Vice President, Institutional Investments Technology Product Management

About the position

The Vice President of Institutional Investments Technology Product Management will be responsible for the strategic roadmap to deliver transformative technology solutions to power the institutional investment management business. The holistic roadmap will include modernizing data and analytics to power investment management teams, transform investor experience, and automate operational workflows. The role seeks a dynamic and results-oriented leader with intensive subject matter expertise in data and analytics and deep experience in product management.

Responsibilities

• Partner with stakeholders across Investment Management, Sales, Engineering, Finance, Fund Operations, Client Service, Legal, Compliance to define the technology transformation roadmap, and agree on priorities, inclusive of ROI
• Design and deliver a differentiated investor portal for sponsors and institutional clients, serving as a single easy-to-use platform for client’s data and reporting needs
• Harness data and analytics to inform clients and fund managers on fund performance, historical trends, portfolio exposure and diversification data
• Streamline operational workflows by identifying and automating highly manual and/or high-risk operational functions
• Present complex ideas and processes in easy to consume presentations to gain stakeholder alignment and drive initiatives forward
• Promote agile development methodologies, enabling sprint planning and daily stand-up routines and a mindset of regular, incremental deliverables, and ability to incorporate user feedback and evolving requirements
• Manage data and software vendors, budgets and SLAs
• Drive stakeholder communications, surfacing risks and influencing resolution and decision making

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mathematics, business, engineering, or related field
• 10+ years of industry experience within financial services
• Expert in data product strategy and data architecture design, and experience delivering scalable and extensible solutions that span multiple businesses and jurisdictions
• Hands-on experience with BI and analytics tools such as Tableau
• Commercial and data-driven decision maker, deeply analytical, critical thinker
• Experienced in managing vendor budgets and relationships and focused on qualitative and quantitative vendor SLAs
• Experience with drafting customer journeys, business process models and workflows
• Strong program management skills and experience in successfully delivering complex projects
• Deep understanding of Agile methodologies, with a pragmatic mindset to adapt and apply to an organization’s unique context
• Intrinsically motivated self-starter seeking a fast-paced and rapidly evolving organization
• Team player who enjoys building trusted partnerships with colleagues and stakeholders
• Superior communicator and professional presentation skills
• Efficiency, organization skills and deep attention to detail are imperative