SVP, Engineering Leader — Finance & Operations Tech

Blackstone

Miami (FL)

On-site

USD 176,000 - 250,000

Full time

6 hours ago

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Job summary

Blackstone Technology & Innovations seeks a hands-on Senior Vice President, Engineering Manager to lead Finance and Operations Technology platforms, owning architecture, delivery, and platform reliability for enterprise-grade finance systems. The role blends leadership with hands-on problem solving and close collaboration with business stakeholders.

The ideal candidate will guide technical direction, mentor engineers, and drive modernization across cloud, APIs, and data workflows while ensuring

Qualifications

15+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise platform development, or financial systems technology, including significant engineering leadership experience.
Proven experience leading teams that deliver enterprise-grade finance, accounting, treasury, or fund operations technology platforms.
Strong hands-on background in application architecture, distributed systems, APIs, cloud-native development, platform engineering, and modern delivery practices.
Experience managing senior stakeholder expectations, clarify ambiguity, and make pragmatic trade-offs while maintaining technical reliability.
Deep understanding of enterprise systems integration, including general ledger platforms, ETL frameworks, data warehousing technologies, and financial reporting systems.
Strong knowledge of CI/CD, infrastructure as code, automated testing, observability, DevSecOps, and production operations.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical field; advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead engineering strategy, architecture, delivery, scalability, reliability, and operational performance for Finance and Operations Technology platforms.
Drive the technical design and implementation of proprietary finance oversight and process automation systems supporting accounting, fund operations, reporting, and regulatory workflows.
Partner with Finance, Treasury, Operations, Data Engineering, and technology stakeholders to shape requirements, priorities, and roadmap trade-offs.
Operate as a player-coach by managing and mentoring engineers while remaining hands-on in solution design, architecture reviews, delivery planning, and complex problem solving.
Establish and enforce engineering best practices across system design, code quality, CI/CD, testing automation, observability, security, and production operations.
Drive modernization initiatives across cloud, microservices, APIs, workflow orchestration, and distributed systems architecture.
Oversee integration across general ledger platforms, data warehouses, ETL pipelines, reporting infrastructure, and downstream operational systems.
Collaborate with Information Security and Risk teams to ensure platforms meet internal controls, audit requirements, regulatory standards, and cybersecurity best practices.
Improve operational maturity through monitoring, incident management, performance optimization, capacity planning, and disaster recovery readiness.
Recruit, retain, and develop top engineering talent while creating strong career development pathways across the organization.