VP, Tech Control Engineering

Job Overview:

The VP, Tech Control Engineering role is a highly collaborative role. The incumbent will be responsible for working with partners in Risk, Cyber Security and Audit to help design and implement infrastructure configurations that meet our emerging tech control standards and align with our corporate IT risk & governance posture. This individual will have influence across all engineering deliverables on prem, spanning compute, database and storage. They will be responsible for ensuring that all technical controls are met and to monitor & address deviations within our (emerging) SLAs. You will be responsible for gatekeeping all audits, ensuring that all evidence is provided from reliable, authoritive sources and is delivered within agreed timelines. This is a senior Individual Contributor role who will manage most efforts through a matrixed organization – adhering to our principal of functionally aligned infrastructure engineering teams.

Responsibilities:

• Work with risk and security to understand the corporate risk posture, the tech control framework and the underlying controls.

• For each service basis work with the control owners and engineers to agree technical implementations of the controls, how control compliance will be logged and how defects will be reported and remediated.

• Work with control owners to agree recertification schedules and work with the SMEs to re-certify each control, each year within the allotted time

• Ensure all control complaint infrastructure patterns are created by engineering teams and are easy for application teams to consume; Available as either Service Now catalogue items or via IaC (Terraform) patterns depending on platform.

• Run point for all audits on behalf of infrastructure engineering, responsible for coordinating with the team to gather evidence, configuration standards and other data and deliver them to audit within SLA

• Keep track of all audit requests and formalize a process to provide evidence of delivery.        

• Develop a progressive engineering culture that fosters creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement 

• Integrate / automate deployment and provisioning of highly available infrastructure across data centers / hybrid cloud platform to reduce overall time to market

• Build / Maintain strong partnerships with IT stakeholders including Delivery Engineering, Application Development, Architecture, Security and Operations to ensure technology investment enables/drives business strategy 

• Anticipate business need and influence infrastructure and architecture roadmaps across product teams

• Foster and drive organizational change through technology and process optimization

• Evaluate, recommend and influence procurement decisions for tools and frameworks for effective delivery

• Establishes a framework of repeatable / scalable processes for dynamic, centralized IT organization supporting multiple business units

• Manage ongoing vendor relationships including evaluation products and services 

• Develop / attract / retain top talent to build and maintain a world class organization

• Establish KPIs to measure organization performance and effectiveness 

What are we looking for?

We want strong collaborators who can deliver a world-class client experience. We are looking for people who thrive in a fast-paced environment, are client-focused, team oriented, and are able to execute in a way that encourages creativity and continuous improvement.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of technology leadership focused on scalable, resilient infrastructure on-prem and in cloud environments.

• Direct experience running an IT Risk function for a large financial institution.

• Progressive leadership experience building / leading engineering teams in a large, regulated, global financial institution.

• Demonstrated technology and people leadership experience in architecting / developing / transforming cloud platforms and services. (migrations & native implementations)

• Proven experience with managing on-prem services, deep understanding of how to curate these in a secure manner.

• Proven track record of infrastructure transformation focused on infrastructure-as-code (IaC) for end-to-end infrastructure deployment automation

• Proven experience leading engineering teams using Agile software development and LEAN/DevOps/SRE principles to deliver new platforms and services

• Proven experience with cloud financial management that brings overall clarity and accountability of operating IT workloads in the cloud (FinOps)

• Bachelor’s/Advance degree and/or related field experience required

Core Competencies:

• Ability to convey technical solutions to the entire organization and experience working with senior leaders across the firm to leverage technology to drive positive business outcomes

• Agile mindset; Possess a thorough understanding of modern work practices such as DevOps, Continuous Delivery, Agile project Delivery

• Extensive experience working in large technology ecosystems with emphasis on integrating multiple externally facing high scale, high volume, always-on mission-critical systems

• Ability to create and articulate inspiring vision for the engineering organization 

• Experience with a data driven approach to designing and implementing technology

• Extensive experience deploying system management configuration tools (Ansible, Puppet, Terraform, CF) to manage compute infrastructure at scale

• Highly collaborative with experience in leading and influencing teams

• Foster a culture of excellence and ownership

• Demonstrated knowledge and understanding of the regulatory, security, privacy and risk safeguards required of a global financial institution

Pay Range:

$133,125-$221,875/yearActual base salary varies based on factors, including but not limited to, relevant skill, prior experience, education, base salary of internal peers, demonstrated performance, and geographic location. Additionally, LPL Total Rewards package is highly competitive, designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play – such as 401K matching, health benefits, employee stock options, paid time off, volunteer time off, and more. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that LPL has to offer!

Company Overview:

LPL Financial Holdings Inc. (Nasdaq: LPLA) is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S. As a leader in the financial advisor-mediated marketplace. LPL supports over 29,000 financial advisors and the wealth-management practices of 1,100 financial institution, servicing and custodying approximately $1.9 trillion in brokerage and advisory assets on behalf of approximately 7 million Americans. The firm provides a wide range of advisor affiliation models, investment solutions, fintech tools and practice management services, ensuring that advisors and institutions have the flexibility to choose the business model, services, and technology resources they need to run thriving businesses.

At LPL, independence means that advisors and institution leaders have the freedom they deserve to choose the business model, services, and technology resources that allow them to run a thriving business. They have the flexibility to do business their way. And they have the freedom to manage their client relationships, because they know their clients best. Simply put, we take care of our advisors and institutions, so they can take care of their clients.

For further information about LPL, please visit www.lpl.com.

Join LPL Financial: Where Your Potential Meets Opportunity

At LPL Financial, we believe that everyone deserves objective financial guidance. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of cutting-edge technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services.

Why LPL?

• Innovative Environment: We foster creativity and growth, providing a supportive and responsive leadership team. Learn more about our leadership team here!

• Limitless Career Potential: Your career at LPL has no limits, only amazing potential. Learn more about our careers here!

• Unified Mission: We are one team on one mission—taking care of our advisors so they can take care of their clients. Learn more about our mission and values here!

• Impactful Work: Our size is just right for you to make a real impact. Learn more here!

• Commitment to Equality: We support workplace equality and embrace diverse perspectives and backgrounds. Learn more here!

• Community Focus: We care for our communities and encourage our employees to do the same. Learn more here!

• Benefits and Total Rewards: Our Total Rewards package goes beyond just compensation and insurance. It includes a mix of traditional and unique benefits, perks, and resources designed to enhance your life both at work and at home. Learn more here!

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews:

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum.  During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card.  Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (855) 575-6947.

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