Prime Risk & Margin Technology Manager, Executive Director

Wells Fargo & Company•Iselin, NJ

1d•$185,000 - $300,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The position is within the Prime Services Technology organization for a hands‑on senior technology leader responsible for driving the build‑out of the strategic Prime Risk & Margin platform. The role oversees the end‑to‑end technology team delivering real‑time risk, margin, and analytics capabilities supporting Prime Brokerage, Delta‑1, and Synthetic Financing businesses. Qualified candidates will have deep experience delivering large‑scale technology transformations in front‑office risk, margin, or capital optimization domains, with proven ability to partner with senior stakeholders across Front Office, Risk, Finance, Operations, and Compliance.

Requirements

6+ years of Specialty Software Engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated through one or a combination of the following: work experience, training, military experience, education
3+ years of management or leadership experience
6+ years of capital markets or securities industry experience
6+ years of direct experience in Prime Brokerage, Equity Finance, Delta‑1, Synthetic Financing, or Margin/Risk technology
6+ years of application development experience, Strong proficiency in Java and/or C++ in low‑latency trading or risk environments
6+ years designing or building high‑performance distributed systems
6+ years managing application development teams (onshore + offshore) in Agile environments.
5+ years of architectural design experience with distributed compute, caching, and messaging systems.
6+ years of experience integrating quant libraries, pricing models, and risk engines

Nice To Haves

Experience building front‑to‑back platforms supporting sales & trading or prime financing organizations
Experience running technology working groups, governance forums, and senior steering committees
Knowledge of object‑oriented analysis/design patterns, distributed systems, and large‑scale architecture
Understanding of complex margin/risk model integration for Prime Brokerage and Synthetic Financing
Strong command of SDLC tooling: Git, Jenkins, Jira, Artifactory, uDeploy, etc.
Proven track record delivering regulatory or operational risk projects under tight timelines
Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to articulate complex risk/margin workflows to senior stakeholders
Experience with regulatory margining (e.g., Basel, SEC/FINRA rules)
Understanding of risk methodologies (e.g., VaR, stress tests, Greeks, exposure measures)
Understanding of capital and liquidity calculations related to prime financing

Responsibilities

Lead the design, build, and rollout of the strategic Prime Risk & Margin platform supporting Prime Brokerage, Delta‑1, Synthetics, and Financing desks.
Drive migration of risk, margin, exposure, and scenario workflows from legacy systems onto the new strategic architecture.
Partner with MD‑level stakeholders across trading, risk policy, quant, and product teams to shape roadmap and delivery priorities.
Collaborate closely with Product Development, BA, and cross‑functional teams to ensure functional and non‑functional requirements are met.
Own and execute the multi‑year technology roadmap across globally distributed teams (New York, India, and other regions).
Architect target‑state distributed systems for Prime Risk, Portfolio Margining, stress testing, and exposure management.
Produce functional specifications, technical design documents, and oversee testing frameworks for risk and margin workflows.
Manage full SDLC lifecycle including analysis, design, coding, testing, deployment, and production readiness.
Conduct code reviews and ensure high engineering standards across risk, margin, and exposure technology domains.
Serve as the technical and functional SME for Prime Risk & Margin processes, methodologies, and system integration.
Tackle complex analytical and computational challenges involving large datasets, high‑performance calculation engines, and time‑sensitive risk workloads.
Ensure quality, maintainability, resiliency, and scalability across all platform components.