Associate Director, Technology Jobs

Job Summary
The Associate Director, Technology will have extensive contact with all management levels and other internal customers and will be required to identify, research, analyze and resolve complex information technology issues. The role manages a team responsible for application development, modification, and/or maintenance of applications. An in-depth knowledge of development tools and language, people management skills, and the ability to work closely with business partners are key skills needed to be successful in this role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Lead a team of specialized analysts and developers and be responsible for growing the team, maturing processes, adhering to service level objectives and agreements, project management activities, and resource management across multiple geographic locations.
• Influence the prioritization of business unit technology projects, optimal project structure, and project administration to ensure strategic business objectives are met, and risk is managed.
• Focus on workforce management to accurately capture IT resource capacity involving resources (internal and/or external), processes, and practices.
• Work with our business partners to understand requirements, design IT solutions, and ensure they meet the business needs balanced with a pragmatic approach to design.
• Provide technical leadership in a variety of technologies, including Java, Web services, and BPM tools.
• Organize production support activities across multiple time zones.
• Ensure that the team maintains high performance, maintainability, and quality standards for software.
• Develop and maintain development methodology and ensure all team members understand their responsibilities.
• Coach and develop the team to draw the best performance out of each team member and push them to grow and stretch their skills and abilities.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Knowledge of

• Team management
• Financial Services industry
• Strong technical background in technologies as applicable

Skill in

• Application Development or infrastructure technologies as applicable to the role

Ability to

• Manage a team
• Adapt and prioritize in an extremely dynamic and fluid environment.
• Adapt quickly to learn multiple technologies, and understand architectural dependencies, data flows, and integrations between them.

Educational/Previous Experience Requirements
Education/Previous Experience

• Minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, MIS or related degree and ten (10) years of relevant experience, including management or leadership experience or an equivalent combination of education, training and experience.

Licenses/Certifications

• None required

At Raymond James our associates use five guiding behaviors (Develop, Collaborate, Decide, Deliver, Improve) to deliver on the firm's core values of client-first, integrity, independence and a conservative, long-term view.

At Raymond James – we honor, value, respect the uniqueness, experiences, and backgrounds of all of our Associates. When associates bring their best authentic self, our organization, clients and communities thrive, it is part of our part of our people-first culture. The Company is an equal opportunity employer and makes all employment decisions on the basis of merit and business needs.