Associate Director - Technology (, MD, United States)

Responsibilities

• Directly manage team(s) focused on delivering high quality project results
• Focus on team leadership, delivery of business value, risk mitigation, cost optimization and return on investment
• Direct and coordinate organization's financial and budget activities
• Ensure technology best practices are being implemented and improved
• Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solutions
• Support the evaluation of new technologies, techniques, and tools
• Report status and issues to senior Technology management team
• Work directly with outside vendors to negotiate services and product agreements
• Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with peers

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline
• At least five (5) years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience
• Master’s degree and past Financial Services industry experience preferred
• Minimum of 3 years of managing technical programs and/or processes
• Management of at least four (4) resources and budget of at least $1 million annually
• Knowledge of business, technology and management principles
• Direct project experience in strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and/or compliance
• Extensive knowledge of industry leading technology best practices including familiarity with technology methodologies including ISO-9000, ITIL, Agile