Lead Solution Manager - Parametric
About The Position
The Lead Solution Manager works across Parametric’s organization to define and maintain solution vision, intent, design, architecture, execution, and roadmaps for strategic technology solutions. The role translates user and business needs into end-to-end journeys, personas, high-level solution outlines, capability roadmaps, functional requirements, migration paths, milestones, and target operating models. In collaboration with Business Architecture, business stakeholders, and Technology, the Lead Solution Manager helps establish shared data and capability terminology and guides solutions from current to future state. The position initiates and facilitates solution architecture with development leads, influences technical design and decisions to align with business objectives, and communicates those decisions to senior executives. It also contributes to capability delivery timelines and quarterly Program Increment planning, clarifies dependencies and sequencing, and works with project managers, quality assurance, and development teams on execution. The role may have direct or indirect management responsibilities for Business Analysts and may lead individual contributors supporting the client analysis solution. Parametric’s hybrid working model requires working in the office three days a week, with the option to work remotely or in the office on the remaining days.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required; a master’s degree is preferred.
- At least 8 years of experience in Finance/Asset Management, Strategy, or Product Management.
- At least 8 years of experience in financial data products, investment platforms, wealth technology, portfolio construction, or trading.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Experience leading and directing others to achieve measurable results.
- Demonstrated ability to articulate a solution or product vision and/or customized solutions that meet business objectives.
- Experience working with Scaled Agile software development processes.
- Advanced skills using tools to document workflows and data mapping, including Miro/Lucid, Excel, SQL, Visio/Lucid/Figma, PowerPoint, Confluence, and Jira.
- Understanding of analysis and artifact goals throughout the solution lifecycle.
- Ability to learn quickly and work in a dynamic, changing environment under tight deadlines.
- Ability to independently manage personal timelines and meet tight deadlines.
- Ability to manage, sequence, and coordinate multiple simultaneous deliverables across groups and teams.
- Ability to lead and manage direct reports consisting of contractors and/or full-time employees.
Responsibilities
- Communicate effectively with business and technology partners, using discussion, debate, listening, and impact analysis to understand needs beyond obvious answers.
- Design and facilitate workshops and user sessions, selecting participants and appropriate approaches such as interviews, online whiteboarding, surveys, and card sorting.
- Understand and articulate user needs empathetically.
- Analyze information gathered from users and stakeholders to identify goals, business needs, problem statements, opportunities, workflows, user journeys, personas, and high-level solution outlines.
- Collaborate with business and development teams to define solution intent, capability roadmaps, and milestones.
- Initiate and facilitate solution architecture with development leads, influence technical design, and ensure alignment with business objectives.
- Communicate architecture and design decisions to senior executives to support alignment.
- Identify and articulate dependencies that affect development sequencing.
- Collaborate with Technology project managers to facilitate quarterly Program Increment planning across teams.
- Work with project managers, quality assurance, and development teams on execution.
- Collaborate with business stakeholders to define target operating models as systems evolve.
- Work with Business Analysts on user research, operating-model and architecture-session facilitation, and requirements definition.
- Manage stakeholder relationships through polished communication and follow-through.
- Create written solution inception, vision, and intent documents.
- Lead and influence cross-functional teams.
- Consult with product and development teams and ensure continuity on the solution.
- Manage a team of individual contributors who contribute to the client analysis solution.
- Lead and manage a team of direct reports that may include contractors and/or full-time employees.
Benefits
- Medical insurance
- Prescription drug coverage
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Dependent Day Care Savings Account
- Life insurance
- Disability and other insurance plans
- Paid time off, including sick leave consistent with state and local law
- Parental leave
- 20 vacation days annually
- 10 paid holidays
- 401(k)
- Short- and long-term disability
- Other employee perks
- Potential eligibility for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award
- Potential eligibility for a business-unit incentive compensation plan, which may include a discretionary bonus component
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
