaborative environment.
Responsibilities
- Lead complex, cross-functional programs spanning multiple products, platforms, teams and stakeholders.
- Define program strategy, objectives, roadmap, governance, decision rights and integrated delivery plans.
- Align senior stakeholders on priorities, scope, sequencing, resources and expected outcomes, influencing effectively without direct authority.
- Identify and manage program-level risks, issues, dependencies and constraints, developing mitigation plans and escalating key decisions when required.
- Create clarity in ambiguous environments by framing options, evaluating trade-offs and providing clear recommendations to senior leadership.
- Partner with Product, Technology and business teams to drive programs from development through customer delivery and value realization.
- Establish clear measures of success and track program performance, customer value, adoption and business outcomes.
- Provide concise, decision-oriented communication to executives, delivery teams and cross-functional partners.
- Support organizational change and adoption by engaging stakeholders, assessing impacts and helping teams adopt new capabilities and ways of working.
- Use AI and automation tools to improve program planning, research, risk identification, knowledge synthesis, reporting and decision support.
- Identify opportunities to simplify and improve ways of working, helping teams adopt more effective tools, processes and practices.
- Mentor project managers and delivery professionals, sharing best practices and helping improve overall delivery capability.
Requirements
- Strong Program Management or Project Management experience leading complex, cross-functional technology or product programs.
- Ideally 8+ years of progressive project or program management experience. Strong candidates with fewer years of experience may also be considered where they demonstrate the required level of complexity, senior stakeholder exposure and leadership capability.
- Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and build strong relationships without direct authority.
- Strong executive presence, communication and presentation skills, with the ability to adapt communication for senior leadership and delivery teams.
- Experience creating program strategy, integrated delivery plans, governance structures and decision-making frameworks.
- Strong experience managing program risks, dependencies, budgets or investments, change impacts and business outcomes.
- Strong AI fluency, with practical understanding or experience of AI, AI agents, automation or AI-enabled ways of working.
- Ability to operate effectively in complex and ambiguous environments with a high degree of autonomy and proactivity.
- Experience working across Product, Technology, Data, Engineering or related functions is highly beneficial.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear options, recommendations and actions.
- Excellent relationship-building skills and the ability to work effectively with internationally distributed teams.
- Experience within Financial Crime Compliance, Risk or Data Analytics is beneficial but not essential. Candidates from other industries can be considered where they demonstrate strong program leadership, stakeholder management and relevant technology experience.
- Fluent English is essential.
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