Senior/Lead Solution/Enterprise Architect with Investment Management -London, 12 mth FTC | Lond[...]

Senior/Lead Solution/Enterprise Architect with Investment Management - London, 12 mth FTC

Leading Fund Manager is seeking an experienced Enterprise/Solution Architect with front office investment management experience for an immediate start, on a 12 month FTC basis. Ideally to include Order Management or Portfolio Management with Aladdin/Thinkfolio or Charles River (CRD). Candidates from Investment Banking will be considered if you have exposure to Research, Quant, and Trading in a front-office setting.

In this role, you will architect solutions to business problems across the whole breadth of our Front Office, in alignment with the enterprise architecture direction and standards. You will perform technical planning, architectural development, develop specifications for new products/services, applications, and service offerings. This is a unique opportunity to join a high performing team of engineers and architects at a pivotal time in the evolution of our technical strategy.

Role summary and job responsibilities:

• Design and Architect Front Office shared platform, supporting Asset Management target state solutions.
• Understanding and advocating Enterprise Architecture (EA) principles and articulating value proposition of architecture to technology partners.
• Define, manage, and implement architectural processes and artifacts for the department.
• Review key design decisions with departmental engineering leads and review boards.
• Ensure decisions around architecture are made and deviations from standards are properly identified, addressed, and communicated.
• Participate and lead reviews of in-flight initiatives. Work closely with technical leads of projects, contributing solutions to the most challenging problems, including hands-on engineering as needed.
• Ensure that all solution architecture artifacts and changes are documented as per process standards.
• Coordinate with other enterprise architects as necessary for solution architecture.
• Balance tactical vs. strategic trade-offs when making decisions or proposing solutions.
• Be flexible and pragmatic in your thinking.

Required Experience:

• Knowledge of Portfolio Management or Research within Asset Management.
• Architecture Strategy and roadmap definition.
• Engineering and practical mindset for solving problems.
• Understanding of common architecture frameworks and models.
• Business and technology stakeholders' communication.
• Understanding of and experience with cloud-first application development (ideally to include AWS).