Associate Director, Technology

Wellington Management•Boston, MA

2d•$120,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Director for Technology will serve as a strategic partner and trusted advisor to the firm’s Chief Technology Officer to achieve business outcomes while ensuring operational excellence. This role bridges the firm’s technology strategy with execution, financial stewardship, talent development, and organizational communications. The focus is on driving measurable value from the technology portfolio, ensuring investments deliver outcomes aligned with enterprise priorities, and transforming the technology organization into a high-performing, business-oriented partner.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Business, Technology, Finance, or related field; MBA or related experience.
10+ years of experience in technology management, consulting, or business operations with a focus on delivering measurable outcomes.
Strong financial acumen with demonstrated ability to connect technology spend to business value.
Proven track record leading large-scale transformation or change programs with quantifiable results.
Familiarity with agile delivery methodologies and value-driven organizational design.
Experience in talent strategy and working with HR partners to align workforce with business needs.
Strong communications experience, with the ability to craft executive messages and lead organizational events.
Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with an ability to translate technology initiatives into business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Drive alignment of the firm’s technology portfolio to business strategy and measurable outcomes.
Oversee prioritization, planning, and tracking of initiatives based on value delivery, not just completion.
Implement governance frameworks and Key Performance Indicators that measure contribution to revenue growth, cost efficiency, customer satisfaction, or risk reduction.
Partner with Finance to manage budgets and investment cases with a clear focus on return on investment and business impact.
Ensure transparency in technology spend and proactively identify optimization opportunities.
Drive lifecycle management of technology assets with outcomes tied to cost efficiency, compliance, and resilience.
Drive product model thinking in the technology organization for financial outcomes.
Work with HR to align talent strategies to the skills and capabilities needed to deliver business outcomes.
Shape the organizational design to support agile delivery, accountability, and performance against measurable goals.
Promote engagement and development programs that increase productivity, innovation, and retention.
Embed agile practices that emphasize outcome-driven delivery (speed-to-market, quality, customer experience).
Align governance and operating models to focus on value streams rather than activities.
Provide insights into scaling agile practices that accelerate measurable business results.
Act as the central driver of technology transformation programs, ensuring initiatives are outcome-focused.
Translate the CTO’s vision into initiatives with clear business impact (e.g., efficiency gains, AUM growth, improved resilience).
Lead change management to ensure adoption, execution, and realization of intended benefits.
Serve as a proxy for the CTO in forums where business outcomes need to be articulated and tracked.
Coordinate leadership sessions with a focus on aligning strategy to measurable results.
Develop executive-level communications and presentations that frame technology initiatives in terms of business value.
Organize and manage key organizational communications and events, such as town halls, leadership offsites, and strategic forums, ensuring consistency of message and alignment with company culture and strategy.

Benefits

retirement plan
health and wellbeing
dental
vision
pharmacy coverage
health savings account
flexible spending accounts
commuter program
employee assistance program
life and disability insurance
adoption assistance
back-up childcare
tuition/CFA reimbursement
paid time off (leave of absence, paid holidays, volunteer, sick and vacation time)