SVP, Development and Enterprise Architecture

About the role

The SVP of Development and Enterprise Architecture leads the evolution of eMoney Advisor’s engineering organization into an AI-first, platform-driven, and product-centric ecosystem.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the enterprise architecture vision across application, data, and AI layers, aligned to business strategy.
• Lead the transition to a platform engineering model enabling self-service, reusable capabilities, and developer acceleration.
• Architect systems that are cloud-native, API-first, event-driven, and designed for continuous change and scale.
• Establish patterns for AI integration, including model orchestration, feature reuse, and real-time decisioning.
• Define and execute an AI-first engineering strategy that embeds AI agents and automation across the SDLC.
• Lead global engineering teams to deliver high-quality products and enhancements with speed, predictability, and quality.
• Partner with Product to align delivery with business priorities, driving measurable customer and business outcomes.
• Partner with QA leadership to evolve testing into an AI-enabled, continuous quality engineering discipline.
• Partnering with Information Security lead secure-by-design practices and application security modernization, including proactive risk detection and remediation.
• Build, lead, and inspire a high-performing global organization of engineers and architects.
• Act as a thought leader on emerging technologies, particularly AI/ML, and their application to wealth management.
• Ensure engineering teams understand how the company’s technology creates a competitive advantage.
• Oversee budgets, resource allocation, and global delivery models to optimize efficiency and effectiveness.
• Ensure compliance with enterprise architecture standards, regulatory requirements, and security best practices.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field (advanced degree preferred).
• 15+ years of experience leading large-scale engineering and architecture organizations.
• Proven track record of delivering complex, scalable, enterprise-grade platforms in a regulated environment (financial services preferred).
• Deep expertise in modern architecture patterns (microservices, APIs, cloud-native, event-driven systems).
• Hands-on experience with AI/ML technologies, including generative AI and LLM-based systems, and their application in products and engineering workflows.
• Experience driving DevOps, SRE, and platform engineering transformations.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data platforms, and AI integration patterns.
• Demonstrated success leading global, distributed teams and driving large-scale organizational change.

Qualifications

• Collaborative executive capable of building alignment across engineering, product, and business teams and effectively and clearly communicate software engineering concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to establish technical leadership in highly volatile environments for mission & revenue-critical customer-facing applications.
• Vast experience with managing the development of cloud-based applications and development of APIs, web services as part of a SaaS Software product.
• Deep expertise in modern data, AI/ML and cloud technologies.
• Courageous leader with poise and the ability to act calmly and competently in high-pressure, high-stress situations.
• Must be a critical thinker, with strong problem-solving skills, project management skills: financial/budget management, scheduling, and resource management.
• A strong solution orientation with a penchant for not only identifying problems but also finding ways of solving them within typical business constraints.
• Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams to achieve strategic goals.
• Strong experience overseeing a culture of coaching, development and mentorship and communicating the importance of this in your organization is a must.
• Hold a growth mindset and a passion for learning.

Skills

• Collaborative executive capable of building alignment across engineering, product, and business teams and effectively and clearly communicate software engineering concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to establish technical leadership in highly volatile environments for mission & revenue-critical customer-facing applications.
• Vast experience with managing the development of cloud-based applications and development of APIs, web services as part of a SaaS Software product.
• Deep expertise in modern data, AI/ML and cloud technologies.
• Courageous leader with poise and the ability to act calmly and competently in high-pressure, high-stress situations.
• Must be a critical thinker, with strong problem-solving skills, project management skills: financial/budget management, scheduling, and resource management.
• A strong solution orientation with a penchant for not only identifying problems but also finding ways of solving them within typical business constraints.
• Ability to lead and motivate cross-functional, interdisciplinary teams to achieve strategic goals.
• Strong experience overseeing a culture of coaching, development and mentorship and communicating the importance of this in your organization is a must.
• Hold a growth mindset and a passion for learning.

Benefits

Annual bonus program, retirement contributions, health insurance, sick leave, parental leave and paid time off.

Pay

$279,000 - $346,000; commensurate salary to be determined based on skills, professional background and expertise.

Schedule

N/A