Chief Technology Officer-Columbia Investment Management Company-Hybrid Schedule

Position Summary

Columbia Investment Management Company, LLC (“IMC”) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Columbia University charged with stewarding Columbia’s managed assets for the current and future support of University operations and with preserving the purchasing power of the endowment over the long term. Almost all assets across the $15B+ endowment are managed externally in a diversified strategy that uses active and passive management techniques across a wide range of asset classes.

The IMC seeks professionals who embody our values. We seek those who recognize that first and foremost, we are stewards of the University. We are purposeful about the decisions we make, always mindful that decisions must reflect the strategy and the priorities of the organization. We strive to balance the art and science of investing using tools and technology to enhance decision-making. We value technology in our process, but know that it is most effective when combined with human judgment and an eye towards assessing how we expect markets and processes to evolve over time. We are intellectually honest, holding ourselves and others to account so that we make the best decisions for long-term outperformance. Finally, we are a team. A team that shares responsibility for the inputs and outputs of our process. We believe strongly in collaboration and effective communication as requirements for success.

The Chief Technology Officer will report to the IMC’s CEO and President and will work closely with all members of the IMC in a team-oriented environment. The candidate will develop a strong working knowledge of the investment management and operational needs of the IMC in order to continue improving its existing infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• The Chief Technology Officer is charged with developing a strategy that meets the current needs of the IMC but maintains flexibility to evolve with technology.
• Assist in further developing and integrating solutions to assist in the management and analysis of a multi-asset class portfolio.
• Although the candidate will manage both an internal team and consultants, this is a hands-on role in architecture, programming, responsible for project management, security, effectively delegating and managing projects, as well as helping to guide and develop the existing development team (including consultants).
• The CTO will be expected to apply industry best practices and design patterns to design scalable, secure, and strategic solutions that have superior technical performance.
• Comfortable managing ongoing maintenance and support of all applications.
• Responsible for the visionary leadership and direction for the IT team, manage complex problems, using communication and negotiation skills to effectively make decisions to move the organization forward.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree.
• A minimum of eight years of relevant experience in solution/enterprise architecture, supporting customized analytics and data-driven decision making, preferably within the investment industry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree desirable.
• Experience working with instances deployed in AWS is a plus, along with familiarity with cloud services in AWS and Azure, including serverless architectures. Familiarity with or prior exposure to the Python data science stack (e.g., pandas, JupyterHub) is helpful.
• Familiarity with version control and CI/CD in GitLab or GitHub.