Executive Architect

18 May 2024

Vacancy expired!

The speed of technology. The influx of data. Shifting regulations. Increased customer expectations.

That's where you'll find SS&C, helping clients find opportunity in ever-changing and complex customer, business, and regulatory requirements. Mastering complexity is a constantly changing and evolving challenge - one that only a few people can embrace and thrive upon.

If you see your opportunity in complexity , then we are the right fit for you.

Job Description:

Innovate and transform SS&C's Intelligent Automation applications into industry leading, cost effective solutions, by collaborating across a global organization of over 200+ staff and multiple applications. The candidate will demonstrate experience in:
  • Architectural success within large multi-tenant product suites within the Financial Services and Healthcare industries.
  • Evaluating opportunities to consolidate applications, producing more robust solutions, within a smaller application footprint.
  • Defining and executing a vision around product innovation and transformation, with focus on:
  • Modernization
  • Security
  • Performance
  • User experience
  • Data capabilities
  • Keeping pace with a rapidly evolving technology industry
  • Leadership through influence, rather than direct authority
  • Positive, can-do attitude, focused on developing solutions and overcoming challenges
  • Strong collaboration with peer leadership
  • Assisting with the development of a highly engaged technical staff, resulting in strong staff contribution and satisfaction

Scope extends to platforms and environments across SS&C's Chorus business unit.

Philosophy:

SS&C is a strong, mature, business driven organization that enables our clients and their customers to be successful. The operating model of SS&C hinges on collaboration, leverage, consistency and teamwork. The successful candidate understands the longevity of our business model and incorporates this into decisions and planning.

As a product/service provider, expect change in business/technology and be ready to incorporate this change with little disruption. An open perspective and the regular review of legacy technologies and methods against newer, improved approaches is critical.

A passion for technology, client delight, continuous improvement, and refining staff capabilities are critical in delivering superior client solutions.

Position Requirements:

Past software delivery leadership that exhibits:
  • Varied technology experiences within large/enterprise, multi-product, multi-tenant environments
  • Leadership and vision that transform legacy applications to more modern application architectures
  • Leading technological advances that improve performance, user experience and reporting capabilities, while at the same time improving overall end-user quality
  • Ability to work closely with experienced senior technology leaders, across multiple organizations, both internally and externally
  • Proactively manage risks and effectively resolve delivery obstacles
  • Effective communication skills
  • Problem solving, risk management and negotiation skills
  • Quality, client minded focus
  • Partnering with others to maintain a clear technology roadmap
  • Proactively search out roadblocks and problems

Required skills:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems or other relevant engineering field, 7+ years leading architecture, software development / delivery teams and organizations
  • Inspires, mentors and encourages. Regularly assess organization for required skills, responsibilities and performance against defined goals.
  • Strong technical competencies in modern frameworks and approaches (e.g. SOA, web, security)
  • Ability to evaluate ROI and manage scope
  • Success working in diverse work environment
  • Ability to modernize or transform products while maintaining high quality and meeting client expectations
  • Leads by example

Location:Kansas City Missouri

SS&C is an equal opportunity employer and values a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. For more information about Equal Opportunity in the Workplace please click here and here . SS&C is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants with disabilities. If you are a qualified individual with a disability and need an accommodation or accessibility assistance to complete the online application, please contact us at for assistance.

  • ID: #41103862
  • State: Missouri Kansas city 64101 Kansas city USA
  • City: Kansas city
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-05-18
  • Deadline: 2022-07-16
  • Category: Security