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Key Responsibilities

  • Provide strategic direction and day-to-day leadership to a highly technical team of employees and contractors. Develop and maintain a high performing team through effective hiring, coaching, and rigorous performance/talent management processes. Influence and implement a resource strategy (internal versus vendor) based on business need, scope of work, cost, and skill requirements. Foster a collaborative and results-oriented team environment where resources are empowered and accountable, and focused on business needs.
  • Collaborate with the business to understand business strategy and needs, customer needs, and market trends. Collaborate with architecture and leadership on design of a supporting technology strategy, including a multi-year road map, that aligns with architectural design, plan, and standards. Provide cost and feasibility analysis to support and gain strategy approval. Implement and drive strategy. Oversee annual asset health and security assessments and incorporate output into the development strategy.
  • Ensure that solution design and delivery meet business requirements and expectations regarding cost, schedule, and scope. Deliver operational excellence through development, formal release schedules and release management processes, service level agreements (SLAs), problem resolution through system monitoring, and change management. Effectively oversee multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Collaborate with the enterprise procurement team to ensure appropriate procurement processes are followed and to assist in effective management of vendor relationships. Partner with vendor partners to ensure all on- and off-shore resources are of appropriate skill set, Ameriprise preferred methodologies are followed, output meets quality standards, and established SLAs are met.
  • Strategically plan and prioritize software/solution releases within planned release schedules based on enterprise business strategy, business and technology need, and impact, while assuring appropriate scope, size, and impact of releases to end users. Effectively plan all design, development, and testing work to ensure the pre-determined release schedule is met.
  • Participate in the annual budget and financial planning process for assigned organization, technical assets, and related projects. Participate in and bring subject matter expertise to the prioritization and planning of technology product solutions to meet and maximize the annual investment budget. Collaborate with involved teams across the business and with vendor partners to effectively and accurately estimate amount of work and resulting cost associated with project deliverables.
  • Champion and ensure compliance with organizational standards, practices and methodologies. Participate in the design and implementation of new methodologies, practices, and standards, as required. Hold teams accountable for following and implementing Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) methodology and quality management framework for projects.
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelors degree or equivalent (4-years) in Computer Science, Engineering, MIS, or related field or equivalent work experience.
  • 7-10 years of relevant experience.
  • 7-10+ years of experience in technology and/or software development, progressing in complexity and responsibility.
  • 3-5+ years of leadership experience, including demonstrated success delivering business and technical roadmaps by leading technical teams and executing with outsourced/vendor partner environment (both on and off-shore).
  • Technical experience with DevSecOps, CICD pipelines, Unit testing, and performance testing
  • 3 - 5+ years in Agile methodologies

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience participating in the financial planning process (departmental and/or project).
  • Highly effective communication skills that includes the ability to deliver technical information to non-technical audiences.
  • Experience in delivering technical solutions through both vendor (on- and off-shore) and employee resources.
  • Proven success in the design/delivery of complex, best-in-class enterprise-level software applications.
  • 2-3+ Years of managing financial budgets

We're a diversified financial services leader with more than $1 trillion in assets under management and administration. Our team of 20,000 people in more than 20 countries advise, manage and protect the assets and income of more than 2 million individual, small business and institutional clients. We are a long-standing leader in financial planning and advice, a global asset manager and an insurer. Our unwavering focus on our clients and strong financial foundation connects each of our unique businesses - Ameriprise Financial Services, Columbia Threadneedle Investments and RiverSource Insurance and Annuities. Here, we foster meaningful careers, invest in the future, and make a difference for clients, institutions and communities around the world.

About Our Company

Ameriprise Financial is an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, genetic information, age, sexual orientation, citizenship, gender identity, disability, veteran status, marital status, family status or any other basis prohibited by law.

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