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Baird · 2 days ago

Technology Solutions Manager

Milwaukee, WI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Baird is a financial services firm that offers high-quality investment strategies. The Technology Solutions Manager will oversee critical technology responsibilities, manage technology backlogs, and ensure effective communication and collaboration across teams to support business objectives.

Financial Services

Growth Opportunities

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Works with leadership to understand key business objectives and craft relevant and effective technology solutions to enable meeting those objectives through collaboration with IT and external vendors

Maintains the department’s technology backlog and prioritizes work. Must be comfortable assessing and articulating the ROI of prioritized work

Coordinates prioritized work with Baird IT team and/or external vendors and monitors progress, ensuring work is moving at an appropriate place. Active, engaged involvement in all IT team ceremonies is a must (sprint planning, daily standups, refinement meetings, etc.)

Conducts regular meetings with technology end users to understand business needs, including ongoing feedback loops to keep end users aware of progress. Must be comfortable weighing and articulating competing priorities across end users

Communicates the status and benefits of technology initiatives to management

Acts as subject matter expert of existing technology solutions (both internal and external) and serves as first point of escalation for troubleshooting issues

Evaluates current state of department technology and identifies new technologies or upgrades/enhancements to existing technology that could improve our business

Coordinates department technology support needs

Builds strong relationships with both internal and external technology partners

Serves as project manager for large technology initiatives (and potentially non-technology initiatives as assigned): Frequent interaction with end users to understand needs, provide status updates, navigate change management, etc

Tracks project work, next steps, deadlines, dependencies, etc. Schedules meetings, keeps track of take-aways, and holds project team accountable for take-aways

Facilitates cross-functional dialogue to keep work moving or remove blockers

Qualification

Technology solutions expertiseBusiness acumenProject managementPythonSQLSalesforcePower BIIntellectual curiosityCollaborationProblem solvingCommunicationLeadership

Required

5+ years of professional experience required

Broad technical understanding of various IT topics required (software/data engineering, software/data architecture, etc.)

SIE and Series 7 & 66 licensed or ability to obtain after hire

Preferred

Python/C#/SQL/Power BI/Salesforce knowledge preferred

Bachelor's degree in business or technology majors preferred

Company

Baird

Glassdoor4.3

Since 1919, Baird has guided families, businesses, communities and institutions toward their financial goals.

Founded in 1919

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

5001-10000 employees

http://www.rwbaird.com

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