OCC
Executive Principal, Quality Transformation
🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United StatesRemote available5 days ago
$187K – $304KSeniorFull Time
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What You'll Do:
Executive Principal, Quality Transformation & Strategic Operations acts as the operational and strategic deputy to the MD. This individual does not manage domain staff directly; they multiply the MD's effectiveness by owning coordination, governance, and communication at the program level. The role is designed to close the gap between the MD's strategic mandate and the execution capacity needed to deliver it. The second mandate is owning the EQM transformation roadmap which includes defect prevention initiatives, test scenario and test data coverage improvements, talent enablement and continuous process improvements.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.
Acts as the operational and strategic deputy to the MD. Multiplies the MD's effectiveness by owning coordination, governance, and communication at the program level — closing the gap between the MD's strategic mandate and execution capacity.
Owns the EQM transformation roadmap at program level. Ensures cohesion across five testing disciplines, tracks maturity milestones, and proactively surfaces and resolves delivery risks before they reach the MD or program steering.
Designs and operationalizes quality gates across all Renaissance phases. This is the primary structural response to the governance gap identified in the business case — establishing enforceable entry and exit criteria that directly influence release decisions.
Leads the enterprise defect prevention program. Drives RCA discipline, identifies systemic failure patterns across the SDLC, and influences upstream remediation — reducing the cost of quality by shifting intervention earlier in the delivery lifecycle.
Develops and owns executive and board-level quality reporting on behalf of the MD. Directly addresses the current reporting risk — providing program and business leadership with a clear, data-driven quality narrative synthesized from all five domains.
Resolves cross-domain coordination gaps, priority conflicts, and execution blockers. Operates through credibility and relationship rather than line authority — a deliberate structural choice, not a limitation.
Represents EQM in cross-functional governance bodies and steering committees. Acts as an accountable delegate for the MD, freeing MD capacity for strategic leadership rather than operational forums.
Translates MD priorities into coordinated, time-bound action plans across five domain leads. Creates the operational layer the MD currently lacks — ensuring decisions are tracked, communicated, and closed with clear accountability.
Monitors capacity, alignment, and culture signals within EQM. Acts as an early warning system for the MD — surfacing people and organizational risks before they become delivery or retention issues.
Builds trusted relationships across EQM, technology, program management, and business. These relationships are the primary mechanism of delivery - the role's effectiveness is entirely proportional to the trust it earns.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
None
Qualifications:
The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.
Demonstrable experience operating as a senior program or quality leader in large-scale technology transformation environments.
A track record of driving cross-functional coordination without direct authority — building influence through credibility, relationships, and structured communication.
Fluency in quality engineering and testing disciplines, sufficient to represent EQM with technical and executive audiences.
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to synthesize complex, multi-domain quality signals into clear executive narratives.
Commercial and organizational acumen — able to identify and escalate risk, manage ambiguity, and operate in a high-stakes program environment.
[Required] Proven ability to contribute consistently and positively in a dynamic, fast-paced, and highly regulated environment
[[Required] Analytical problem-solver
[Required] Self-directed and detail oriented
[Required] Highly effective organization and planning skills
[Required] Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including effective presentation skills
[Required] Develops and maintains constructive and cooperative working relationships
[Preferred] Familiarity with complex technology-focused transformative programs involving multiple and sometimes conflicting objectives with compressed timelines and multiple layers of oversight
[Preferred] Proven ability to manage a project in various stages of the project life cycle from initiation through completion
Preferred] Proven ability to facilitate project alignment between business and technical teams
Technical Skills:
[Required ] Proficiency in using Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio)
[Required] Experience with Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence
[Preferred]Strong experience with project management tools such as Microsoft Project and SharePoint (or similar PPM tool)
Education and/or Experience:
[Required] Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or a related discipline or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
[Preferred] Master’s Degree
[Required] 15+ years in technology, project management or business management role
[Required] demonstrated success at multiple job levels
[Preferred] experience as an auditor
[Required] experience in financial trading industry
[Preferred] experience in capital markets (options/futures)
Certificates or Licenses:
None Required
About Us
The Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) is the world's largest equity derivatives clearing organization. Founded in 1973, OCC is dedicated to promoting stability and market integrity by delivering clearing and settlement services for options, futures and securities lending transactions. As a Systemically Important Financial Market Utility (SIFMU), OCC operates under the jurisdiction of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. OCC has more than 100 clearing members and provides central counterparty (CCP) clearing and settlement services to 19 exchanges and trading platforms. More information about OCC is available at www.theocc.com.
Benefits
A highly collaborative and supportive environment developed to encourage work-life balance and employee wellness. Some of these components include:
Visit https://www.theocc.com/careers/thriving-together for more information.
Compensation
Salary Range
$186,900.00 - $304,200.00Incentive Range
28% to 35%This position is eligible for an annual discretionary incentive compensation award, for which the target range is listed above (see Incentive Range). The amount of such award, if any, will be based on various factors, including without limitation, both individual and company performance.
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OCC is an Equal Opportunity Employer
