MassMutual
Head of Investment Management Technology
MassMutual, Boston, Massachusetts, us, 02298
The Opportunity
As the
Head of Investment Management Technology , you will create and align a technology vision, strategies, objectives, and roadmaps with business strategy for all areas related to Investment Management and a variety of strategic programs which continue to foster and drive a digital transformation. You will be accountable for ensuring successful execution of those strategies and delivering business outcomes - strategic, operational, and BAU. You will lead highly complex, cross-functional initiatives across various departments, manage multiple work cells and delivery teams, and ensure cost-effectiveness and transparency for business partners. You will also engage with the industry and bring relevant insights to MM. Using your deep technology leadership and program management expertise and experience, you will collaborate with other Corporate Technology and Enterprise Technology & Experience (ETX) leaders to ensure technology strategy alignment, value propositions, and strategic imperatives for growth that can help reduce costs, increase speed-to-market, modernize, optimize, and transform capabilities for Investment Management. You will be accountable for delivering projects on time, within budget, and with expected functionality per business partners' requirements. The role will regularly interact with business executives and technology leaders to ensure optimal collaboration, communication, and delivery. It is expected that the candidate will collaborate and support the delivery of projects by other delivery leaders within Corporate Technology to ensure adequate leadership backup and succession planning. The Team This role reports to the Head of Corporate Technology. The Corporate Technology Team provides essential platforms that enable strategic capabilities for the Investment Management, Corporate Finance, Enterprise Risk, HR & Employee Experience, and Law organizations. Our mission is to propel corporate functions to new heights through innovation, collaboration, and achieving excellence in all we do. Our culture emphasizes engineering and operational excellence, transforming our business, and achieving enterprise objectives. The Impact As the Head of Investment Management Technology, you will: Play a pivotal role on the Corporate Technology leadership team by identifying improvement opportunities and reducing costs while providing exceptional technical solutions and business capabilities. Be accountable for the creation and execution of technology strategies, roadmaps, delivery, quality, continuous improvement, and budget management, ensuring alignment with Investment Management and Corporate Technology business objectives to enable business growth and expansion. Deliver large-scale initiatives that align with and support strategic goals on time and within budget. Align short to medium term technology strategy with business-based decisions and foster consensus at all levels of the organization to ensure the achievement of business objectives. Be fully accountable for planning, prioritization, and delivery for all Investment Management Technology teams. Collaborate with business executives to influence and shape technology direction and broad, longer-term strategy. Influence creation of roadmaps at the division and Business Unit (BU) level that enable business growth and future business needs. Work with technology and business teams to address financial, operational, and strategic challenges, ensuring implementation of security, privacy, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans. Establish KPIs and service level agreements with partners, ensuring compliance and improving service levels. Attract, retain, and develop diverse talent in an inclusive, data-driven, agile, and collaborative environment. Provide thought leadership and strategic counsel to senior leaders on leveraging technology. Evaluate vendors and technology options including ROI, total cost of ownership, and tradeoffs and share recommendations with ETX and business executives. Collaborate with Corporate business partners and technology teams to develop and maintain sustainable technology platform(s) that allows for a cost-effective, compliant, and seamless customer experience. The Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a similar technical discipline. Highly seasoned leader with 15+ years proven success leading and managing teams across multiple domains and ensuring delivery of large-scale, cross-functional initiatives. Skilled in defining vision, strategies, roadmaps, leading and inspiring teams to create high-value products, and driving large-scale initiatives that deliver significant value to internal customers. Effectively balances strategy with tactical execution in ambiguous settings. Expert in change management, technology transformation, and innovative problem-solving. Proven in strategic thinking, planning, and execution with strong analytical skills. Excellent track record of leading technology teams that support complex investment operations, M&A transactions, derivatives, and market risk. Effective collaborator and influencer, excelling in innovation, budget management, software engineering, agile, and DevOps practices. Strong understanding of software engineering/development, architecture design, operational data stores, and implementing enterprise applications to meet business strategy and business requirements. Ability to successfully balance operational management and strategic leadership, doing what it takes to get the job done. Ability to develop people and teams while placing a value on developing and maintaining positive relationships with team, peers, and customers. Strong knowledge of agile, DevOps, and large, complex program management oversight. Experienced in managing technology for financial institutions. The Ideal Qualifications Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a similar technical discipline. Experience with cloud platforms, migrations, and implementation for improved efficiency, e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or similar private clouds. Extensive IT experience including Application Teams, Information Security, Business Process Management, Program and Portfolio Management, IT Partner and Supplier Management, IT Architecture Management, Digital Platforms, IT Infrastructure and Operations, and intranet development with tools such as Tableau and MicroStrategy. What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team Regular collaboration with the Corporate Technology Leadership Team, key stakeholders from corporate functions, and other Engineering Teams across Enterprise Technology & Experience (ETX) Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager Access to mentorship opportunities Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQIA+, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits Salary Range:
$180,700.00-$237,100.00 At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair equitable pay, by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component. Why Join Us. We’ve been around since 1851. During our history, we’ve learned a few things about making sure our customers are our top priority. In order to meet and exceed their expectations, we must have the best people providing the best thinking, products and services. To accomplish this, we celebrate an inclusive, vibrant and diverse culture that encourages growth, openness and opportunities for everyone. A career with MassMutual means you will be part of a strong, stable and ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits. And your voice will always be heard. MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status. If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please
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and share the specifics of the assistance you need. At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair, equitable pay by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component. For more information about our extensive benefits offerings please check out our
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Head of Investment Management Technology , you will create and align a technology vision, strategies, objectives, and roadmaps with business strategy for all areas related to Investment Management and a variety of strategic programs which continue to foster and drive a digital transformation. You will be accountable for ensuring successful execution of those strategies and delivering business outcomes - strategic, operational, and BAU. You will lead highly complex, cross-functional initiatives across various departments, manage multiple work cells and delivery teams, and ensure cost-effectiveness and transparency for business partners. You will also engage with the industry and bring relevant insights to MM. Using your deep technology leadership and program management expertise and experience, you will collaborate with other Corporate Technology and Enterprise Technology & Experience (ETX) leaders to ensure technology strategy alignment, value propositions, and strategic imperatives for growth that can help reduce costs, increase speed-to-market, modernize, optimize, and transform capabilities for Investment Management. You will be accountable for delivering projects on time, within budget, and with expected functionality per business partners' requirements. The role will regularly interact with business executives and technology leaders to ensure optimal collaboration, communication, and delivery. It is expected that the candidate will collaborate and support the delivery of projects by other delivery leaders within Corporate Technology to ensure adequate leadership backup and succession planning. The Team This role reports to the Head of Corporate Technology. The Corporate Technology Team provides essential platforms that enable strategic capabilities for the Investment Management, Corporate Finance, Enterprise Risk, HR & Employee Experience, and Law organizations. Our mission is to propel corporate functions to new heights through innovation, collaboration, and achieving excellence in all we do. Our culture emphasizes engineering and operational excellence, transforming our business, and achieving enterprise objectives. The Impact As the Head of Investment Management Technology, you will: Play a pivotal role on the Corporate Technology leadership team by identifying improvement opportunities and reducing costs while providing exceptional technical solutions and business capabilities. Be accountable for the creation and execution of technology strategies, roadmaps, delivery, quality, continuous improvement, and budget management, ensuring alignment with Investment Management and Corporate Technology business objectives to enable business growth and expansion. Deliver large-scale initiatives that align with and support strategic goals on time and within budget. Align short to medium term technology strategy with business-based decisions and foster consensus at all levels of the organization to ensure the achievement of business objectives. Be fully accountable for planning, prioritization, and delivery for all Investment Management Technology teams. Collaborate with business executives to influence and shape technology direction and broad, longer-term strategy. Influence creation of roadmaps at the division and Business Unit (BU) level that enable business growth and future business needs. Work with technology and business teams to address financial, operational, and strategic challenges, ensuring implementation of security, privacy, disaster recovery, and business continuity plans. Establish KPIs and service level agreements with partners, ensuring compliance and improving service levels. Attract, retain, and develop diverse talent in an inclusive, data-driven, agile, and collaborative environment. Provide thought leadership and strategic counsel to senior leaders on leveraging technology. Evaluate vendors and technology options including ROI, total cost of ownership, and tradeoffs and share recommendations with ETX and business executives. Collaborate with Corporate business partners and technology teams to develop and maintain sustainable technology platform(s) that allows for a cost-effective, compliant, and seamless customer experience. The Minimum Qualifications Bachelor's degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a similar technical discipline. Highly seasoned leader with 15+ years proven success leading and managing teams across multiple domains and ensuring delivery of large-scale, cross-functional initiatives. Skilled in defining vision, strategies, roadmaps, leading and inspiring teams to create high-value products, and driving large-scale initiatives that deliver significant value to internal customers. Effectively balances strategy with tactical execution in ambiguous settings. Expert in change management, technology transformation, and innovative problem-solving. Proven in strategic thinking, planning, and execution with strong analytical skills. Excellent track record of leading technology teams that support complex investment operations, M&A transactions, derivatives, and market risk. Effective collaborator and influencer, excelling in innovation, budget management, software engineering, agile, and DevOps practices. Strong understanding of software engineering/development, architecture design, operational data stores, and implementing enterprise applications to meet business strategy and business requirements. Ability to successfully balance operational management and strategic leadership, doing what it takes to get the job done. Ability to develop people and teams while placing a value on developing and maintaining positive relationships with team, peers, and customers. Strong knowledge of agile, DevOps, and large, complex program management oversight. Experienced in managing technology for financial institutions. The Ideal Qualifications Master’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or a similar technical discipline. Experience with cloud platforms, migrations, and implementation for improved efficiency, e.g., AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, or similar private clouds. Extensive IT experience including Application Teams, Information Security, Business Process Management, Program and Portfolio Management, IT Partner and Supplier Management, IT Architecture Management, Digital Platforms, IT Infrastructure and Operations, and intranet development with tools such as Tableau and MicroStrategy. What to Expect as Part of MassMutual and the Team Regular collaboration with the Corporate Technology Leadership Team, key stakeholders from corporate functions, and other Engineering Teams across Enterprise Technology & Experience (ETX) Focused one-on-one meetings with your manager Access to mentorship opportunities Networking opportunities including access to Asian, Hispanic/Latinx, African American, women, LGBTQIA+, veteran and disability-focused Business Resource Groups Access to learning content on Degreed and other informational platforms Your ethics and integrity will be valued by a company with a strong and stable ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits Salary Range:
$180,700.00-$237,100.00 At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair equitable pay, by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component. Why Join Us. We’ve been around since 1851. During our history, we’ve learned a few things about making sure our customers are our top priority. In order to meet and exceed their expectations, we must have the best people providing the best thinking, products and services. To accomplish this, we celebrate an inclusive, vibrant and diverse culture that encourages growth, openness and opportunities for everyone. A career with MassMutual means you will be part of a strong, stable and ethical business with industry leading pay and benefits. And your voice will always be heard. MassMutual is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer Minority/Female/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/Individual with Disability/Protected Veteran. We welcome all persons to apply. Note: Veterans are welcome to apply, regardless of their discharge status. If you need an accommodation to complete the application process, please
contact us
and share the specifics of the assistance you need. At MassMutual, we focus on ensuring fair, equitable pay by providing competitive salaries, along with incentive and bonus opportunities for all employees. Your total compensation package includes either a bonus target or in a sales-focused role a Variable Incentive Compensation component. For more information about our extensive benefits offerings please check out our
Total Rewards at a Glance.
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