Job responsibilities:
- Develop and execute a comprehensive technology strategy aligned with the company’s business objectives and product roadmap, and monitor annual technology budgets.
- Stay current with industry trends, evaluate emerging technologies, and identify potential opportunities that align with business and product vision.
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing technology team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, accountability, and continuous improvement.
- Partner with other executives to develop business strategy.
- Collaborate with the Product team to define annual and quarterly roadmaps by overseeing the design, development, and implementation of high-quality and high-scale software solutions.
- Govern and enhance the agile scrum software development lifecycle and software testing standards and processes.
- Lead, enhance, and govern the application support function, overseeing the maintenance and improvement of the application infrastructure to ensure observability, reliability, security, and scalability.
- Implement and enforce effective technology controls, and cybersecurity and data protection measures.
- Act as a thought leader and represent the company in technology-related forums by collaborating with internal and external partners to deliver on the product roadmap.
- Communicate technical concepts effectively to non-technical stakeholders.
Required qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Formal training or certification on software engineering concepts and 15+ years applied experience. In addition, 5+ years of experience leading technologists to manage, anticipate and solve complex technical items within your domain of expertise.
- Demonstrate proven experience in a senior technology leadership role such as CTO, SVP of Engineering, or similar, with a strong background in software development, systems architecture, and technology management.
- Deliver high-scale systems and technology operations in a fast-growing business, with proficiency in agile scrum, DevOps, SRE, and FinOps practices.
- Possess domain experience in Wealth Management, Investment Management, and/or Trading systems, with strong problem-solving, communication, and leadership skills.
- Exhibit exceptional project management and decision-making abilities, with the ability to translate product requirements into technical specifications and solutions.
- Stay informed of key technological trends and link them to business impact.
Preferred qualifications, capabilities, and skills:
- Recognized thought leader and innovator with demonstrated industry experience, including experience working at the code level.
- Possession of an MBA is preferred.