PEAK6

Senior Director, Solutions Architect – Global Wealth Services

PEAK6

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: New York CityNew JerseyNew YorkUnited States

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Salary

💰 $220,000 - $275,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Play a multi-faceted role in ensuring that Apex meets the feature, regulatory and client experience demands of our technology services.
  • Focus on the expansion of Apex’s Ascend platform to non-US localities while supporting US-based processing.
  • Collaborate closely with business SMEs, Relationship Managers, service delivery organization and technology organization.
  • Develop cross-functional solutions based upon little direction.
  • Engage with client stakeholders to capture business goals and regulatory needs.
  • Present solution concepts and gather feedback for localization or compliance adjustments.
  • Act as a quarterback for strategic global investments; mentor a team of product, engineering, and testing professionals.
  • Ensure architectural governance of the platform while adding localized configurations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field (or equivalent work experience)
  • 12+ years of prior work experience in a leadership role in delivering large-scale, complex Financial Services solutions in an agile environment.
  • 6+ years of people management experience
  • Experience working in international financial services, encompassing multiple markets and regulatory environments.
  • Extensive knowledge of Clearance, Custody and Trade Execution processing requirements in Financial Services.
  • Understanding of the processing differences versus traditional investment products like equities.
  • Demonstrated understanding of global regulatory standards in banking and wealth management (e.g., US SEC/FINRA, UK FCA, EU regulations, APAC regulations).
  • Track record of designing solutions to accommodate international tax and reporting requirements for cross-border wealth clients.
  • Deep understanding of integration architectures: APIs, microservices, data migration, ETL, and middleware relevant to financial services.
  • Experience in building and managing high-performing teams within agile development frameworks.
  • Familiarity with agile development methodologies and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
Benefits
  • healthcare benefits (medical, dental and vision, EAP)
  • competitive PTO
  • 401k match
  • parental leave
  • HSA contribution match
  • paid subscription to the Calm app
  • generous external learning and tuition reimbursement benefits

Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard skills
agile developmentAPIsmicroservicesdata migrationETLmiddlewarefinancial services solutionslocalizationcompliance adjustmentsinternational tax and reporting
Soft skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationcommunicationproblem-solvingstrategic thinkingclient engagementcross-functional teamworkfeedback gatheringarchitectural governance