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About The Position

Requirements

• Strong understanding of back-office operations, trade lifecycle management, investment operations, and asset servicing processes.
• Architecture-level understanding of enterprise platforms, distributed systems, and large-scale data ecosystems.
• Proven ability to define strategy and translate it into measurable roadmaps and execution plans.
• Deep understanding of enterprise software engineering, architecture, cloud, cybersecurity, data, infrastructure, and operational resilience.
• Experience leading complex transformation programs across legacy and modern technology estates.
• Strong risk management, governance, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate across business, product, engineering, operations, control functions, and external partners.
• Excellent executive communication skills with the ability to clearly present priorities, trade-offs, risks, and outcomes.
• Commitment to talent development, inclusive leadership, and building high-performing global teams.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, Mathematics, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 20+ years of progressive technology leadership experience, including significant responsibility for large-scale engineering organizations and business-critical platforms.
• Proven experience managing global teams and complex technology portfolios within financial services or another highly regulated industry.
• Demonstrated success defining strategy and delivering enterprise application modernization, cloud transformation, and platform rationalization initiatives with measurable business and technology outcomes.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms, microservices, APIs, event-driven architecture, enterprise integration patterns, relational databases, and modern web technologies.
• Experience with Agile delivery, product-aligned operating models, DevOps, automated testing, software quality, and production support.
• Experience managing third-party technology vendors, offshore delivery partners, budgets, and strategic investment portfolios.
• Working knowledge of regulatory, audit, cybersecurity, information security, data governance, and operational risk requirements applicable to financial institutions.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.
• Experience with investment servicing, asset management, fund accounting, or investment operations is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the multi-year technology strategy and roadmap
• Lead a global organization spanning software engineering, quality assurance, architecture, cloud, DevOps, release management, and production support.
• Partner with Product Management, Operations, Client Services, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Risk, Compliance, and business leadership to deliver strategic technology solutions.
• Drive application modernization, cloud transformation, user experience improvement, automation, and platform simplification.
• Oversee solution architecture, engineering delivery, production readiness, operational stability, and lifecycle management across the application portfolio.
• Establish and govern engineering standards, secure software development practices, CI/CD, automated testing, DevSecOps, and responsible use of AI-assisted development tools.
• Ensure platform availability, resiliency, disaster recovery readiness, business continuity, performance, and capacity management.
• Own remediation of technology risks, vulnerabilities, audit findings, control gaps, and regulatory commitments.
• Oversee strategic vendors and delivery partners, including performance, financial management, risk management, and accountability for delivery outcomes.
• Develop senior technology leaders, build succession plans, and foster a culture of accountability, innovation, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous learning.
• Communicate technology strategy, investment priorities, delivery progress, operational health, and risks to senior executives and governance forums.

Benefits

• retirement savings plan (401K) with company match
• insurance coverage including basic life, medical, dental, vision, long-term disability, and other optional additional coverages
• paid-time off including vacation, sick leave, short term disability, and family care responsibilities
• access to our Employee Assistance Program
• incentive compensation including eligibility for annual performance-based awards
• eligibility for certain tax advantaged savings plans
• inclusive development opportunities
• flexible work-life support
• paid volunteer days
• vibrant employee networks