Director of Technology, MGB Investment Office

Overview

Investment Office General Overview Mass General Brigham's Investment Office manages more than $30 billion for MGB, invested primarily via partnerships with third-party investment management firms. Strategies in the portfolio include private equity, venture capital, long-only equities, long/short equities, and real assets investments. Our goal is to generate excellent long-term risk-adjusted returns to support MGB's mission to improve the lives and health outcomes of patients globally. The Investment Office offers a collaborative, team-oriented environment. We strive to be nimble in our pursuit of exceptional investment opportunities, as well as our support of world-class investment partners. This is a hybrid position based in Somerville, MA.

Job Summary

The Investment Office seeks a highly motivated professional to be responsible for setting and executing the technology strategy for the Investment Office, enabling best-in-class investment decision-making, portfolio management, risk oversight, and operational efficiency. The Director of Technology partners closely with investment, operations, risk, and finance leadership to deliver secure, scalable, and data-driven technology platforms that support public and private market investing. The successful candidate will have a demonstrated record of academic achievement, success working in a team environment to achieve common goals, and familiarity with the workings of an institutional investment office.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Investment Office technology strategy aligned with investment objectives and fiduciary responsibilities.
• Build and lead a high-performing technology team supporting investment and operations functions.
• Partner with administrative, investment, legal, and operations teams to translate investment workflows into effective technology solutions.
• Ensure technology platforms support the full investment lifecycle, including research, portfolio construction, trading, performance, and reporting.
• Oversee investment data architecture, including market data, portfolio data, alternative data, and reference data.
• Enable advanced analytics, reporting, and quantitative tools to support investment research and risk management.
• Support integration of third-party investment systems (performance, risk, accounting) and external data providers.
• Lead design and delivery of modern, scalable, and resilient technology platforms, including cloud and hybrid environments.
• Ensure strong cybersecurity, data privacy, and access controls appropriate for a fiduciary investment environment.
• Establish disaster recovery, business continuity, and incident response capabilities.
• Own technology budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
• Manage technology vendor relationships, contracts, and service providers.
• Foster a culture of accountability, partnership with investment teams, and continuous improvement.
• Proactively evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., advanced analytics, automation, AI/ML) for applicability to investment research, operations, and risk, and propose new solutions to the team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
• 10+ years of IT management experience - Director level experience is a plus - including responsibility for enterprise platforms and data.
• Experience supporting investment management, asset management, endowment, pension, or family office environments.
• Strong understanding of investment data, analytics, and system integration.
• Collaborative team player; proven ability to work closely with senior investment professionals.
• Experience with public and/or private markets technology platforms.
• Experience in regulated or fiduciary environments.
• Strong communication skills.
• Team management experience preferred.
• Hybrid role, with two days per week in-office required (Tuesday/Wednesday).

Mass General Brigham Incorporated is an Equal Opportunity Employer. By embracing diverse skills, perspectives and ideas, we choose to lead. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, sex, age, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation, military service, genetic information, and/or other status protected under law. We will ensure that all individuals with a disability are provided a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.