Senior Director of Engineering at FINRA in Rockville, Maryland

Job Description:

The Senior Director is part of the senior management team of Technology, oversees a major program or project organization within Technology, and most often reports directly to a Vice President or Senior Vice President.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage multiple agile development teams and engineering managers responsible for multiple software products. 


• Understand viewpoints of and collaborate effectively with Product Management and Architecture Leads to ensure that products are defined, architected, implemented, delivered and supported in alignment with organizational strategy, goals and standards while addressing business vision, strategy and needs. 


• Accountable for the credibility of estimates, consistently deliver on commitments with high quality product on a predictable schedule. 


• Accountable for technical integrity, compliance, and alignment with technology strategy of software products over time.


• Accountable for clear and timely communication and effective coordination with stakeholders to ensure risks, issues and changes are well managed. 


• Accountable for the development, forecasting, and management of budgets. 


• Lead and drive collaboration on cross-organization and cross-product initiatives. 


• Drive and effectively manage multiple projects with accountability for outcomes, budget, schedule, resources, quality, risks and internal and external dependencies.


• Accountable for managing vendor relationships and ensuring vendor commitments are met within agreed to budget and schedule and that delivered product or service meets business, operational, compliance and other needs.


• Hire, coach, mentor and develop great engineers and engineering managers. 


• Accountable for building high-performing, appropriately-staffed, self-organizing agile development teams that deliver measurable business value rapidly with high-quality products.


• Accountable for assessment of  software engineering practices and driving continuous improvement in engineering practices, operational efficiency, time to value and product quality. . 


• Partner with leaders and drive collaboration across organizational boundaries, communicating effectively with people up and down the org chart in both business and technology. 


• Accountable for compliance of practices and products with all security, privacy, audit and other requirements and FINRA standards. 


• Establish credibility as an engineer, coach and leader in turn driving collaboration with the Architecture Practice and other organizations to foster technical innovation and the use of advanced techniques and technologies (e.g., machine learning, process automation, advanced engineering practices, etc.) to enhance business value and reduce operational burden. 

Qualifications and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least ten (10) years of related experience, or equivalent training and / or work experience; Master’s degree and past Financial Services industry experience preferred.


• Minimum of 5 years managing multiple technology teams, programs and projects including staff management of at least fifteen (15) resources and budget of at least $3 million.


• Minimum of 5 years of progressive responsibility as an engineer on development teams directly responsible for building and delivering software-intensive systems.


• Extensive knowledge of business, technology and management principles involved in strategic planning, organizational change management, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership. techniques, and coordination of people and resources.


• Deep experience and expertise in building, delivering and supporting software-intensive solutions with a focus on engineering, execution and operational excellence meeting stringent business, quality, security and compliance concerns.


• Extensive knowledge of industry leading technology trends, best practices and methods including agile software development and iterative delivery and cloud computing.


• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple initiatives simultaneously and balance competing priorities.


• Past success driving and contributing to strategic decisions for an organization, identifying investment tradeoffs, and delivering high quality solutions to customer needs.


• Outstanding communication, organization, time management, interpersonal and management skills


• Outstanding problem identification, analysis and solving skills


• Proven change agent who can improve and grow the capability of an organization.

Compensation Range for Colorado locations

Annual Salary: $136,200.00 - $266,500.00

To be considered for this position, please submit an application.

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