Director, Delivery Lead - Quant Technology at Fidelity Investments

Job Description:

Director, Delivery Lead - Quant Technology
 

The Purpose of This Role

Do you want to be part of a team developing the best-in-class Quant applications and technologies? As the Director, Delivery Lead, Quant Technology you will be a part of Quantitative Research and Investments Technology organization, and you will be the end-to-end gatekeeper of the strategic and day-to-day tactical tasks associated with delivering on strategic priorities across multiple product lines. You will partner with both technical and business leaders to provide metrics and reporting across multiple teams. You will ensure alignment on the “what” and “when” work is to be performed through ongoing planning and prioritization of the product backlog.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• 5+ years of proven experience as a scrum master or in program and project management and technology solution delivery
• Experience in Financial Services, Asset Management industry is desirable
• Experience coordinating multiple teams to deliver complex interconnected solutions/products
• Very good client communication skills
• Proven focus on execution and identify, communicate and remove impediments to progress
• Capable of influencing, and motivating colleagues without formal authority
• Intellectually curiosity and a desire of continuous learning, mentoring, and coaching

The Value You Deliver

• Managing complexity of integrated delivery of capabilities
• Establishing transparency, alignment and consistent communication across Product area leader, architects, teams and partners on the needs, dependencies and challenges while delivering to product priorities
• Driving planning events and other relevant forums/activities with team leads and architects across the product or other dependent squads/teams to align on key delivery items
• Defining, refining, and communicating the product roadmap to motivate and establish team and partner support and alignment
• Anticipating, discovering through ongoing interaction with, and prioritizing partner needs to serve as their voice and guide the execution of the team
• Defining, evaluating, and communicating results against acceptance criteria
• Inspecting and evaluating progress, and removing impediments
• Facilitate making informed trade-off decisions to strike the right balance between quality, cost, and timelines
• Influencing the product area vision and strategy working with the product area leader and help define product metrics
• Encouraging learning and drives innovation strategies for the product

The Team

Asset Management Technology (AMT) provides worldwide technology and support to all the Investment Management, Research, Trading, and Investment Operations functions. You will be part of Asset Management’s Quantitative Research & Investment Technology group that partners with the investment teams on various projects including portfolio construction, risk management, and alpha research. We build high quality, robust, and efficient high-responsive solutions that are used to enhance Fidelity’s efficiency and decision-making processes.

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients’ money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.