Application Development Sr Group Manager, Director
About The Position
Own the end-to-end technology strategy, architecture, and delivery for wealth-lending platforms, including securities-based lending, margin lending, structured credit, mortgages, and bespoke lending solutions. Lead the design and evolution of lending portfolio management tools, enabling real-time visibility into exposures, collateral coverage, utilization, concentration, and risk across client and portfolio reviews. Drive the development of margin lending value calculators and analytics, supporting pricing, profitability, risk-adjusted returns, capital efficiency, and client decisioning. Remain hands-on with critical architecture, complex analytics design, code reviews, and high-impact delivery decisions, setting a high technical and analytical bar. Apply exceptional analytical thinking and fluid intelligence to solve ambiguous, multi-dimensional problems spanning lending economics, risk, capital, and regulatory constraints. Translate complex wealth-lending, margin, collateral, and regulatory requirements into resilient, extensible platforms and data models. Partner closely with senior business, risk, finance, and operations stakeholders to align portfolio analytics, margin economics, and platform capabilities with commercial and risk objectives. Lead and scale a large, globally distributed engineering organization, driving accountability, strong execution discipline, and a culture of engineering excellence. Balance near-term delivery commitments with long-term platform sustainability, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and technical de are actively managed. Establish and govern engineering standards across security, performance, data quality, model transparency, and regulatory compliance in a highly controlled environment. Leverage deep wealth-lending domain expertise to identify opportunities for straight-through processing, automation, margin optimization, and improved portfolio outcomes. Use telemetry, metrics, and data-driven insights to measure platform health, portfolio performance, margin utilization, delivery predictability, and operational risk. Drive multi-year modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, API-first and event-driven architectures, and analytics platform integration. Build, mentor, and retain senior engineering leaders, creating a strong leadership bench and succession pipeline. Own delivery outcomes across multiple concurrent programs, ensuring predictable execution, transparent communication, and high-quality results. Influence firm-wide technology and analytics strategy by articulating trade-offs, investment priorities, and long-term value creation.
Requirements
- 15+ years of relevant experience
- 8-10+ years of managerial experience preferred
- PMP Certification
- MBA
- Specific to business Licenses and other Experience with financial products
- Working knowledge of the industry and competitors' products and services
- Advanced knowledge of strategic direction of the function within relevant part of the business
- Proficient computer skills with a focus on Microsoft Office applications
- Demonstrated leadership, management, and development skills
- Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
- Experience delivering platforms using microservices, API-first architectures, event-driven frameworks (Kafka/Pulsar), and real‑time analytics tools.
- Strong experience with cloud or hybrid-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift) and cloud‑native design patterns.
Nice To Haves
- Master's degree preferred
Responsibilities
- Own the end-to-end technology strategy, architecture, and delivery for wealth-lending platforms
- Lead the design and evolution of lending portfolio management tools
- Drive the development of margin lending value calculators and analytics
- Remain hands-on with critical architecture, complex analytics design, code reviews, and high-impact delivery decisions
- Apply exceptional analytical thinking and fluid intelligence to solve ambiguous, multi-dimensional problems
- Translate complex wealth-lending, margin, collateral, and regulatory requirements into resilient, extensible platforms and data models
- Partner closely with senior business, risk, finance, and operations stakeholders
- Lead and scale a large, globally distributed engineering organization
- Balance near-term delivery commitments with long-term platform sustainability
- Establish and govern engineering standards across security, performance, data quality, model transparency, and regulatory compliance
- Leverage deep wealth-lending domain expertise to identify opportunities for straight-through processing, automation, margin optimization, and improved portfolio outcomes
- Use telemetry, metrics, and data-driven insights to measure platform health, portfolio performance, margin utilization, delivery predictability, and operational risk
- Drive multi-year modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, API-first and event-driven architectures, and analytics platform integration
- Build, mentor, and retain senior engineering leaders
- Own delivery outcomes across multiple concurrent programs
- Influence firm-wide technology and analytics strategy
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
