Vice President – Architecture

Bangalore, Karnataka

Job Description:

Job Title – Vice President – Architecture

The Purpose of This Role

The role will be leading a team of architects for the lead Fidelity Fund & Investment operations (FFIO) Technology organization for FMR India and is expected to have excellent architecture, design, and development skills. Along with performing people management responsibilities, individual will also contribute and lead various organization-wide technology strategies and solutions. The individual should be strong technology leader with effective delivery skills with a drive for quality and excellence.

The Value You Deliver

  • Mentor and coach Architects working from FFIO India and perform people management responsibilities.

  • Collaborate with other architects, technology and business leaders hands on brainstorming sessions and technical discussions to help drive optimum architecture options.

  • Enable architects for senior leader presentations and building product architecture narratives for all stakeholders.

  • Help Architecture team to get the understanding of Asset Management domain and context of business capability for FFIO.

  • Influence and contribute towards strategy and implementation of Digital Assets (Crypto, Blockchain, Tokens) for the organization

  • Lead or contribute towards defining different FFIO’s technical strategies and initiatives.

  • Supports and communicates relevant IT governance policies, procedures, and processes.

  • Provide leadership practicing technology trends and domain impacts with new changes.

  • Contribute towards increasing capabilities of FFIO India associates and mentor tech leads.

The Skills that are Key to this role

Technical / Behavioral

  • Experience with sophisticated event processing, RESTful API design, distributed architecture patterns and highly transaction trading integrations is required. Should be expert with frameworks like Spring and Angular. Drive next generation technology tools and capabilities for FFIO.

  • Experience in working with complex product and models for portfolio construction will be an added advantage.

  • Hands on experience in cloud technologies and practices, building data applications that use services such as AWS EC2, S3, SNS/SQS, API Gateway, AWS Batch, Lambda, Elasticsearch desired

  • Expertise in Digital Assets based on Cryptos, Blockchain, Tokenization and different tokens. You are having primary understanding of developing a solution based on Blockchain.

  • Well-grounded knowledge of engineering and continuous delivery practices.

  • Proven leadership skills, demonstrated ability to mentor, influence and partner with application architects, engineering and product teams to deliver scalable robust data solutions. Experience coaching and guiding team of architects.

  • Significant experience working in complex data environments in an engineering, design and architecture capacity.

  • Proficiency at understanding enterprise architecture concepts, master data management, data modeling and design techniques.

  • Strong skills and demonstrated focus in logical and component architecture design and deployment.

  • Demonstrated success in composing and driving long term product strategies

  • Proven knowledge and experience in Java, J2EE, RESTful web services, Apache Kafka and continuous query engines

  • Strong experience in event based and message based orchestration architecture.

  • Passionate about technology and delivering solutions in integrated data environments.

  • Exposure to Python and R, along with Data Science and Machine Learning experience desired.

  • Detailed understanding of Data Exploration, Visual Analytics concepts and tools such as Tableau.

  • Hands on experience Amazon web services is desired.

  • Undergraduate degree in computer science or a related field ideally combined with an advanced technical degree.

The Skills that are Good To Have for this role

  • Strong IT and Financial industry connect.

  • Understanding of financials of the organization and budget planning.

  • Understanding of Alternate Investment products

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Fidelity Fund & Investment Operations Technology (FFIO Tech) is the business unit that is responsible for delivering innovative, scalable, industry-leading tools that enable the three core domains viz., Investment Operations, Global Middle Office and Fund Oversight. FFIO Technology products support and enable our front office activities within Asset Management through various critical business processes like Reference Data, Fund Performance, Cash and Positions, Net Asset Values, Tax and Shareholder Reporting. FFIO Tech India is an integral part of the global FFIO Technology organization.

You are going to lead team Architects who are playing global role and impact critical programs and initiatives of FFIO with their technology solutions.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

  • 15+ years of IT experience

  • Undergraduate degree in computer science or a related field ideally combined with an advanced technical degree

Location : Bangalore

Shift timings: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Certifications:

At Fidelity, building a better financial future— for everyone— is our mission. For the last 75+ years, our privately-held company has remained committed to supporting our clients throughout their lifelong financial journeys.

Our formula is simple: we support our team, and they support our customers. That culture begins with our employees, whose personal and professional growth is key to our collective success. In keeping with that legacy, our privately-held company offers associates career stability and security, while at the same time encouraging your professional exploration and growth. At Fidelity India, we are proud to continue that legacy. With offices in Bangalore and Chennai, our Indian branch is now celebrating 20 years as a Global Capability Center. To find out more, visit India.Fidelity.com, or our global site at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer, and whenever possible we accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process. Please email us at accommodations@fmr.com or call 800-835-5099 for more information

Benefits Developed for You

From the little things that make every day better to those big-picture, life-changing tools. That’s exactly what you’ll get at Fidelity. We have an amazing package of benefits and programs designed to help you thrive both at and outside of work.

Insurance

Affordable and accessible healthcare benefits for you and your loved ones.

  • Coverage of up to INR 300,000 for you along with your spouse/partner, with additional top-up options available
  • Insurance covers for parents/in-laws made available at subsidized costs
  • Personal accident insurance cover of six times your annual basic salary
  • Life insurance cover of eight times your annual basic salary

Wellness

We invest in nurturing healthy habits and promoting overall wellness of our associates through three pillars – Physical, Emotional, and Financial wellness.

Parenting

To help you through the exciting yet demanding times of parenthood, avail of time off and other benefits such as childcare allowance and access to daycare.

Transport

You will have access to free transport services to and from work, subject to residing within our pre-defined boundary limits

Retirement

Finally, like the icing on the cake, we offer benefits that will help you contribute to and invest towards your retirement.

  • National Pension System (NPS) offered at Fidelity:
    • At Grade 6 and below, Fidelity will match your NPS contribution up to 5% of your basic salary
    • At Grade 7 and above, Fidelity contributes 10% of your basic salary towards NPS as part of your compensation structure
  • Avail of other statutory benefits such as EPF, VPF and Gratuity

Read more about our Benefits program.

Committed to Continuous Learning

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our associates to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions – as well as learning days and job shadow opportunities to expose you to new elements of our business to broaden your experience.

Ongoing Opportunities for Growth

  • Free access to thousands of online training resources
  • Internal clubs focused on trending topics and associate interests
  • Ability to pursue online or in-person technical certifications

Read more about our Learning & Development program.

Connected to Our Communities

At every level of our organization, you’ll find people who are committed to doing their part to make the world a better place. We host events and conduct volunteering activities, encouraging associates across the organization to get involved and make an impact on the lives of people in the communities where we live and work.

Fidelity Cares

  • Through our community relations program, we provide associates with several opportunities to actively volunteer and create an impact
  • Host numerous company-wide volunteering and awareness events.
  • Partner with a number of not-for-profit organizations to benefit our local communities

Year-Round Volunteer Opportunities

  • Partner with schools and our not-for-profit organizations on financial literacy programs, career counselling, and online tutoring for students
  • Teach employability skills to youth from low-income backgrounds, and conduct mock interviews to prepare them for corporate jobs
  • Create joyful learning experiences for primary school children through the ‘Art in Education’ program
  • Plant urban mini forests and participate in local cleanup efforts

Read more about our Fidelity Cares community relations program..

Job Description:

Job Title – Vice President – Architecture

The Purpose of This Role

The role will be leading a team of architects for the lead Fidelity Fund & Investment operations (FFIO) Technology organization for FMR India and is expected to have excellent architecture, design, and development skills. Along with performing people management responsibilities, individual will also contribute and lead various organization-wide technology strategies and solutions. The individual should be strong technology leader with effective delivery skills with a drive for quality and excellence.

The Value You Deliver

  • Mentor and coach Architects working from FFIO India and perform people management responsibilities.

  • Collaborate with other architects, technology and business leaders hands on brainstorming sessions and technical discussions to help drive optimum architecture options.

  • Enable architects for senior leader presentations and building product architecture narratives for all stakeholders.

  • Help Architecture team to get the understanding of Asset Management domain and context of business capability for FFIO.

  • Influence and contribute towards strategy and implementation of Digital Assets (Crypto, Blockchain, Tokens) for the organization

  • Lead or contribute towards defining different FFIO’s technical strategies and initiatives.

  • Supports and communicates relevant IT governance policies, procedures, and processes.

  • Provide leadership practicing technology trends and domain impacts with new changes.

  • Contribute towards increasing capabilities of FFIO India associates and mentor tech leads.

The Skills that are Key to this role

Technical / Behavioral

  • Experience with sophisticated event processing, RESTful API design, distributed architecture patterns and highly transaction trading integrations is required. Should be expert with frameworks like Spring and Angular. Drive next generation technology tools and capabilities for FFIO.

  • Experience in working with complex product and models for portfolio construction will be an added advantage.

  • Hands on experience in cloud technologies and practices, building data applications that use services such as AWS EC2, S3, SNS/SQS, API Gateway, AWS Batch, Lambda, Elasticsearch desired

  • Expertise in Digital Assets based on Cryptos, Blockchain, Tokenization and different tokens. You are having primary understanding of developing a solution based on Blockchain.

  • Well-grounded knowledge of engineering and continuous delivery practices.

  • Proven leadership skills, demonstrated ability to mentor, influence and partner with application architects, engineering and product teams to deliver scalable robust data solutions. Experience coaching and guiding team of architects.

  • Significant experience working in complex data environments in an engineering, design and architecture capacity.

  • Proficiency at understanding enterprise architecture concepts, master data management, data modeling and design techniques.

  • Strong skills and demonstrated focus in logical and component architecture design and deployment.

  • Demonstrated success in composing and driving long term product strategies

  • Proven knowledge and experience in Java, J2EE, RESTful web services, Apache Kafka and continuous query engines

  • Strong experience in event based and message based orchestration architecture.

  • Passionate about technology and delivering solutions in integrated data environments.

  • Exposure to Python and R, along with Data Science and Machine Learning experience desired.

  • Detailed understanding of Data Exploration, Visual Analytics concepts and tools such as Tableau.

  • Hands on experience Amazon web services is desired.

  • Undergraduate degree in computer science or a related field ideally combined with an advanced technical degree.

The Skills that are Good To Have for this role

  • Strong IT and Financial industry connect.

  • Understanding of financials of the organization and budget planning.

  • Understanding of Alternate Investment products

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

Fidelity Fund & Investment Operations Technology (FFIO Tech) is the business unit that is responsible for delivering innovative, scalable, industry-leading tools that enable the three core domains viz., Investment Operations, Global Middle Office and Fund Oversight. FFIO Technology products support and enable our front office activities within Asset Management through various critical business processes like Reference Data, Fund Performance, Cash and Positions, Net Asset Values, Tax and Shareholder Reporting. FFIO Tech India is an integral part of the global FFIO Technology organization.

You are going to lead team Architects who are playing global role and impact critical programs and initiatives of FFIO with their technology solutions.

The Expertise We’re Looking For

  • 15+ years of IT experience

  • Undergraduate degree in computer science or a related field ideally combined with an advanced technical degree

Location : Bangalore

Shift timings: 11:00 AM – 8:00 PM

Certifications:

At Fidelity, building a better financial future— for everyone— is our mission. For the last 75+ years, our privately-held company has remained committed to supporting our clients throughout their lifelong financial journeys.

Our formula is simple: we support our team, and they support our customers. That culture begins with our employees, whose personal and professional growth is key to our collective success. In keeping with that legacy, our privately-held company offers associates career stability and security, while at the same time encouraging your professional exploration and growth. At Fidelity India, we are proud to continue that legacy. With offices in Bangalore and Chennai, our Indian branch is now celebrating 20 years as a Global Capability Center. To find out more, visit India.Fidelity.com, or our global site at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer, and whenever possible we accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process. Please email us at accommodations@fmr.com or call 800-835-5099 for more information

Benefits Developed for You

From the little things that make every day better to those big-picture, life-changing tools. That’s exactly what you’ll get at Fidelity. We have an amazing package of benefits and programs designed to help you thrive both at and outside of work.

Insurance

Affordable and accessible healthcare benefits for you and your loved ones.

  • Coverage of up to INR 300,000 for you along with your spouse/partner, with additional top-up options available
  • Insurance covers for parents/in-laws made available at subsidized costs
  • Personal accident insurance cover of six times your annual basic salary
  • Life insurance cover of eight times your annual basic salary

Wellness

We invest in nurturing healthy habits and promoting overall wellness of our associates through three pillars – Physical, Emotional, and Financial wellness.

Parenting

To help you through the exciting yet demanding times of parenthood, avail of time off and other benefits such as childcare allowance and access to daycare.

Transport

You will have access to free transport services to and from work, subject to residing within our pre-defined boundary limits

Retirement

Finally, like the icing on the cake, we offer benefits that will help you contribute to and invest towards your retirement.

  • National Pension System (NPS) offered at Fidelity:
    • At Grade 6 and below, Fidelity will match your NPS contribution up to 5% of your basic salary
    • At Grade 7 and above, Fidelity contributes 10% of your basic salary towards NPS as part of your compensation structure
  • Avail of other statutory benefits such as EPF, VPF and Gratuity

Read more about our Benefits program.

Committed to Continuous Learning

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our associates to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions – as well as learning days and job shadow opportunities to expose you to new elements of our business to broaden your experience.

Ongoing Opportunities for Growth

  • Free access to thousands of online training resources
  • Internal clubs focused on trending topics and associate interests
  • Ability to pursue online or in-person technical certifications

Read more about our Learning & Development program.

Connected to Our Communities

At every level of our organization, you’ll find people who are committed to doing their part to make the world a better place. We host events and conduct volunteering activities, encouraging associates across the organization to get involved and make an impact on the lives of people in the communities where we live and work.

Fidelity Cares

  • Through our community relations program, we provide associates with several opportunities to actively volunteer and create an impact
  • Host numerous company-wide volunteering and awareness events.
  • Partner with a number of not-for-profit organizations to benefit our local communities

Year-Round Volunteer Opportunities

  • Partner with schools and our not-for-profit organizations on financial literacy programs, career counselling, and online tutoring for students
  • Teach employability skills to youth from low-income backgrounds, and conduct mock interviews to prepare them for corporate jobs
  • Create joyful learning experiences for primary school children through the ‘Art in Education’ program
  • Plant urban mini forests and participate in local cleanup efforts

Read more about our Fidelity Cares community relations program..

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Job Level: Vice President
Job ID: 2089077

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