Lead Solution Manager - Parametric

About the role

The Lead Solution Manager is responsible for producing and maintaining the Solution Vision, defining the Solution Intent, initiating and facilitating solution architecture, and collaborating with stakeholders and technology to execute and evolve the solution.

• Define what we are solving, end-to-end user/customer journey or lifecycle, personas, their skills and needs, high-level outline of a solution that addresses their needs, solution intent, capability roadmap, and milestones.
• Influence technical design to ensure it aligns with business objectives and socialize decisions with senior executives.
• Manage dependencies that influence sequencing of development, run Program Increments with Technology project managers, and collaborate with project managers, QAs, and development teams on execution.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to draw out target operating model as systems evolve, facilitate user research, operating model, and architecture sessions, and define requirements for successful execution.
• Manage a team of individual contributors who contribute to the client analysis solution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required/Master’s degree preferred
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in Finance/Asset Management, Strategy, Product management
• Minimum of 8 years of experience in financial data products/investment platforms/wealth tech/portfolio construction/trading
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Experience leading and directing others to achieve measurable results
• Demonstrated ability to articulate solution or product vision and/or customized solutions to meet business objectives
• Advanced skills using a variety of tools to document workflows and data mapping including but not limited to Miro/Lucid, Excel, SQL, Visio/Lucid/Figma, PowerPoint, Confluence, Jira
• Understanding of analysis and artifact goals throughout the solution lifecycle
• Ability to learn quickly and work in a highly dynamic and changing environment, under tight deadlines
• Ability to independently manage personal timelines and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to successfully manage, sequence and coordinate multiple simultaneous deliverables across groups and teams
• Ability to lead and manage a team of direct reports consisting of contractors and/or FTEs

Qualifications

• Experience working with Scaled Agile software development processes
• Understanding of analysis and artifact goals throughout the solution lifecycle
• Ability to learn quickly and work in a highly dynamic and changing environment, under tight deadlines
• Ability to independently manage personal timelines and meet tight deadlines
• Ability to successfully manage, sequence and coordinate multiple simultaneous deliverables across groups and teams
• Ability to lead and manage a team of direct reports consisting of contractors and/or FTEs

Skills

• Communicate effectively - both verbally and written - with technology and business partners
• Empathically understand and articulate user needs
• Analyze data gathered through user/stakeholder interactions and apply design thinking to draw out goals/business needs/problem statement/opportunity to be addressed, workflows/user journeys, personas and high-level solution outline
• Collaborate with the business and development team to draw out solution intent with capability roadmap and milestones
• Initiate and facilitate solution architecture with development leads, engaging on design to influence technical design ensuring it aligns with business objectives
• Socialize decisions with senior executives to ensure alignment on design
• Clearly understand and articulate dependencies that will influence sequencing of development
• Collaborate in running Program Increments with Technology project managers in facilitating quarterly planning across teams
• Collaborate closely with project managers, QAs and development teams on execution
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to draw out target operating model as systems evolve
• Collaborate with business analysts in user research, operating model and architecture session facilitation and requirements definition for successful execution
• Effectively manage stakeholder relationships through polished communication and follow-through
• Provide consultation and ensure continuity with product and development teams on solution
• Manage a team of individual contributors who contribute to the client analysis solution

Pay

$115,000 - $225,000/Yr.

Schedule

This role is part of Parametric's hybrid working model, which includes working in the office 3 days a week and choosing to work remotely or in the office the remaining days of the week.