Senior Director – Software Engineering – Private Investment

Senior Director – Software Engineering – Private Investment

Requirements

• 12+ years of professional experience in Application development & programming across multiple languages, frameworks, solution architecture, implementing large-scale distributed technology and data solutions (on-prem and cloud), and vendor implementations, customizations, integrations in financial services, data systems architecture, asset management, Investment management, trading, risk management domain areas.
• 5+ years of combined experience leading engineering and product teams in the financial services industry.
• Experience in leading through multiple engineering teams and their respective leads.
• Experience with vendor platform implementations, customizations, integrations, and in-house software platform implementations to achieve business outcomes.
• Significant hands-on production experience working with various architecture concepts, application design, cloud-native applications (AWS), cloud data (Snowflake), Front end frameworks, languages (React Javascript), Python, Web technologies, caching technologies, CI/CD, Containerization, deployment technologies, API development, Microservices architecture and BI Tools in financial services and asset management area. Experience with Incorta, and PowerBI is a plus.
• Experience with Test Driven development and related technologies stack.
• Strong communication skills at all levels (verbal and written). Ability to successfully communicate to technical and non-technical audiences in varying forms and all levels of detail.
• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Private asset management technology and data capabilities strategy and its implementation to enable Private Deal Management, Investment Management life cycle, Portfolio management, Asset Servicing, IBOR/ABOR, Deal Analytics, Risk, and Performance Reporting capabilities.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership to build State-of-the-art technology capabilities for the Private asset management business and drive its execution to delivery.
• Responsibility for new Private Deal/Investment management and asset servicing platform (Efront Blackrock product) implementation, customizations, and integration with existing Managed Investments ecosystem to bring efficiency and scale in managing and growing Private assets.
• Lead the talent strategy and development of the team. Responsible for hiring, coaching, mentoring the group, and developing future engineering leaders.
• Build a high-performing culture and embraces NM’s behaviors in bringing the best out of people. Leads with enterprise vision.
• Organize talent and manage budgets for optimal business results.
• Demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive and instills these behaviors within the team.
• Collaborate with the business to understand business drivers, strategy, and critical business outcomes for Private Asset Management business. Establishes business-aligned goals and leads the team to meet the objectives.
• Act as an ambassador and representative for Northwestern Mutual’s technology organization in community and technology events.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.