Saatchi & Saatchi

Director of Technology - Financial Services (CA)

Saatchi & Saatchi • $210K — $260K *
Irvine, CA 92620In-Person
Finance & Insurance
Less than 5 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Strong knowledge of a segment in the North American Banking Sector (e.g. Core Banking, Payment Systems)
  • Proven experience influencing senior client stakeholders, including C-suite
  • Mature viewpoint on key industry topics with a revenue conversion strategy
  • Experience in Digital Business Transformation for financial clients
  • Ability to navigate ambiguity and lead solution structuring and estimation
  • Proven track record of delivering end-to-end client outcomes, from ideation to value realization

Responsibilities

  • Immerse in financial services clients' business objectives to define architecture and technology choices
  • Deliver digital solutions and efficiencies across the North American Banking Sector
  • Drive engineering transformation and AI adoption for growth and customer experiences
  • Contribute to regional business growth with go-to-market strategies and new ideas
  • Mentor and inspire engineering talent while promoting best practices across Publicis Sapient
  • Represent Publicis Sapient at financial services technology industry forums

Benefits

  • Access to a diverse and inclusive work environment
  • Opportunities for professional development and mentoring
  • Exposure to cutting-edge technology and innovation in banking
  • Collaboration with senior leadership and diverse teams
  • Participation in industry forums and networking opportunities
Full Job Description
Overview

A Director of Technology is a software engineering expert who leads the high-quality delivery of software and enterprise technology solutions across all phases of the SDLC. They possess deep understanding and experience of driving enterprise-level modern architecture, robust software engineering practices and cloud adoption. They also collaborate with senior clients (up to C-suite) across technology and business domains and wider Publicis Sapient delivery and consulting teams to create, shape and achieve business outcomes. They relish the role of a technical leader, bringing high engineering standards, leadership and motivational skills.

Responsibilities

Your Impact
  • Immersive yourself in financial services clients' business objectives and help define future/evolutionary architecture, transition states, technology choices and operating model
  • Deliver new digital solutions and efficiencies across the North American Banking Sector (e.g. public, private, cooperative, asset & wealth management, investment banking)
  • Help to drive enterprise-scale engineering transformation and AI adoption to enable accelerated growth initiatives and best-in-class customer experiences
  • Be part of the FSNA Financial Services Leadership team and directly contribute towards regional business growth by bringing new ideas and go-to-market strategies to unlock new revenue opportunities
  • Contribute towards Publicis Sapient best in class engineering practices & initiatives, mentor and inspire a diverse and highly motivated engineering talent
  • Represent Publicis Sapient in FSNA technology industry forums and platforms

Qualifications

Qualifications - Skills, Experience & Differentiators
  • You will possess strong knowledge of at least one segment of the NA Banking Sector (e.g. Core Banking, Payment Systems and Flows, Regulatory Frameworks, Risk Management)
  • You will be experienced in influencing very senior client stakeholders (up to the C-suite) and be responsible for building client advocates across all levels
  • You will bring a mature PoV on the topics that matter the most across the NA FS sector and a strategy of how to convert ideas into revenue
  • You will have experience delivering Digital Business Transformation for Financial Services sector clients underpinned by modern technology and methodology
  • You'll have the ability to navigate the unknown and lead from the front in helping structure work and drive solution options and estimations at different RFP stages
  • You will be experienced in delivering end-to-end outcomes for clients starting from ideation to value realization

Your Technology & Engineering skills
  • You have extensive experience in defining end-to-end enterprise architecture and leading complex distributed applications development that leverages Cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP, Azure, OCI)
  • You possess strong knowledge and understanding of software design/architectural concepts like Event-driven Architecture, Microservices & Domain-driven design
  • You have a strong understanding of data architecture concepts, including transactional consistency, data modelling, and the trade-offs between different storage and processing paradigms across modern data platforms
  • You bring extensive software development leadership experience of large-scale distributed systems, supported by a hands on development background with exposure to multiple languages (e.g. Java, Go, Scala, Python) and frameworks
  • You bring hands-on experience designing and implementing Agentic AI systems leveraging frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, HuggingFace, LlamaIndex, AutoGen, or CrewAI, and deep understanding of concepts like reasoning, planning, and tool invocation
  • You have broad knowledge of API styles and understanding of the various data solutions and respective applications
  • You have strong knowledge of containers and building container-based platforms using Docker, GKE, AKS etc

Additional information

Compensation Range: $210,000 - $260,000 + Discretionary Bonus

The range shown reflects a grouping of compensation ranges currently in use at Publicis Sapient. Actual compensation may vary based on location and specific experience and may include additional bonus and equity components.

About Saatchi & Saatchi

Saatchi & Saatchi is a global advertising agency headquartered in New York City. The company was founded in London in 1970 by brothers Maurice and Charles Saatchi and is now part of the Publicis Groupe, a French multinational advertising and public relations company. Saatchi & Saatchi has over 6,000 employees in 114 countries and provides a range of advertising and marketing services to clients in various industries, including automotive, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. The company is known for its creative and innovative advertising campaigns, including the iconic 'Nothing is Impossible' campaign for Toyota. Saatchi & Saatchi has won numerous awards for its work, including Cannes Lions, Clios, and Effies.
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