Director, IT Delivery Governance & Portfolio Execution

Are you ready to make an impact at DTCC?
Do you want to work on innovative projects, collaborate with a dynamic and supportive team, and receive investment in your professional development? At DTCC, we are at the forefront of innovation in the financial markets. We are committed to helping our employees grow and succeed. We believe that you have the skills and drive to make a real impact. We foster a thriving internal community and are committed to creating a workplace that looks like the world that we serve.

The Information Technology group delivers secure, reliable technology solutions that enable DTCC to be the trusted infrastructure of the global capital markets. The team delivers high-quality information through activities that include development of essential, building infrastructure capabilities to meet client needs and implementing data standards and governance.
 

Pay and 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.
• 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).

 

The Impact you will have in this role:

Being a member of IT FinSight Delivery team, you will provide oversight, guidance and assist with prioritization across the IT FINSIGHT portfolio. This  role will be responsible for providing leadership and oversight of the FINSIGHT Major Release Management team, accountable for end-to-end planning, governance, and execution of FINSIGHT (FRM & Observability) releases across multiple product platforms. The leader will foster a collaborative, inclusive, and accountability-driven culture—empowering teams, setting clear expectations, and using data and continuous feedback to improve delivery outcomes.

The leader will run release governance, drive cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Product, Operations, and Risk, and ensure transparent communication of release status as well as the execution of the major releases.

In addition, this role will provide leadership and oversight for the FINSIGHT Evergreen team, which aims to track and remediate technical debt and security vulnerabilities while maintaining and enhancing a continuous intake and prioritization model, aligning remediation work to release plans and operational risk reduction, and tracking outcomes through clear metrics and reporting.

This role partners closely with architects, product managers, program/project management, scrum master leadership and delivery teams to define release strategy and continuously improve release processes, tooling, and metrics. The position ensures releases are delivered predictably and safely, meeting business objectives while minimizing operational risk and client impact.

Lastly, this role will attend Senior level forums to discuss the current state of the portfolio, providing updates, mitigation strategies to any foreseen roadblocks and communicate trade-offs when prioritization discussions are warranted.

 

Your Primary Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic leadership and oversight for the FINSIGHT Major Release Management and Evergreen functions, ensuring end-to-end planning, governance, and execution across multiple platforms. 
• Lead and develop multiple IT teams, fostering a high-performance, accountability-driven culture while aligning delivery to broader organizational goals. 
• Drive enterprise-wide collaboration across Engineering, Product, Operations, Risk, and other stakeholders to ensure timely, high-quality delivery of business initiatives. 
• Establish and execute release governance frameworks, ensuring transparent communication of status, risks, mitigation strategies, and delivery progress to senior leadership. 
• Spearhead continuous improvement of IT delivery processes, tooling, and metrics to enhance efficiency, predictability, and overall portfolio outcomes. 
• Oversee technical debt remediation and security vulnerability management through the Evergreen model, aligning prioritization with release plans and risk reduction objectives. 
• Present portfolio updates, key risks, trade-offs, and mitigation strategies in senior-level forums to enable informed decision-making and prioritization. 
• Partner with key stakeholders to manage financial portfolio performance, leveraging metrics and data-driven insights to optimize investment allocation and delivery outcomes. 

**NOTE:  The Primary Responsibilities of this role are not limited to the details above. **

 

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 10+ years of related experience
• Bachelor's degree preferred and/or equivalent experience

 

Talents Needed for Success:

• Inspires different approaches or ways of working.
• Inspires teams to constructively challenge established views.
• Presents information clearly in writing and orally in larger group settings.
• Convinces others on key topics by presenting persuasive arguments and alternative approaches.
• Sets an example for others by personally embracing change; Builds ownership for change by empowering others to lead change initiatives.
• Proactively seeks feedback from others on his/her own performance; Ensures that regular feedback is given in a constructive and behaviorally oriented manner.
• Supports an environment where individuals are respected for their contributions.
• Leverages AI tools to automate business problems and make processes more efficient
• Acts as a role model for respect and inclusion by showing consideration for people’s different needs; Integrates people of different backgrounds within and across teams; Encourages others in the department to gain a deeper appreciation for different customs and beliefs.
• Demonstrates expertise in the organization's product/service offerings.
• Uses financial metrics to assess the department’s outcomes

 

The 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. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

 

With over 50 years of experience, DTCC is the premier post-trade market infrastructure for the global financial services industry. From 20 locations around the world, DTCC, through its subsidiaries, automates, centralizes, and standardizes the processing of financial transactions, mitigating risk, increasing transparency, enhancing performance and driving efficiency for thousands of broker/dealers, custodian banks and asset managers. Industry owned and governed, the firm innovates purposefully, simplifying the complexities of clearing, settlement, asset servicing, transaction processing, trade reporting and data services across asset classes, bringing enhanced resilience and soundness to existing financial markets while advancing the digital asset ecosystem. In 2024, DTCC’s subsidiaries processed securities transactions valued at U.S. $3.7 quadrillion and its depository subsidiary provided custody and asset servicing for securities issues from over 150 countries and territories valued at U.S. $99 trillion. DTCC’s Global Trade Repository service, through locally registered, licensed, or approved trade repositories, processes more than 25 billion messages annually. To learn more, please visit us at www.dtcc.com or connect with us on LinkedIn, X, YouTube, Facebook and Instagram.

DTCC proudly supports Flexible Work Arrangements favoring openness and gives people freedom to do their jobs well, by encouraging diverse opinions and emphasizing teamwork.  When you join our team, you’ll have an opportunity to make meaningful contributions at a company that is recognized as a thought leader in both the financial services and technology industries. A DTCC career is more than a good way to earn a living. It’s the chance to make a difference at a company that’s truly one of a kind.

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