Application Development Group Manager - Charles River

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It's an exciting time to join Fisher Investments. As we are growing faster than ever, we are investing in technology to support new and innovative ways to improve the investment universe of our clients globally. We are looking for an Application Development Group Manager who will deliver and support the technology needed by our Portfolio Management Group, including order management and trading systems (Charles River platform), data integrations, and other technology. This critical role has broad scope for technology strategy, implementation, and support globally by partnering with business stakeholders, technology teams, and vendors. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits.

The Opportunity :

As an Application Development Group Manager, you will be responsible for the Charles River (CRD / CRIMS) Technology Team, you will lead a team in designing, developing, implementing and supporting the Charles River platform and related workflows and ensure the technology and business architecture will support Fisher's scale and volume and bring innovation and efficiency to our processes, reducing customizations and maximizing native (out of the box) capabilities of the platform. Under the guidance of Fisher Investments senior technology leaders, you will also allocate work and manage the team, including hiring, development, completion of performance reviews, and terminations if necessary. You will report to the Vice President, Portfolio Management Technology.

The Day-to-Day :

Manage relationships with key business stakeholders and align on priorities, timelines, delivery, communication model and expectations

Manage a team of engineers, analysts, test automation engineers and project / program managers fostering a high-performance culture

Manage relationships with third-party software providers such as Charles River and collaborate on solution design, feature delivery to meet Fisher needs, delivery timelines, resourcing, support model and commercials

Build partnerships with other Fisher technology teams including architecture, infrastructure and information security

Define and implement a platform roadmap, ensuring scalability, performance, and compliance

Lead business process, architecture and solution design activities

Provide technical guidance for configuring, customizing, and developing on Charles River (CRD / CRIMS) and establish best practices

Drive platform upgrades, ensuring security, stability, and adherence to enterprise standards

Stay ahead of the latest Wealth Management Technology trends and best practices, adopting solutions

Your Qualifications :

10+ years of application development and management experience

7+ years of industry experience delivering Wealth Management Technology Solutions (strongly prefer Charles River Experience)

Strong understanding of Wealth Management concepts such as Order Generation, Mass Rebalancing & Trading (working experience)

Present technical concepts to stakeholders and executives

Broad technology experience throughout systems development lifecycle, and various areas of technology architecture (infrastructure, application architecture, data architecture, and integrations)

Leadership experience including mentoring and managing technology teams of 7+ members to deploy high-quality application solutions on predictable timelines

Drive complex large-scale projects business objectives using waterfall, Agile, Scrum, or Kanban project methodologies

Experience with cloud-based application architectures, infrastructure and support model

Compensation :

$145,000 - $220,000 base salary per year in the state of WA - New hires should expect to start at the lower end of the range depending on experience

Eligible for a discretionary bonus based on firm and individual performance

Why Fisher Investments :

We work for a bigger purpose : bettering the investment universe. We take great pride in our inclusive culture, our learning and development framework customized for every employee, and our Great Place to Work Certification. It's the people that make the Fisher purpose possible, and we invest in them by offering exceptional benefits like :

100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents

A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum

20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays

Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care

This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.

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