IT Development Manager - Equities Technology
Company: William Blair
Location: Chicago
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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Job Description:
* Lead team of direct reports and temp/consultants focused on
modernizing analytics infrastructure, reporting, support and
integration of trading and CRM systems and other IT initiatives for
the equities departmentAct as a business technology lead,
supporting the business processes and driving solutions for
Equities technology initiatives.Provide thought leadership on
technologies to help drive business.Coordinate development and
implementation efforts with internal IT resources and/or external
vendors.Collaborate with IT management to determine and plan
software development short- and long-term development and
maintenance strategies over the course of system lifecycles. Ensure
alignment with the business strategies of software users.Prepare
project plans and manage resources while documenting business
requirements, functional specifications, test plans, workflow, and
data requirements.Partner with business area management to define
software requirements and test cases.Prioritize, scope, plan and
oversee the execution of software development projects. Ensure
alignment with business objectives, and the achievement of key
milestones and project objectives.Guide the development and
implementation of software development standards and policies.
Employ appropriate software development methodologies and ensure
that issues identified during testing are resolved.Oversee the
development of tools and training for application users. Ensure
complete, current documentation for all applications.Oversee the
resolution of escalated technical issues. Ensure that problems are
resolved in a timely manner to maintain software availability and
functionality.Lead the development of application specific business
continuity and disaster recovery plans.Evaluate new technologies
and vendors. Recommend direction based on holistic understanding of
firm architecture and application needs. May participate in
contract negotiations.Monitor industry trends and external
developments that may impact application development activities.
Identify best practices being used and encourage adoption through
direct and indirect training methods.Ensure all activities are in
compliance with applicable rules, regulations, policies and
procedures.Additional responsibilities as
requested.PDN-96007b9c-8443-436a-8ce9-a752f38fe9ebSDL2017
Keywords: William Blair, Chicago , IT Development Manager - Equities Technology, Executive , Chicago, Illinois
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