Our client is actively interviewing candidate for a direct hire Director of Solutions Delivery with Investments experience. Prior experience working in investments is required for this role!
Duties and Responsibilities
- Oversee the development, maintenance, support, scalability, and performance of applications related to Investment Strategy and Investment Accounting.
- Manage day-to-day interactions with Investment Strategy and Investment Accounting vendors.
- Handle escalations for all technology issues related to the delivery of Investment Strategy and Investment Accounting applications.
- Responsible for the Investments Technical Architecture and the technical automation capabilities for the business unit.
- Collaborate with the Investments business unit to understand roadmaps and translate them into technology initiatives and solutions.
- Partner with Chief of Staff, Architecture, and Engineering to ensure Investment Strategy and Investment Accounting technology initiatives align with enterprise strategy.
- Lead internal and external development teams (e.g., PMs, Software Engineers, Data Engineers, Data Analysts) to deliver services.
- Supervise solutions delivery efforts, including estimating design, development, and support needs, providing input to capability planning, and ensuring solutions adhere to quality assurance standards.
- Stay informed about industry trends, tools, and practices, and communicate insights to leadership for direction.
- Manage vendor relationships to ensure contract terms, SLA, and performance agreements are met, and changes/enhancements/bugs are managed appropriately.
- Develop RFPs and review proposals to determine buy vs. build solutions. Negotiate contracts with SLAs, performance agreements, and incentives/penalties.
- Ensure projects are delivered on time, within budget, and with quality results that meet business needs.
- Ensure that all solutions meet security and compliance guidelines and align with disaster recovery guidelines.
- Retire legacy systems and solutions.
- Define and assess all roadmaps, architectures, frameworks, and risks associated with each, and manage risk and compliance to minimize exposure.
- Estimate resources for all engagements and design, manage, and oversee all project teams, including internal staff as well as external business partners and third-party vendors.
Experience and Education Requirements
- B.S. or B.A. required; advanced degree preferred.
- 8+ years of Information Technology leadership in applications architecture and development/programming.
- 5+ years of experience managing outsource vendors, COTS, and internal staff.
- 3+ years of experience managing cross-functional development teams.
- Experience designing, developing, implementing, and monitoring adherence to policy, process, procedures, and standards.
- Technical financial and contract management experience.
- Business Process Re-Engineering, Six Sigma, or Lean a plus.
Skills and Abilities
- Demonstrated experience leading teams in the Life and Annuity Insurance or Investments markets.
- Knowledge of Investments and Investment Accounting processing needs and automation trends.
- Strong technical proficiency with applications architecture, frameworks, and enterprise solutions delivery.
- Strong architecture and implementation experience preferred.
- Strong agile and project management experience, certification a plus.
- Knowledge of the Financial Services industry a plus.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and initiatives simultaneously.
- Ability to effectively lead teams, coordinate team activities, and mobilize the workforce.
- Demonstrated understanding of financial statements, metrics, and reporting.
- Significant expertise in testing principles, disciplines, tools, and environments.
- Participated in IT strategic planning and architectural design, established policies and standards.
- Strong networking and relationship-building across the organization and with service providers and COTS vendors.
- Current knowledge of solution and information security, compliance, and disaster recovery principles.
- Business/commercially focused and results oriented.
- Strong fiscal focus, including budgets, ROI, and Cost Benefit Analysis.
- Consultative and client-oriented, a creative problem solver with a collaborative nature.
- Executive Leadership: ability to influence/negotiate with peers and vendors.
- Excellent agile and project management skills, PMI certification a plus.
- Professional, decisive with integrity and high ethical standards.
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