Associate Director, Software Engineering

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Software Engineering.

Principal responsibilities:

• Lead the engineering design and delivery of technology solutions aligned to business strategy, architecture standards, and engineering principles.
• Own end-to-end delivery oversight, including scope, plan, milestones, dependencies, RAID management, and release readiness.
• Drive engineering excellence across SDLC, coding standards, test strategy, automation, CI/CD, and non-functional requirements (performance, security, resilience).
• Streamline and standardise the Investment & Managed Solutions FSA, improving governance, controls, and operational efficiency.
• Ensure solutions meet regulatory expectations, risk policies, operational resilience requirements, and audit/documentation standards.
• Identify, prioritise, and drive adoption of AI use cases within SVS, ensuring controlled delivery, change management, and benefits realisation.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Operations, and Risk/Compliance to translate requirements into deliverable, supportable engineering outcomes.
• Lead stakeholder engagement at multiple levels, communicating engineering decisions, trade-offs, delivery status, and outcomes clearly.
• Promote agile ways of working (SAFe) and continuous improvement across teams and delivery processes.
• Provide mentorship, coaching, and performance support to engineers and junior leaders, building capability and a strong engineering culture.
• Ensure quality deliverables are produced on time and within budget, with clear accountability for outcomes.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate opportunities to improve client experience, reliability, and operational efficiency.
• Support department objectives and strategic initiatives as required.

Requirements:

• Strong English communication skills (written and spoken), with the ability to influence and align senior stakeholders.
• Proven experience leading engineering delivery in complex environments with multiple teams and dependencies.
• Strong domain knowledge in investment products, including funds, discretionary/managed portfolios, alternatives, and related services.
• Experience working in a global set-up across time zones with distributed, multicultural teams.
• Strong ownership mindset with clear accountability for engineering outcomes, delivery quality, and risk/control adherence.
• Practical experience with Agile (SAFe) delivery and DevOps practices (CI/CD, automated testing, release discipline).
• Experience with delivery and engineering tooling such as Jira and Confluence.
• Strong interpersonal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with a proactive, delivery-focused approach.
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills
• Positive, proactive and can-do attitude