Sr. Manager - R&D Operations

Who We Are

Addepar is a global technology and data company that helps investment professionals provide the most informed, precise guidance for their clients. Hundreds of thousands of users have entrusted Addepar to empower smarter investment decisions and better advice over the last decade. With client presence in more than 45 countries, Addepar’s platform aggregates portfolio, market and client data for over $6 trillion in assets. Addepar’s open platform integrates with more than 100 software, data and services partners to deliver a complete solution for a wide range of firms and use cases. Addepar embraces a global flexible workforce model with offices in Silicon Valley, New York City, Salt Lake City, Chicago, London, Edinburgh and Pune.

The Role

R&D Operations (‘R&D Ops’) plays a key role at Addepar by coordinating, supporting, and optimizing how teams work within the R&D organization. Our mission is to operationalize standards for the efficient execution of Initiative Management, simplify the process for how work gets into the R&D Planning pipeline to lay the path for objectives and key results fulfillment, provide guidance and governance on standard processes for teams through Standards & Processes, and surface R&D data in Analysis and Reporting. The combination of these things drive us toward our goal of reduced execution risk, and an improved focus on the way we work together to achieve Addepar’s goals.

Addepar is seeking a creative, collaborative, business-minded leader for our R&D Ops team. This position requires an influential leader who can deliver in a dynamic, fast-paced environment.

You’ll bring your program management expertise to drive a portfolio of critical R&D initiatives, focusing on communication, delivery efficiency, risk mitigation and resolution. You’ll develop a high-performing team, and partner closely with Engineering leaders and others across Addepar to achieve our goals. As a member of a growing company, you will have the opportunity to shape and further refine your role commensurate with the priorities of the organization and the company.

Addepar takes a market-based approach to pay. A successful candidate’s starting pay will be determined based on the role, job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, and market conditions. The range displayed on each job posting reflects the minimum and maximum target base salary for roles in Colorado, California, and New York.

The current range for this role is $163,000 - $255,000 + bonus + equity + benefits.

Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your preferred location during the hiring process. Additionally, these ranges reflect the base salary only, and do not include bonus, equity, or benefits.

What You’ll Do

• Drive a prioritized portfolio of R&D Initiatives, and lead a team of Technical Program Managers, supporting their delivery and development, in line with our mission and vision.
• Facilitate R&D’s quarterly planning process, working closely with Product Managers and Product Owners to support cross-team discussions and coordinate leadership-level updates.
• Partner with Addepar’s Head of Strategic Initiatives to ensure continuous connectivity of R&D with top-line Strategic Initiatives.
• Influence through building positive partnerships with senior leaders in Product & Engineering, understanding their business priorities, and ensuring risks are well communicated and understood.
• Own and refine the standards and foundational information architecture that improve how we work in R&D, including inventories of critical information, Initiative Management standards, and guidance for effective usage of Jira & Confluence.
• Model professionalism and hold your team accountable for upholding our high standards of quality in all key outcomes in the initiative lifecycle, from initiative development through delivery and retrospectives.
• Establish a metrics framework to support more informed decision making in R&D, such as progress on initiatives and objectives and key results, measures of velocity, and indicators of risk.
• Select, and maintain the configuration of R&D-focused tools that support our planning and initiative management, in collaboration with IT and key R&D leaders.
• Demonstrate strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills. Define, structure and plan work independently.

Who You Are

• 10+ years experience driving technical, complex initiatives & projects from initiation to completion, preferably in FinTech, Technology, or Financial Services industries.
• 5+ years of people management experience. Expe