Manager-Technology Delivery

Overview

Provide technical expertise and leadership to a team dedicated to hardware / software / network technologies design and build activities (may be comprised of internal and / or vendor / contractor resources). Ensure activities are completed, validated, align with architectural objectives and requirements, and successfully deploy into the production environment. Provide mentorship to team ensuring optimization of designs / solutions. Champion standard processes and procedures. Provide troubleshooting for development and test environment issues.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide technical expertise and leadership to a team of highly technical employees. Develop and maintain a high performing team through effective hiring, vendor partner management, coaching and performance management. Foster a collaborative, success-oriented team environment where resources are empowered and accountable. Provide work direction, delegation, and prioritization to team. Ensure compliance with company's policies, processes and procedures.
• Work in partnership with leadership and team members (vendors / contractors and direct reports as applicable) to deliver robust technical solutions, ensuring that service level commitments and project time lines are maintained. Ensure successful project design, configuration, performance, implementation and outstanding service delivery. Oversee the technical correctness and completeness of artifacts / documentation associated with engineering designs; pro-actively identify and resolve issues / problems. Verify that build activities are complete per the approved engineering diagrams. Redirect build activities as necessary. Oversee the hand-off of design solutions and confirm testing and validation are executed prior to the final release of new and upgraded technologies.
• Influence the continuous improvement of processes, policies and best practices to optimize performance and availability of technologies. Drive and develop consistent technical build, implementation and support processes. Verify designs are validated and adhere to defined standards. Ensure ongoing improvements align with standard process / service management principles and technology Systems Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methods.
• Evaluate, troubleshoot and participate in root-cause analysis of development and test environment issues within technical area of expertise. Once corrective action is identified, lead respective team to implement changes / improvements in designs / builds as necessary to prevent recurrence.
• Define, track and measure overall department performance and metrics. Complete and distribute reports, models, status updates, statistics, etc., to technology leadership as required. Provide proper escalation to leadership for issues / problems as necessary. Participate in the organization's strategic and financial planning process.
• Continuously develop specialized knowledge and technical subject matter expertise by remaining apprised of industry trends, the direction of emerging technologies, and their potential value to the business. Effectively present the value proposition of business appropriate emerging technologies to technology leadership. #LI_DNI

Required Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

About Our Company

We're a diversified financial services leader with more than $1.5 trillion in assets under management, administration and advisement as of 2024. With our team of more than 20,000 people in 20 countries, we advise, manage and protect assets and income of more than 3.5 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a longstanding leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses – Ameriprise Financial, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.Base Pay Salary The estimated base salary for this role is $104,900 – $140,000 a year. We have a pay-for-performance compensation philosophy. Your initial total compensation may vary based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and geographical work location. In addition, most of our roles are eligible for variable pay in the form of bonus, commissions, and / or long-term incentives depending on the role. We also have a competitive and comprehensive benefits program that supports all aspects of your health and well-being, including but not limited to vacation time, sick time, 401(k), and health, dental and life insurances.Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.Full-Time / Part-Time Full timeExempt / Non-Exempt ExemptJob Family Group TechnologyLine of Business TECH Technology

Company Note

Ameriprise Financial

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