Senior Technology Manager

SEI; Oaks (PA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare (medical, dental, vision)

401(k) match

Education assistance

Commuter benefits

PTO 21 days

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Back-up childcare

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

SEI is seeking a Senior Technology Manager to support the SEI Data Office teams. The role includes coaching and career development for direct reports, removing impediments, and evolving systems used by knowledge workers.

You will manage resources, drive evaluations, lead hiring, mentor teams, align to business mission, advance agile practices, supervise subcontractors, and collaborate with Product Management to ensure strategy and execution alignment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 10+ years IT project management experience.
• Hands-on software development experience in one or more technical disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of microservice architecture, loaders, APIs, Snowflake, Power Platform and Cloud Infrastructure.
• Experience in Wealth Management or financial domain projects.
• Strong understanding of SAFe and agile principles.
• Collaborative work with Agile teams and stakeholders.
• High level of technical savvy and ability to influence.
• Detail oriented with ability to prioritize to ensure sprint delivery.
• Proven decision-making and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate platform resource management to assign staff to teams.
• Ensure annual evaluations and training needs are met.
• Lead interview team and hiring decisions for all positions.
• Provide leadership, mentoring and coaching.
• Help establish mission and purpose for teams under supervision.
• Build functional and technical competencies to enhance development capabilities.
• Align teams to the business and program mission.
• Coach agile practices and high-quality code.
• Provide active coaching to advance technical and team skills.
• Oversee subcontractors and consultants within the domain of influence.
• Collaborate with Product Management to align strategy and execution.
• Assist RTE with release planning readiness and removal of impediments.
• Ensure production stability and delivery from teams.
• Remove impediments and coordinate with other teams on Train or Platform.

Skills

IT project management

Team leadership

Mentoring & coaching

Stakeholder communication

Technical savvy

Agile/Safe

Decision making

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Snowflake

APIs

Power Platform

Cloud Infrastructure

Job description

SEI is seeking a Senior Technology Manager to support the SEI Data Office teams. The Technology Manager has personal responsibility for the coaching and career development of direct reports, takes responsibility for eliminating career impediments, and actively evolving the systems in which all knowledge workers operate.

What you will do:

• Participate in platform resource management process to establish the best assignment of individuals to teams

• Ensure employees receive annual evaluations, one-one-one meetings and overall training and development needs are met

• Lead the interview team and efforts and initiates hiring decisions for all positions

• Provide leadership and guidance for the employees on the team. Act as a mentor and trainer as needed.

• Help establish mission and purpose for the teams under supervision

• Build functional and technical competencies that enhance the development capabilities of the team and that align to the objectives of the team

• Continuously assists in aligning teams to the business and program mission

• Coach the improvement of agile technical practices. Six Agile Software Engineering Practices for Achieving High Quality Code - agile architecture, continuous integration, test-first, refactoring, pair work and collective ownership

• Provide the active coaching they need to advance technical, functional and team skills

• Oversees the work of subcontractors and consultants operating within the domain of influence

• Works with Product Management, Product Owners, and technical Business Owners to help assure strategy and execution alignment

• Assists RTE with release planning readiness, release planning activities and removal of impediments as needed.

• Ensure production stability, functional and technical delivery from your respective teams

• Remove impediments, collaborate and coordinate with other teams on Train or Platform.

What we need from you:

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university, or equivalent relevant experience.

• Minimum of 10 years IT project management experience.

• Experience as a software development practitioner with prior hands on experience in one or more technical disciplines

• Excellent knowledge of micro service architecture, loaders, APIs, Snowflake, Power Platform and Cloud Infrastructure.

• Must have experience in managing Wealth Management and other financial domain projects.

• Strong understanding of SAFe, agile principals

• Desire to work collaboratively with the all Agile teams and their stakeholders

• Possess a high level of technical savvy

• Detail oriented with the ability to organize and prioritize tasks to ensure timely delivery of the Sprints/PSI's

• Proven decision-making and problem-solving skills

What we would like from you:

• Listens and supports teams in problem-identification and decision-making

• Creates an environment of mutual influence

• Understands and empathizes with others

• Encourages and supports the personal development of each individual and the development of teams

• Persuades rather than uses authority

• Thinks beyond day-to-day activities

• Supports the teams' commitments

• Is open and appreciates openness in others

• Displays Servant Leadership Skills

• Ability to work collaboratively in a matrix organization

• History of successful project completion and team building

• Experience interfacing with senior leadership

• Strong communication skills

• Exceptional oral and written communication skills, including understanding of technical writing requirements

• Comfort in delegating tasks, inter-relating with teams and hitting deadlines

• Someone who will embody our SEI Values of courage, integrity, collaboration, inclusion, connection and fun. Please see our website for more information. https://www.seic.com/

SEI's competitive advantage:

To help you stay energized, engaged and inspired, we offer a wide range of benefits including comprehensive care for your physical and mental well-being, a strong retirement plan, tuition reimbursement, a hybrid working environment for most roles, support for working parents and flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) so you can relax, recharge and be there for the people you care about.

Benefits include healthcare (medical, dental, vision, prescription, wellness, EAP, FSA), life and disability insurance (premiums paid for base coverage), 401(k) match, education assistance, commuter benefits, up to 11 paid holidays/year, 21 days PTO/year pro-rated for new hires which increases over time, paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, a discounted stock purchase plan, investment options, access to thriving employee networks and more.

We are a technology and asset management company delivering on our promise of building brave futures (SM)-for our clients, our communities, and ourselves. Come build your brave future at SEI.

The position title reflected in this job description is aligned with SEI's current internal job architecture. As part of SEI's role and career framework, internal job titles may not directly correspond to external market titles and may differ from titles previously assigned during an employee's tenure or at the time of hire.

SEI is an Equal Opportunity Employer and so much more...

After over 50 years in business, SEI remains a leading global provider of investment processing, investment management, and investment operations solutions. Reflecting our experience within financial services and financial technology our offices encompass an open floor plan and numerous art installations designed to encourage innovation and creativity in our workforce. We recognize that our people are our most valuable asset and that a healthy, happy, and motivated workforce is key to our continued growth. At SEI, we're (literally) invested in your success. We offer our employees paid parental leave, back-up childcare arrangements, paid volunteer days, education assistance and access to thriving employee networks.

SEI is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

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