As the Head of Business Application Engineering in our Asset Management Technology Solutions Team to lead technology transformation teams in the delivery of an industry leading trading and data ecosystem. Phoenix Asset Management is at a pivotal stage in it's journey as it moves from a totally outsourced model, leveraging external fund managers, to an in-house model with direct execution capability with an aspiration to price assets and calculate risk positions on an intra-day basis.
We have an incredible opportunity to join us here at Phoenix Group as a Head of Business Application Engineering in our Asset Management Technology Solutions Team
Location: This role could be based in either our Birmingham, Telford, London or Edinburgh offices with time spent working in the office and at home.
Flexible working: All of our roles are open to part-time, job-share and other types of flexibility. We will discuss what is important to you and balancing this with business requirements during the recruitment process. You can read more about Phoenix Flex here.
Closing Date: 24/01/2025
Salary and benefits: £100,000 - £150,000 plus 30% bonus up to 60%, private medical cover, 38 days annual leave, excellent pension, 12x salary life assurance, career breaks, income protection, 3x volunteering days and much more
Who are we?
We want to be the best place that any of our 6,600 colleagues have ever worked.
We're the UK's largest long-term savings and retirement business. We offer a range of products across our market-leading brands, Standard Life, SunLife, Phoenix Life and ReAssure. Around 1 in 5 people in the UK has a pension with us. We're a FTSE 100 organisation that is tackling key issues such as transitioning our portfolio to net zero by 2050, and we're not done yet.
The role
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Head of AM Business Application Engineering with deep expertise in building data ecosystems in an Asset Management environment. As a strategic leader, you will be responsible for driving technical innovation, managing product teams, Driving modern ways of working, and ensuring the successful delivery of cutting-edge products and services. As the Head of AM Business Application Engineering you will be accountable for the delivery of Asset Management's technology ecosystem through a significant period of transformation and enabling a suitable support model for a mature Asset Management function which is core to the success of the wider Phoenix Group.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leadership: Provide strategic direction and leadership for the technology and transformation organization, guiding the design, development, and deployment of cloud-based data solutions. Define best practices, standards, and frameworks for architecture, change, development, and operations. Building and leading diverse, cross-functional teams in a collaborative, agile environment and fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, continuous learning and empower team members to achieve their full potential.
- Partner with key delivery leads to ensure technology is integrated into multi-disciplinary delivery teams whilst maintaining engineering excellence. This will include active collaboration with key business stakeholders across Asset Management.
- Champion and lead the cross-functional teams to architect scalable, secure, and cost-effective solutions on our cloud platforms. Drive the adoption of cloud-native architectures, microservices and serverless technologies. Ensure alignment with business objectives and technical requirements.
- Development and Implementation: Oversee the development and implementation of software solutions, leveraging Python programming for backend modern technologies development, data processing, and automation tasks. Champion best practices in software engineering, code quality, and testing.
- Cloud Infrastructure Management: Manage and optimize cloud infrastructure, including compute, storage, networking, and security components. Utilize AWS services such as EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, ECS, and others to build resilient and scalable cloud environments.
- DevOps and Automation: Drive the adoption of Improve the already high standards of DevOps practices and automation tools to streamline development workflows, increase efficiency, and enhance reliability. Implement CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure as code (IaC), and configuration management techniques. Metrics to transparently show performance an throughput of the changes as they flow through the development timeline.
- Performance and Scalability: Monitor and optimize the performance, scalability, and reliability of cloud-based systems our data ecosystem. Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to proactively identify and address issues.
What are we looking for?
- Significant exposure to Asset Management, Trading or similar financial environment with Platform engineering experience.
- Proven track record in delivering large-scale, complex data solutions, with expertise in order management systems and quantitative engineering platforms such as Charles River, Aladdin and Beacon
- Experience in delivering enterprise grade data eco-systems such as Snowflake or Databricks
- Strong business acumen and the ability to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Exposure to Reporting tools and integration via API's (E.g. Quicksight, Tableau, Qlik, Power BI)
We want to hire the whole version of you.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone feels accepted and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If your experience looks different from what we've advertised and you believe that you can bring value to the role, we'd love to hear from you.
If you require any adjustments to the recruitment process, please let us know so we can help you to be at your best.
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