Senior Technology Manager

seic; Pennsylvania; Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare

401k match

Education assistance

Hybrid work

Paid holidays

PTO

Parental leave

Volunteer days

Stock purchase plan

Job summary

SEI is seeking a Senior Technology Manager to support the SEI Data Office teams. The role focuses on coaching, career development, and removing impediments to enable high-performing teams.

You will lead hiring, mentor staff, and align teams with business objectives while advancing agile practices and technical excellence across platforms.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 10 years IT project management experience.
• Hands-on software development practice in one or more technical disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of microservice architecture, loaders, APIs, Snowflake, Power Platform, and Cloud Infrastructure.
• Experience managing Wealth Management and financial domain projects.
• Understanding of SAFe and agile principles.

Responsibilities

• Participate in platform resource management to assign teams effectively.
• Ensure annual evaluations and training needs are met for team members.
• Lead interview process and hiring decisions for all positions.
• Provide mentorship and training to team members.
• Help establish mission and purpose for teams under supervision.
• Develop and align functional and technical competencies with team objectives.
• Coach agile practices and high-quality code standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Mentoring

Agile

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT or related field

Tools

Snowflake

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 title