VP - Front Office / Order Management System Technology Lead
$110,000–$188,750 year
On-siteBurlington, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Define and deliver strategic technology solutions across front office investment management, portfolio management, trading, and order management. Collaborate with portfolio managers, traders, and research teams to translate business needs into scalable platforms for portfolio construction, rebalancing, execution workflows, and risk analytics. Lead large-scale technology modernization initiatives by driving adoption of Agile, DevOps, cloud-native architecture, and automated testing. Evaluate and implement emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to enhance workflow automation and decision support. Mentor engineers and technical leads on scalable design patterns while aligning delivery roadmaps with organizational objectives and client priorities.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Information Systems, Finance, Engineering, or a related discipline
- 15+ years of experience in software engineering, solution architecture, product development, enterprise technology, or investment management technology delivery
- Significant experience supporting front office investment management, portfolio management, trading, order management, or investment operations platforms
- Experience delivering technology solutions within asset management, investment management, wealth management, banking, or capital markets organizations
- Strong understanding of investment workflows, portfolio construction, trading, risk management, performance measurement, and investment data management
- Experience leading large-scale technology modernization initiatives and cross-functional teams across business, product, architecture, and engineering functions
- Ability to work directly with senior stakeholders, translate business requirements into technology solutions, and drive execution across complex delivery programs
- Strong experience with SQL and relational data platforms
- Experience with one or more programming languages such as Java, Python, or similar enterprise development languages
- Experience designing enterprise applications, APIs, microservices, integration services, and cloud-native solutions
- Experience with data integration, data management, analytics platforms, and distributed processing technologies
- Familiarity with AWS and/or Azure cloud platforms, containerization, and modern deployment practices
- Ability to evaluate technical trade-offs across scalability, performance, resiliency, maintainability, and operational supportability
Desired Qualifications
- Experience within Asset Management, Investment Management, Wealth Management, or Capital Markets firms
- Deep understanding of portfolio management and trading workflows across equities, fixed income, ETFs, derivatives, and multi-asset portfolios
- Experience with Order Management Systems (OMS), Portfolio Management Systems (PMS), Risk Systems, Investment Book of Record (IBOR) platforms, or similar front office investment platforms
- Knowledge of portfolio analytics, optimization, attribution, exposure management, benchmark management, and risk concepts
- Experience developing or supporting portfolio analytics, trading, investment research, or decision-support platforms
- Experience evaluating and implementing AI-enabled productivity, automation, data quality, document intelligence, or analytics solutions
- Familiarity with machine learning, Generative AI, Large Language Models, or other emerging AI technologies
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