Fisher Investments

Application Development Team Leader

Fisher Investments$120K — $145K *
Plano, TX 75025In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience with sales, servicing, and data software solutions
  • Proven skills in gathering and articulating technology needs for business units
  • Experience in developing and executing technology roadmaps with measurable outcomes
  • Knowledge of full software development lifecycle from concept to support
  • Familiarity with CRM systems, especially Salesforce
  • Experience with cloud infrastructures and APIs like Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience

Responsibilities

  • Collaborate with various stakeholders to create engineering roadmaps
  • Ensure architecture is robust, secure, and compliant for institutional client solutions
  • Develop strategy for enhancing user experience with self-service and high-quality delivery
  • Prioritize and manage work requests to satisfy business needs
  • Lead implementation of solutions focused on key business metrics
  • Promote software development process maturity
  • Define and monitor metrics demonstrating application portfolio effectiveness
  • Partner with security and governance teams to mitigate organizational risk
  • Manage a team of up to 10, including hiring and performance reviews

Benefits

  • 100% paid medical, dental, and vision premiums for employees and dependents
  • 50% 401(k) match up to the IRS limit
  • 20 days of PTO plus 10 paid holidays
  • Comprehensive family support programs including fertility assistance and paid leave
  • In-office role with potential eligibility for hybrid work options based on performance
Full Job Description
Overview

The Technology and Transformation Technology Business Services group is pleased to announce an opportunity to join the group as an Application Development Team Lead leading the Fisher Investments Institutional Group (FIIG) Technology team.

The Opportunity:

The FIIG Technology team identifies, implements, and supports software solutions. These solutions allow FIIG business groups to perform their jobs, gain insight into their own processes and clients, and solve the problems they encounter while supporting their clients' goals. We are building reliable, scalable, consistent systems to securely deliver meaningful data, while adhering to guidelines that comply with company and regulatory data handling practices.

The Application Development Team Lead will work with many types of partners to understand opportunities, architect solutions, and then deliver and support the working applications. You will be responsible for end-to-end delivery by the FIIG Technology development team and consulting partners. You will report to the Group Vice President, Technology Business Services.

The Day-to-Day:
  • Collaborate with business users, technology leaders, and other partners to understand our priorities and translate them into relevant engineering roadmaps that use existing and new technology
  • Ensure robust, scalable, secure, and compliant architecture of sales, onboarding, and servicing software used to support institutional clients
  • Set and execute a strategy for sales, onboarding, servicing, and data solutions with a focus on enhancing end-user experience through self-service solutions, speed of delivery, and high-quality results
  • Prioritize work requests to meet business desires and needs by assigning staff and overseeing delivery
  • Lead the implementation of technical solutions focused on providing information and KPIs
  • Promote process maturity for software development and support
  • Define key metrics and KPIs demonstrating efficient and effective use and consumption of the application portfolio
  • Partner with application, infrastructure, and information security teams to fulfill needs of the assigned business group
  • Reduce risk to our organization by implementing governance and security controls in partnership with the Enterprise Risk Management, Data Privacy Office, Legal & Compliance Departments, Information Security, and related teams
  • Manage the team, including hiring and development, reviews, and terminations of a team of up to 10 employees

Your Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 10 years of experience with software solutions for sales, servicing, and data
  • Experience eliciting and representing a business group's technology needs through requirements, project management, and software delivery
  • Demonstrated experience driving technology innovation, developing and accomplishing technology roadmaps, and delivering measurable improvements
  • Experience with the full software development lifecycle, from strategy to development, deployment, and support
  • Experience with CRM systems, particularly Salesforce
  • Experience with cloud hosted systems and APIs, such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, Google Cloud Platform, or similar
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education/experience

  • 100% paid medical, dental and vision premiums for you and your qualifying dependents
  • A 50% 401(k) match, up to the IRS maximum
  • 20 days of PTO, plus 10 paid holidays
  • Family Support programs including 8 week Paid Primary Caregiver Leave, $10,000 fertility, family forming, and hormonal health assistance, and back-up child, adult, and elder care
  • This is an in-office role. Based on your role, tenure, and performance eligibility you may have the opportunity to participate in our hybrid work from home program. This program is subject to change.

About Fisher Investments

Fisher Investments is a privately owned investment management firm founded in 1979 by Ken Fisher. The company is headquartered in Camas, Washington, and has offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia. Fisher Investments manages assets for individuals and institutions, including pension plans, endowments, and foundations. The company is known for its investment philosophy, which emphasizes a global perspective and a focus on long-term growth. Fisher Investments has been recognized for its performance and has won numerous awards for its investment strategies.
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