DTCC

IT Strategy and Transformation Director

DTCC$160K — $200K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Minimum 10 years of experience in related fields
  • Preferred Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 10+ years in IT Strategy or Technology Consulting
  • Strong executive presence with exceptional communication skills
  • Experience in leading modernization, cloud, and automation initiatives
  • Background in financial services or regulated environments
  • Relevant certifications like PMP, ITIL, or Agile methodologies
  • Experience in enterprise architecture or change management

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the main liaison between Business and Technology teams
  • Translate business needs into actionable IT strategies
  • Advise senior leadership on technology implications and risks
  • Lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives
  • Establish governance frameworks and performance metrics
  • Align transformation projects with enterprise strategy
  • Produce executive-ready reports and strategic updates
  • Enhance IT processes and decision-making clarity
  • Develop partnerships with senior executives across various domains
  • Create and communicate strategic documents and change narratives
  • Ensure alignment of priorities across distributed teams
  • Lead and develop a high-performing IT Business Management team
  • Promote a culture of accountability and continuous improvement

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and business transformation
  • Engagement with senior leadership and influence over strategic decisions
  • Support for career development and diversity initiatives
  • Opportunity to foster collaboration across multiple teams and functions
  • Chance to contribute to innovative technological advancements in financial markets.
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Impact you will have in this role:

The Director of IT Business Management serves as the strategic bridge between Technology and the Business, ensuring that IT investments, operating models, and transformation initiatives directly support organizational objectives. Operating under the IT Transformation umbrella, this leader enhances alignment, transparency, communication, and measurable value delivery across the IT organization.

Your Primary Responsibilities:
  • Serve as the primary liaison between Business and Technology teams.
  • Translate enterprise objectives and business needs into actionable IT strategies and roadmaps.
  • Advise senior leadership on technology implications, opportunities, risks, and dependencies.
  • Lead enterprise-wide transformation initiatives including modernization, automation, cloud, and data-driven operating model changes.
  • Establish governance frameworks, KPIs, and reporting to ensure transparency and measurable outcomes.
  • Align transformation efforts tightly with enterprise strategy and regulatory requirements.
  • Lead CIO/Tech Leadership operating rhythms, strategic planning cycles, and executive reporting.
  • Produce high-quality executive-ready material (Board content, QBRs, strategic updates, dashboards).
  • Improve and streamline IT processes, operating models, and tooling to enhance decision-making and organizational clarity.
  • Develop strong, trust-based partnerships with senior executives across business, technology, and operations.
  • Create and deliver compelling communications, strategy documents, transformation narratives, and change-management content.
  • Ensure clear alignment across distributed teams, enabling clarity of priorities, expectations, and outcomes.
  • Lead and develop a high-performing IT Business Management team (business managers, strategy analysts, transformation leads).
  • Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
  • Support career development and promote diversity, inclusion, and effective cross-functional teaming.


Qualifications:
  • Minimum of 10 years of related experience
  • Bachelor's degree preferred or equivalent experience

Talents Needed for Success:
  • 10+ years in IT Strategy, IT Business Management, Transformation, or Technology Consulting.
  • Proven success partnering with senior leaders to influence decisions and drive multi-stakeholder initiatives.
  • Strong experience in roadmap development, strategic planning, and transformation leadership.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication with strong executive presence.
  • Experience leading or supporting modernization, cloud, automation, or operating-model initiatives.
  • Experience in financial services or other complex, regulated environments.
  • Certifications such as PMP, ITIL, SAFe/Agile, or equivalents.
  • Comes from a consulting background - ideally with experience at a Big 4 firm (Deloitte, PwC, EY, KPMG).
  • Background in enterprise architecture, data strategy, change management, or transformation advisory.


The salary range is indicative for roles at the same level within DTCC across all US locations. Actual salary is determined based on the role, location, individual experience, skills, and other considerations.

About the Team

Serves as a dedicated technology resource for advancing DTCC's business opportunities and providing industry thought leadership for leveraging new technology. The goal of this new department is to partner internally with IT, our business and regulatory divisions and externally with clients, regulators, and fintech vendors, to help build new platforms and business models to advance DTCC's mission to support the financial markets.

About DTCC

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) is a financial services company that provides clearing, settlement, and information services for the global financial industry. DTCC was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in New York City. The company operates through subsidiaries that provide services such as trade matching, risk management, and asset servicing. DTCC is owned by its users, which include broker-dealers, banks, and other financial institutions. The company is committed to reducing risk and increasing efficiency in the financial markets.
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Size
4,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1973

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