Engineering Manager, Fund Services

As a leading financial services and healthcare technology company based on revenue, SS&C is headquartered in Windsor, Connecticut, and has 27,000+ employees in 35 countries. Some 20,000 financial services and healthcare organizations, from the world's largest companies to small and mid-market firms, rely on SS&C for expertise, scale, and technology.

Job Description

Title: Engineering Manager, Fund Services

Location: Australia [Preferably Melbourne] || Hybrid

Job Type: Full Time II Permanent

Job Description

Get To Know Us:

SS&C GIDS provides information processing and computer software services and products.  The Company’s operating segments include financial markets, customer management, professional services, and output solutions.  SS&C GIDS serves the alternative investments, asset and wealth management, banking and lending, insurance, and real estate industries.

Why You Will Love It Here!

• Flexibility: Hybrid Work Model
• Your Future: Income Protection Insurance & Salary Continuance
• Work/Life Balance: Generous Bereavement & Compassionate leave
• Your Wellbeing: Private Health Insurance discount, Primary & Secondary Paid Parental leave, Death & TPD Insurance
• Diversity & Inclusion: Committed to Welcoming, Celebrating and Thriving on Diversity
• Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, including SS&C University
• Extra Perks: Discounts on fitness clubs, travel and more!

Please note that this role can be based in Melbourne, Sydney or Newcastle.

What You Will Get To Do:           

The AU Transfer Agency (TA) engineering teams play a crucial role in driving and delivering SS&C’s global TA technology strategy. Our product suite includes large backend systems, digital web front ends, and connectivity interfaces with industry partners. These products are utilized by investors and advisors for investment purposes, as well as by internal users for administering managing funds. We have several agile teams working closely with business operations and clients to enhance our offerings and execute our product strategy.

As an Engineering Manager you will work closely with Product Managers, BAs, Tech Leads and relevant business teams to deliver the TA product strategy and roadmap. You will also closely collaborate with your peers and your manager in executing key engineering initiatives to build a high-performance engineering organization.

• Delivery leadership:
  • Run an agile engineering delivery team that practices Scrum.
  • Oversee the planning, execution and delivery of the product roadmap, ensuring alignment with the SS&C TA’s key business and technology goals.
  • Collaborate with other engineering and business teams to define requirements, scope and timelines
  • Ensure the timely delivery of high-quality products and solutions.
• Engineering leadership
  • Manage the ‘build and ‘run’ for software products owned by the team using Agile and DevOps principles.
  • Facilitate technical decision-making in your team by empowering your team to take responsibility and be accountable for their decisions
  • Drive continual improvement in engineering practices
• People / Team leadership
  • Measure, develop and implement strategies to enhance team performance and productivity
  • Lead, mentor and coach a team of software engineers, business analysts and quality engineers and foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture
  • Conduct regular performance reviews and build a feedback culture in teams
• Product leadership
  • Demonstrate strong Business acumen (Product-mindset and Customer empathy) and coach team members these skills
• Continuous Improvement
  • Champion a culture of Continuous Improvement & Innovation, adaptability, and relentless focus on building the best product

What You Will Bring:

• Strong people leadership and management skills
• Strong agile background with deep knowledge of Scrum
• 10+ years of experience in an equivalent software delivery role e.g. business analyst, engineer, tester.
• 4+ years in an Engineering Management or equivalent role.
• Experience in a technical software delivery role with broad knowledge across a range of engineering concepts such as Continuous Delivery, DevOps.
• Passion for fostering a positive and high-performing team environment
• Proven experience in owning and delivering successful products, balancing strategic vision with execution
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, able to work effectively across teams and disciplines
• A passion for tackling challenging problems and delivering products that make a meaningful impact
• High EQ – self-aware, self-regulated, motivated and empathetic
• Qualification or Training in Software Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

We encourage applications from people of all backgrounds to enable us to bring diverse perspectives to our thinking and conversation. It's important to us that we strive to have a workforce that is diverse in the widest sense.

Thank you for your interest in SS&C! If applicable, to further explore this opportunity, please apply directly with us through our Careers page on our corporate website @ www.ssctech.com/careers.

Unless explicitly requested or approached by SS&C Technologies, Inc. or any of its affiliated companies, the company will not accept unsolicited resumes from headhunters, recruitment agencies, or fee-based recruitment services.

Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the position is filled.

SS&C Technologies is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant for employment or employee on the basis of race, color, religious creed, gender, age, marital status, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other classification protected by applicable discrimination laws.