Role description
Job Title: Technical Delivery Managers
Role Summary
The end-to-end delivery of technical projects bridges the gap between business stakeholders and technical teams. They manage project scope, timelines, budgets, and risk while ensuring high-quality software, infrastructure, or data solutions. They focus on engineering excellence, process optimization, and team leadership to drive project success
Key Responsibilities
Technical Delivery Ownership - Location (NY/NJ) - Onsite
• Own day-to-day technical delivery across AML/Actimize workstreams
• Translate program-level plans into detailed technical execution plans
Manage delivery of:
• Actimize configuration and customization
• Data ingestion and integration
• Interface development and batch/real-time processing
• Ensure technical deliverables meet functional, performance, and compliance requirements
Actimize Platform Leadership
• Act as the technical subject-matter lead for NICE Actimize implementations, including:
• IFM (Integrated Financial Messaging)
• Transaction Monitoring
• CDD / KYC
• Watchlist Filtering
Guide teams on Actimize:
• Architecture
• Data models
• Rules, typologies, and scenarios
• generation and workflows
• Support tuning, threshold optimization, and performance improvements
Engineering & Integration Management
• Manage technical teams across:
• Java / Actimize development
• ETL / data engineering
• Database and performance tuning
Oversee integrations with:
• Source systems (payments, core banking, customer data)
• Upstream and downstream AML systems
• Ensure data quality, completeness, and lineage for regulatory traceability
4. Environment, Release & Production Readiness
• Own and manage:
• Dev, Test, UAT, and Production environments
• Release planning, cutover, and deployment activities
• Drive production readiness including:
• Capacity planning
• Performance testing
• Batch monitoring and controls
• Partner with infrastructure and support teams to ensure system stability
5. Quality, Risk & Issue Management
• Enforce technical standards, best practices, and SDLC compliance
• Proactively identify and mitigate:
• Technical risks
• Data issues
• Performance bottlenecks
• Lead root cause analysis and resolution of defects and production issues
• Ensure strong documentation for audit and regulatory review
6. Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with:
• Business analysts
• Compliance and AML operations
• QA and UAT teams
Communicate technical progress, risks, and dependencies to:
• Program Director
• Client technology leadership
• Support regulatory, audit, and model validation inquiries from a technical standpoint
7. Team Leadership & Mentoring
• Lead and mentor technical team members onsite
• Provide hands-on guidance and code/design reviews when needed
• Ensure team productivity, accountability, and delivery quality
• Support onboarding and ramp-up of new technical resources
Required Qualifications
Experience
• 12+ years of IT experience in Financial Services
• 5+ years managing technical delivery for AML or Financial Crime programs
• Strong, hands-on experience with NICE Actimize (mandatory)
• Proven experience in:
• System integration
• Data-intensive platforms
• Large enterprise environments
Technical Skills
Deep understanding of:
• Actimize architecture and components
• AML transaction monitoring systems
• Financial services data (payments, customer profiles, transactions)
Strong background in:
• Java / J2EE
• UNIX / Linux
• SQL / Oracle / relational databases
• Batch scheduling and monitoring
• Experience with data quality, reconciliation, and controls
Soft Skills & Leadership
• Strong delivery ownership and execution mindset
• Excellent communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Ability to operate effectively in high-pressure, regulatory environments
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making skills
• Comfortable reporting into a senior Program Director
Education
• Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, or related field
• Master's degree preferred but not mandator
