Associate Director, Software Engineering

Lead the engineering design and delivery of technology solutions aligned to business strategy, architecture standards, and engineering principles. Own end-to-end delivery oversight, including scope, plan, milestones, dependencies, RAID management, and release readiness. Drive engineering excellence across SDLC, coding standards, test strategy, automation, CI/CD, and non-functional requirements (performance, security, resilience). Streamline and standardise the Investment & Managed Solutions FSA, improving governance, controls, and operational efficiency. Ensure solutions meet regulatory expectations, risk policies, operational resilience requirements, and audit/documentation standards. Identify, prioritise, and drive adoption of AI use cases within SVS, ensuring controlled delivery, change management, and benefits realisation. Partner with Product, Architecture, Security, Operations, and Risk/Compliance to translate requirements into deliverable, supportable engineering outcomes. Lead stakeholder engagement at multiple levels, communicating engineering decisions, trade-offs, delivery status, and outcomes clearly. Promote agile ways of working (SAFe) and continuous improvement across teams and delivery processes. Provide mentorship, coaching, and performance support to engineers and junior leaders, building capability and a strong engineering culture. Ensure quality deliverables are produced on time and within budget, with clear accountability for outcomes. Stay current with emerging technologies and evaluate opportunities to improve client experience, reliability, and operational efficiency. Support department objectives and strategic initiatives as required. Strong English communication skills (written and spoken), with the ability to influence and align senior stakeholders. Proven experience leading engineering delivery in complex environments with multiple teams and dependencies. Strong domain knowledge in investment products, including funds, discretionary/managed portfolios, alternatives, and related services. Experience working in a global set-up across time zones with distributed, multicultural teams. Strong ownership mindset with clear accountability for engineering outcomes, delivery quality, and risk/control adherence. Practical experience with Agile (SAFe) delivery and DevOps practices (CI/CD, automated testing, release discipline). Experience with delivery and engineering tooling such as Jira and Confluence. Strong interpersonal, presentation, and stakeholder management skills with a proactive, delivery-focused approach. Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills Positive, proactive and can-do attitude