Vice President, Software Engineering (Customer Communications)

Broadridge Financial Solutions; Newark (NJ); On-site; USD 250,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus Eligible

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Broadridge Financial Solutions seeks a Vice President of Software Engineering to lead the design, development, and modernization of a next-generation platform for Customer Communications. You will guide a globally distributed engineering org, transforming legacy systems into a cloud-native, scalable ecosystem.

The role demands deep technical depth, architectural vision, and strong people leadership, with a track record of delivering large, enterprise-scale transformations in fast-paced

Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience including senior leadership roles managing large, global teams.
• Proven experience building and modernizing large-scale enterprise platforms.
• Strong development experience with AWS, Kafka, data modeling, and large-scale data architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of an integrated platform for high-volume customer communications.
• Oversee data architecture, ETL pipelines, and cross-system integration.
• Define architecture modernization for scalability, resilience, and security; champion cloud-native practices.

Skills

Executive leadership

Software engineering

Cloud architecture

Data modeling

ETL pipelines

Distributed systems

AI tooling in development

Tools

AWS

Kafka

OpenText Exstream

Job description

At Broadridge, we've built a culture where the highest goal is to empower others to accomplish more. If you’re passionate about developing your career, while helping others along the way, come join the Broadridge team. Broadridge is seeking a Vice President of Software Engineering to lead the design, development, and modernization of a next-generation integrated platform supporting Customer Communications. This platform underpins critical business capabilities, including large-scale data ingestion, data composition, extraction, and loading across global markets. The VP will lead a globally distributed engineering organization and be responsible for transforming legacy platforms into a modern, scalable, cloud-native ecosystem. This role requires a strong combination of technical depth, architectural vision, and proven people leadership.

Technology & Architecture Leadership

• Lead the development of an integrated platform that supports our high-volume customer communications business.
• Oversee data architecture, including data modeling, ETL pipelines, and integration across internal and external systems.
• Define and drive the target architecture for modernizing legacy platforms, ensuring scalability, resilience, security, and performance.
• Champion cloud-native design patterns using AWS services, event-driven architectures, and streaming platforms such as Kafka.
• Partner with enterprise architecture, security, and infrastructure teams to ensure alignment with Broadridge’s enterprise platform architecture.

Engineering Execution

• Own end-to‑end software delivery, from strategy and roadmap through implementation, deployment, and ongoing operations.
• Establish engineering best practices for CI/CD, code quality, observability, reliability, and operational excellence.
• Ensure platforms meet strict requirements for availability, performance, compliance, and data integrity.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation, tooling, and modern development practices.

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead, inspire, and scale a high-performing global engineering organization.
• Attract, develop, and retain top engineering talent; build strong leadership benches across regions.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and inclusion.
• Provide coaching and mentorship to senior engineering leaders and architects.

Stakeholder & Business Partnership

• Partner closely with product management, business leaders, and operations to align technology delivery with business objectives.
• Communicate technical strategy, risks, and progress clearly to executive leadership.
• Balance near‑term delivery commitments with long‑term transformation goals.

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of progressive software engineering experience, including senior leadership roles managing large, global teams.
• Proven experience building and modernizing large-scale, enterprise platforms, including transformation of legacy systems.
• Strong development experience with: AWS (cloud-native services, scalability, security) Kafka Data modeling and large-scale data architectures ETL / data ingestion and processing pipelines
• Experience with high-volume, mission-critical systems such as transaction processing / financial services platforms is strongly preferred.
• Deep understanding of distributed systems, APIs, and event-driven architectures.
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multi-year transformation initiatives.
• Built, mentored, and led high performing, distributed, Agile engineering teams.
• Applied deep AI tooling experience to drive the adoption of AI-assisted development practices, increasing engineering productivity and accelerating release cycles.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in financial services, capital markets, or regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of DevOps, SRE, and modern observability practices.
• Experience in Composition platforms (e.g., OpenText Exstream, Smart COMM, Adobe)
• Experience working with globally distributed teams across multiple time zones.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic thinker with strong execution discipline
• Excellent communicator with executive presence
• Collaborative, inclusive leader who builds trust across functions
• Results-driven with a strong sense of ownership and accountability

Compensation Range: The salary range for this position is between $250,000.00- $275,000.00 USD. Broadridge considers various factors when evaluating a candidate's final salary including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, and education.

Bonus Eligibility: Bonus Eligible

Benefits Information: Please visit www.broadridgebenefits.com for more information on our comprehensive benefit offerings for this role.

Use of AI in Hiring As part of the recruiting process, Broadridge may use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools, to help review and evaluate applications. These tools are used only to support our recruiters and hiring managers, and all employment decisions include human review to ensure fairness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable laws. Please note that honesty and transparency are critical to our hiring process. Any attempt to falsify, misrepresent, or disguise information in an application, resume, assessment, or interview will result in disqualification from consideration.

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Disability Assistance We recognize that ensuring our long-term success means creating an environment where everyone is welcome, where everyone's strengths are valued, and where everyone can perform at their best. Broadridge provides equal employment opportunities to all associates and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and pregnancy), marital status, national origin, ethnic origin, age, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, and other protected characteristics protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.

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Broadridge Financial Solutions (NYSE: BR) is a global technology leader with trusted expertise and transformative technology, helping clients and the financial services industry operate, innovate, and grow. We power investing, governance, and communications for our clients – driving operational resiliency, elevating business performance, and transforming investor experiences.

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Broadridge is committed to creating an engaging workplace for the most talented associates in our industry. We are dedicated to fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and healthy environment that promotes flexibility and accountability. As a leading provider of technology, communications, and data and analytics solutions to businesses around the world, it is critical that we understand, embrace, and operate in a multicultural environment. Every associate has unique strengths, which, when fully appreciated and embraced, allow individuals to perform at their best, leading to our success. We believe that our associates are our most important asset. Encouraging professional development opportunities is a core part of our culture. Broadridge provides educational opportunities, including formal classes, training programs and events. To enable learning in our hybrid working model, Broadridge has redesigned all development programs for 100% virtual delivery. Our associates have access to 8,500+ online courses covering business, leadership, technical, and function‑specific topics through our LinkedIn Learning program.