Description
As Director, Enterprise Architecture within Aladdin's Engineering group, you will define and drive strategic architecture across the asset management platform,aligning business strategy, regulatory obligations, and technology capabilities.
This role influences target-state architecture across front-, middle-, and back-office domains, enabling scalable investment processes, robust risk management, and resilient client servicing. You will partner with senior leaders across investments, distribution, operations, risk, compliance, and technology to modernize platforms while ensuring security, availability, and regulatory compliance.
Key Responsibilities:
- Enterprise & Domain Architecture: Define and maintain architecture vision, principles, and target-state across investment platforms, data, analytics, and reporting platforms, client, distribution, servicing, and IT operations, and core operational and reference data services.
- Data & Analytics Architecture: Define enterprise data architecture for investment, market, reference, and client data; enable advanced analytics, risk modelling, and performance attribution; promote governance, lineage, quality, and privacy controls.
- Technology Strategy & Governance: Establish architecture standards and approved patterns (cloud, data, integration, security); govern solution designs for consistency, reuse, and alignment; drive technology rationalization and vendor/platform strategy.
- Cloud & Platform Modernization: Lead cloud and hybrid architecture strategy balancing innovation with regulatory constraints; modernize legacy systems supporting trading, settlement, accounting, and reporting; support strategic partnerships with fintech and market infrastructure providers.
- AI Adoption & Implementation: Define enterprise AI strategy to enhance investment insights, operational efficiency, & client experience; identify opportunities for AI/ML integration across Aladdin platform components; establish governance frameworks for ethical AI use, regulatory compliance, and risk controls.
- Transformation & Change: Provide architectural leadership for front-to-back platform modernization, data and analytics transformation, M&A integration and platform consolidation; identify technical debt and define pragmatic remediation roadmaps.
- Regulatory, Risk & Resilience: Ensure compliance with global regulations and internal risk policies; embed resilience, continuity, and disaster recovery in designs; partner with Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Cybersecurity for “controls by design”.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's in computer science/engineering (Master's preferred)
- 10+ years in enterprise/solution architecture within financial services
- Deep understanding of asset management domains (investments, risk, operations, distribution)
- Proven experience in regulated, high-availability environments
- Strong ability to communicate complex concepts to senior stakeholders
Preferred Skills & Experience:
- Technology & Architecture Expertise
- Strong foundation in data architecture and analytics platforms
- Cloud architecture experience (AWS, Azure, GCP) in regulated environments
- Familiarity with APIs, event streaming, messaging, & modern design patterns (SOA, Microservices, DDD)
- Hands-on coding in Java, Python, JavaScript, C/C++; relational and NoSQL databases
- Experience with frameworks for streaming/distributed systems
- Knowledge of secure architectures and modern web stacks
Benefits:
- Comprehensive healthcare
- Retirement benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Flexible Time Off (FTO)
Hybrid Work Model:
- Employees are currently required to work at least 4 days in the office per week, with the flexibility to work from home 1 day a week.