Technology Managing Director

Our client is a is a global provider of investment and financial services and software for the financial services industries.

Job Description:

Seeking a Managing Director, Technology to join our team. This role will work across our clients product portfolio, with accountability for the development of world-class products for our customers. This person will run the Technology pillar in the product organization.

Why You Will Love It Here:

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model & Business Casual Dress Code, including jeans
• Your Future: 401k Matching Program, Professional Development Reimbursement
• Work/Life Balance: Flexible Personal/Vacation Time Off, Sick Leave, Paid Holidays
• Your Well-being: Medical, Dental, Vision, Employee Assistance Program, Parental Leave
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

Responsibilities:

• Merging of engineering teams, skills, experience, and cultures across our clients product portfolio
• Delivering modernization activities in the tech stack in line with the overall strategy, including large enterprise applications to SaaS-based deployments, breaking apart a monolith, advancement of development ecosystems, and being an enabler for the move to Cloud First strategies.
• Driving technology conversations and decisions with key stakeholders at the executive level.
• Onboarding new companies/teams as required via mergers/acquisition
• Determine the design of the Technology organization, strengths and weaknesses, and how to strengthen the team to meet their strategic objectives.
• Ensure the continuous delivery of product features and enhancements that deliver on expected growth outcomes.
• Direct the launch of new modules and releases, along with the cross-functional implementation of the plan; ensure all product build deliveries are on time and of the required quality.
• Ensure that ways of working, and those of your teams, are consistent with the values and culture expected .

Requirements:

• A background in software engineering.
• Applied knowledge of agile delivery, ideally using multiple methodologies.
• Previous track record of modernization of enterprise-level applications.
• Proven experience of building, expanding and running large, globally distributed Engineering teams.
• SaaS cloud knowledge, ideally in migrating products to cloud.
• Experience of DevOps delivery into production environments
• Experience in marketing functions or in branded product development.
• Experience and awareness of governance, financial management and risk management.
• Ability to be a constant force for improvement in the development and marketing of world class products.