Technology Programme Manager - Middle Office Transformation Programme

We are seeking an experienced Technology Programme Manager to lead the technology delivery of a large scale Middle Office Transformation Programme within a global investment management environment.

This is a senior leadership role responsible for coordinating multiple technology workstreams, ensuring successful delivery across data, integration, architecture, applications and infrastructure while working closely with business programme leadership.

The programme includes implementation and integration across BNY, Bloomberg, Charles River, Eagle, Databricks, Enterprise Data Platform, APIs, reporting platforms and numerous downstream investment systems.

The successful candidate will bring extensive experience delivering complex technology transformation programmes within asset management or investment operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the end to end technology delivery across multiple concurrent projects and workstreams.
• Manage delivery across architecture, data, integration, application development, testing and environments.
• Coordinate technical dependencies across Front Office, Middle Office, Reporting and Enterprise Data Platform initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated technology delivery plans.
• Manage technology risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• Ensure successful coordination between internal technology teams, business stakeholders and third party vendors.
• Drive programme governance including Steering Committee reporting, executive updates and delivery metrics.
• Manage technology budgets, resource plans and vendor engagement.
• Work closely with Enterprise and Solution Architects to ensure delivery aligns with target architecture.
• Coordinate release planning, environment readiness and deployment activities.
• Ensure delivery follows appropriate governance, quality assurance and change management processes.
• Support programme planning through Hypercare and Operational Transition.

Required Experience

• 10+ years leading large technology transformation programmes.
• Significant experience within Asset Management, Investment Management or Capital Markets.
• Proven delivery of complex enterprise transformation programmes involving multiple technology teams.
• Experience delivering programmes involving:
  • BNY platforms
  • Charles River (CRD)
  • Bloomberg
  • Eagle
  • Enterprise Data Platforms
  • Databricks
  • API integration
  • Data migration
  • Reporting platforms including Power BI
• Strong understanding of investment operations and Middle Office processes.
• Experience managing system integration programmes with numerous internal and external dependencies.
• Strong stakeholder management across executive, technology and business leadership.
• Experience managing programme governance, RAID management and Steering Committees.

Desirable

• SAFe, Agile or Scrum delivery experience.
• PMP, PRINCE2 or equivalent Programme Management certification.
• Experience with cloud based data platforms.
• Experience delivering enterprise data transformation programmes.

Personal Attributes

• Strong leadership and organisational skills.
• Excellent communication and influencing capability.
• Comfortable operating within complex delivery environments.
• Commercially aware with strong decision making capability.
• Collaborative and able to build trusted relationships across business and technology.