Head of US Intermediary & Institutional Technology

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T. Rowe Price seeks to recruit a senior leader to serve as Global Head, US Institutional and Intermediary Technology responsible for driving strategic initiatives across T. Rowe’s Global Business Solutions (GBS) US Intermediary business.  Reporting to the Head of Global Distribution Technology, the successful candidate will leverage technology to bring about meaningful advancements in our US Intermediary & Institutional technology.  S/he will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the existing technology portfolio and implement changes where necessary to increase the overall effectiveness of critical T. Rowe Price’s business facing and client technology platforms. This executive will lead a team of engineers and analyst professionals that currently number about 30+ associates and contract staff.  The Head of US Intermediary & Institutional Technology will have broad experience managing high-performing technology teams within a top-tier asset manager.

Central to her / his remit will be driving ongoing strategic efforts to drive further strategic growth, digitize existing client on-boarding, advancing client data and reporting capabilities, expanding use of data science and machine learning where possible to introduce efficiency and lower error rates in client servicing. In addition, the role will focus on continuing to provide differentiating capabilities and flexibly adapt to ongoing business, technology, and regulatory changes.

Over the next 3-4 years efforts are expected to be focused around the following:

• Partnering with business leaders in US Intermediary and Institutional to explore, and invest in, state of the art Technology solutions for our US business strategic initiatives.

• Enable the rollout of new investment product vehicles and content to drive growth while maintaining established governance protocols​.

• Ensure that target state applications and Technology are maintained to the highest levels of reliability and that technical debt does not accrue over time.

• Partnering with internal technology teams (e.g., Architecture, Adobe platform, Data Science, Digital Shared Capabilities, UI/UX design teams, other business technology channel delivery teams) as new solutions are implemented across DMS and our greater technology organization.

As well as the functional side of the role, the successful candidate will be responsible for attracting, developing, and retaining the existing team with a focus on developing the engineering talent to ensure that the firm can deliver on its strategy. In addition, the candidate will partner with the business to demonstrate the ‘art of the possible’ and use technology to further enhance client service and drive increased revenues or margins.

The incumbent leads a team which designs, develops, modifies, and implements short- and long-term solutions to information technology through new and existing applications, systems, databases, and associated infrastructure, reviews and interprets system requirements and business processes, and codes, tests, debugs and implements software solutions.

If you are a leader who can provide direction through large teams of professionals and other managers? Are you able to work with executives to build and execute on key business priorities? Do you strive bring both a near and long-term perspective to your decisions? If so, we encourage you to apply.

CRITICAL LEADERSHIP CAPABILITIES

• T. Rowe Price’s new Head of Intermediary and Institutional Technology must be comfortable working in a non-hierarchical environment which places high importance on influence management skills.

• The individual must possess the stature and intellect to quickly build effective, credible, long-term relationships with members of the senior leadership team

• Culturally, T. Rowe Price is seeking someone with a dynamic, collaborative style who leads by example, brings expertise to the table, and possesses an entrepreneurial orientation.

• The ideal candidate is a non - “political” executive who