Executive Director Software Engineering

About the role

The Executive Director, Software Engineering will lead the strategy, delivery, modernization, and operational performance of technology platforms supporting DTCC's Institutional Trade Processing business. This leader will oversee globally distributed engineering teams responsible for client connectivity, messaging, shared services, and enterprise modernization initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute technology strategy and multi-year roadmaps for the portfolio.
• Ensure secure, resilient, and highly available production services.
• Lead modernization initiatives while maintaining operational stability.
• Partner with Product, Architecture, Infrastructure, Cybersecurity, Operations, and Business leaders to deliver strategic outcomes.
• Drive engineering standards, scalability, performance, resilience, and operational excellence.
• Oversee budgets, workforce planning, vendor management, technology risk, and executive reporting.
• Build leadership capability, succession depth, and accountability across global engineering teams.

Requirements

• 15+ years of technology leadership experience, including executive responsibility for large-scale software engineering organizations.
• Proven experience operating mission-critical platforms in highly regulated or high-availability environments.
• Demonstrated success leading large-scale modernization and cloud transformation initiatives.
• Deep knowledge of enterprise architecture, software engineering, systems integration, resilience, performance, and secure development practices.
• Experience managing complex portfolios, budgets, vendors, and global teams.
• Strong executive presence with the ability to influence senior business and technology stakeholders.

Qualifications & Experience

• Financial services, market infrastructure, post-trade processing, or other highly regulated industries.
• Client connectivity, secure messaging, file transfer, systems integration, and shared client-data platforms.
• Familiarity with AWS, Java, APIs, event-driven architectures, and database modernization.

Skills

• Strategic and pragmatic technology leadership.
• Prioritizing client outcomes, service stability, and long-term platform sustainability.
• Building strong partnerships.
• Simplifying complexity.
• Establishing accountability.
• Developing high-performing engineering organizations capable of driving both operational excellence and transformational change.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including base pay and annual incentive.
• Comprehensive health and life insurance and well-being benefits, based on location.
• Pension / Retirement benefits.
• Paid Time Off and Personal/Family Care, and other leaves of absence when needed to support your physical, financial, and emotional well-being.

Pay

Salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.

Schedule

DTCC offers a flexible/hybrid model of 3 days onsite and 2 days remote (onsite Tuesdays, Wednesdays and a third day unique to each team or employee).