EMEA Distribution Capabilities Tech Lead

Ameriprise Financial Services, LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is seeking a senior, business‑facing technology leader to shape and deliver capabilities that help our EMEA Distribution teams serve clients and grow relationships. You’ll collaborate with Distribution leaders and Technology to turn business priorities into a practical roadmap across CRM, data, analytics, AI enabled tools and adoption.

The role reports to the Head of Distribution Capabilities and connects EMEA needs to a consistent global approach while

Qualifications

• Substantial experience leading business-facing technology, product or transformation work in financial services.
• Strong understanding of institutional or intermediary distribution including CRM, sales processes and client engagement.
• Experience shaping roadmaps, prioritizing competing demands and driving cross-functional initiatives.
• Ability to communicate complex choices clearly with senior business and technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Build trusted relationships with EMEA Distribution leaders and determine where technology can improve client outcomes and productivity.
• Define the EMEA capability roadmap, assess value/feasibility, and align priorities with global standards.
• Translate business needs into outcomes, workflows and requirements for CRM, data, analytics and AI tools.
• Lead the technology side of initiatives that enhance prospecting, relationship management and client engagement workflows.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, data, risk and compliance to bring solutions into production with proper controls for client data and AI use.
• Drive adoption through process design, training, and measurement of usage and business impact.
• Identify opportunities to reuse global capabilities across EMEA and incorporate regional requirements into global planning.
• Provide updates on priorities, dependencies and realized benefits to stakeholders.

Skills

Tech leadership

CRM knowledge

Sales enablement

Regulatory awareness

Tools

Salesforce

Job description

Columbia Threadneedle Investments is seeking a senior, business‑facing technology leader to shape and deliver capabilities that help our EMEA Distribution teams serve clients and grow relationships. You’ll collaborate with Distribution leaders and Technology to turn business priorities into a practical roadmap across CRM, data, analytics, AI enabled tools and adoption.

The role reports to the Head of Distribution Capabilities and connects EMEA needs to a consistent global approach while