Director of Enterprise Applications
Location
Santa Fe, NM | United States
Job description
Thornburg is a global investment firm delivering on strategy for institutions, financial professionals and investors worldwide. The privately held firm, founded in 1982, is an active, high-conviction manager of fixed income, equities, and multi-asset solutions. With $38.7 billion AUM and $1.2 billion AUA as of 31 December 2022, the firm offers mutual funds, closed-end funds, institutional accounts, separate accounts for high-net-worth investors and UCITS funds for non-U.S. investors.
Thornburg's U.S. headquarters is in Santa Fe, New Mexico with offices in Hong Kong and Shanghai.
As an independent firm, Thornburg can take on a wide range of opportunities, explore ideas thoroughly and work across strategies to deliver consistent risk-adjusted outperformance over the long term. The firm attracts free-thinking professionals who are eager to pursue investment outcomes beyond the confines of popular wisdom. From nimble operational capabilities to principles and actions fitting of a global citizen, Thornburg's world-class investment platform and team are aligned on strategy to serve investors.
Primary Job Function: The Director of Enterprise Application Services is responsible for managing the development of a mixed portfolio of business applications and integrations. This role requires strong leadership and productive relationships with various disciplines across the enterprise. A successful candidate will work directly with business stakeholders to understand their needs and architect and implement innovative solutions to deliver the desired outcomes.
Duties & Responsibilities: - Hire, develop, evaluate, reward and retain a highly qualified team of enterprise software development professionals.
- Work closely with the Chief Technology Officer and business stakeholders to design, build and apply software capabilities that drive growth in the business and alignment of technology with corporate strategy.
- Collaborate with stakeholders to evaluate new technologies, software, and vendor platforms, ensuring that requirements and operational ownership are clearly understood.
- Drive enterprise architecture efforts to build out a modern architecture to scale and support data access and analytics across the firm.
- Drive process reengineering efforts to streamline critical operations by automating manual processes and improving the effectiveness of Thornburg's daily operational workflows.
- Provide guidance and advocacy regarding prioritization of enterprise software development investments
Job Benefits: - Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Employer 401(k) safe harbor and profit-sharing contributions.
- Work/life programs such as flexible work arrangements, flexible paid time off, paid parental leave, employee assistance plan, commuter benefits, student loan repayment program, education reimbursement program.
- Community involvement opportunities.
- Onsite cafeteria.
- Onsite fitness center.
- Referral program.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Information Technology or related field - required .
- Minimum of 10 years' hands-on experience in a senior level software development and design role. Deep experience with systems architecture, developing and maintaining technology platforms, software applications, and APIs.
- Demonstrated success as a leader; ability to motivate and foster collaboration within a team of skilled technology professionals.
- Minimum of 10 years' experience in interfacing with outsourced software partners to ensure quality of deliverables and alignment with core architecture.
- Minimum of 5 years' experience managing enterprise software development teams.
- Project management skills and experience; PMP certification - preferred .
- Experience in the financial services industry - preferred ; experience in asset management - strongly preferred.
- Strong understanding of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC) and how to manage teams to deliver successfully within this framework.
Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico. Founded in 1610 and nicknamed "The City Different," Santa Fe captures hearts and minds with its museums, restaurants, theater, opera, and adobe-style architecture. With an average of over 300 sunny days per year and picturesque landscape, it's no wonder that outdoor activities such as skiing and hiking in "The Land of Enchantment" attract visitors from around the world.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, gender, gender identity or protected veteran status. We especially encourage applications from individuals who can bring diverse cultural and ethnic perspectives and experiences to the campus.
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