.Net Technical Manager/Lead

Job Summary

• The purpose of the Technical Manager role is to provide technical leadership and guidance for a successful program and/or project execution for a team of 10-20
• The Technical Manager will ensure technical governance, quality and standards, as well as planning, coordination, reporting and monitoring of a diverse mix of strategic programs and/or projects for the organization
• The Technical Manager will help teams build compelling interactive web/middle tier/middleware/data solutions using innovative technologies
• The Technical Manager will be relied upon to provide comprehensive yet concise status and progress reporting to ensure stakeholders and executives have transparency into expected program and project completion and/or risks

Key Responsibilities

• Proactively work with business units across Investment Management to understand requirements and perform technical program and/or project scoping/planning activities
• Deliver project/program/portfolio objectives on-time, with quality, within scope and budget to meet or exceed stakeholder needs and expectations
• Adhere to architectural standards/principles, global product-specific guidelines, usability design standards, etc.
• Collaborate across Architecture, Development, QA, Data, and Operations teams to help remove technical roadblocks
• Ensure team adherence to Application Engineering methodologies, standards, code reviews and technical documentation
• Work independently to plan and manage large and/or complex strategic programs and/or projects, ensuring predictable, consistent, and successful delivery
• Provide technical guidance to development team members and minimize technical risk on projects
• Translate requirements, design and deliver Solution Architecture outcomes into detailed design specifications
• Balance competing technical requirements and interests, keeping team focused on top priorities, and find ways to achieve win-win outcomes by encouraging new ways of looking at problems, processes and solutions
• Develop, manage, monitor, and report on all project, program/portfolio tasks, activities, controls, deliverables, and reports; and/or provide technical oversight for an IT portfolio
• Demonstrate team building skills by developing high performing project teams, setting a positive tone and leading by example
• Assist managers across the organization in identifying the right resources to accomplish tasks and develop timelines to identify and track program and/or project milestones to ensure completion within the established timelines and budget
• Anticipate and remove barriers that can jeopardize delivery, budget, customer readiness, and customer acceptance
• Look for and champion opportunities to reduce costs and improve efficiency while delivering on all commitments
• Create open environments conducive to sharing information and ideas; listen and effectively communicate with clarity and precision
• Define success criteria upfront to promote alignment and actively manage to expected program outcomes
• Efficiently operate with limited information and ambiguity and negotiate priorities and solutions
• Proactively coach and mentor junior staff within the team and members of the Technical Management community across the enterprise
• Demonstrate ability to influence and execute organizational and mindset changes
• Hands-on and results driven leader with a proven ability to work collaboratively and effectively across organizations and cross functional teams
• Demonstrate proven capability to be disciplined and flexible at the same time
• Naturally lead and command authority, influence and inspire without control
• Deliver under pressure with the ability to manage tight deadlines while maintaining quality and managing risk to an acceptable level
• Effective presentation and communication style that builds and maintains strong relationships with stakeholders and influences outcomes and decisions
• Understand, apply, promote, and contribute to the delivery methodologies, standards, and tools
• Facilitate performance review and provide feedback to the team

Requirements and Qualifications:

• 10+ years of progressive experience in technical management related roles
• 4+ years of experience working within the Investment Management (buy-side) and/or Financial Services industry
• 2+ years of experience managing large, complex programs and/or projects through all SDLC phases
• 2+ years of expereince with Cloud native development on Azure or a related Cloud
• Proven experience with Microsoft .NET/.NET Core technologies including ASP.NET, MVC, Entity Framework, SQL Server
• Proven skills with C#, SQL, JavaScript/TypeScript, DHTML, HTML, CSS, AJAX, jQuery, Web Services, etc.
• In depth understanding of Design patterns, practices, and concepts with ability to implement these the technology solutions
• Proven ability to apply expert/leading technical skills, tools, and techniques to project deliverables, processes, communications, and presentations
• Proficient in developing, managing, monitoring, and appropriately reporting on programs, projects, portfolio and/or project tasks and controls
• Proven ability to take complex problems, provide simplified solutions and engage an organization to operationalize the changes; superb problem solving and critical thinking skills with thorough diligence
• Expert understanding of Waterfall, Agile, and DevOps project management principles and practices
• Highly skilled in managing and performing the following activities: requirements gathering & documentation, analysis, design, planning, and production implementation
• Must have meeting facilitation skills including setting agendas, task management, time management, taking minutes, managing documentation, and action item management both formal and informal settings
• Experience effectively managing programs and/or projects through shared resources; internal and external (vendor and/or consultant) resources; on-shore/off-shore models
• Experience in release management process utilizing CICD and DevSecOps concepts
• Experience in Data Quality & Governance processes and experience in designing metadata-based solutions
• Must be able to multi-task, problem solve, learn quickly, and adapt to changing priorities
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; strong interpersonal and influencing skills; ability to effect change in a matrix managed environment
• Experience interacting with and influencing senior members of management
• Understand and stay up to date with current industry trends and relate aspects to our business and influence business leaders accordingly
• Understand and utilize current project and/or portfolio planning, reporting, and support tools
• Proficiency in MS Project, Outlook, Word, Excel, SharePoint, Visio, and PowerPoint