LPL Financial · 4 months ago
Head of Advisory Trading System Engineering
Austin, TX
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$187K/yr - $311K/yr
15+ years expLPL Financial is among the fastest growing wealth management firms in the U.S., and they are seeking a Head of Advisory Trading System Engineering. This role involves overseeing software engineering talent across multiple development teams and driving technology solutions to enhance trading platforms and improve advisor experiences.
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Responsibilities
Transformational leadership experience modernizing trading platforms to improve stability, handle scale, and optimize the Advisor or Investor experience with complex trading platforms
Lead and understand large data sets and ability to drive solutions around the data and trading technologies
Build strong relationships with key stakeholders, including architecture, data, product, and business partners, and strategies to scale, resilient and modernize platforms
Lead engineering teams to buy, build, or integrate solutions based on agile methodology with dedicated teams
Growth mindset with a passion for innovation, continuous improvements, and driving business growth through trading technology
Formulating workable solutions to complex challenges; logically deliberating on courses of action by examining and challenging assumptions, discerning hidden value, objectively evaluating evidence, and assessing conclusions
Demonstrates the ability to communicate complex technical concepts to target audiences ranging from the board to individual contributors
Measure success by say/do, velocity, defect remediation, and clear value to the trading platforms
Provide technical leadership to teammates through technical design, and implementation of best practices, adhering to LPL’s modernization practices, Cloud practices, SDLC and release management processes
Ability to influence cross-functional teams to adopt best practices or make process changes to drive more value for Advisors
Servant leader who applies leadership principles and fosters a culture of inclusivity and diversity
Maintain, troubleshoot, optimize, and enhance Trading Platform applications
Ensure service level agreements and contingency activities are covered related to system/application availability
Qualification
Required
Minimum of 15 years of experience in technology leadership roles that span across Technology development, Engineering best practices, product development, and delivery leadership roles preferably within a financial service, or related FinTech firms
Minimum of 10 years of developing, cultivating, and leading strong, high-performing teams in an agile environment
Minimum of 10 years of related experience in capital markets with a strong understanding of trading, wealth management, and financial industry
Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, engineering, or a related field
The ability to work in a cross-functional team and drive outcomes without having direct authority
Strong analytical skills with a demonstrated ability to evaluate business opportunities and evaluate results against established objectives
Extensive experience working in large technology ecosystems with emphasis on integrating multiple externally facing high-scale, high volume, always-on mission-critical systems
Must have executive presence and ability to communicate & engage effectively with senior technology leadership
Benefits
401K matching
Health benefits
Employee stock options
Paid time off
Volunteer time off
Company
LPL Financial
LPL Financial provides investment solutions and tools for independent financial advisors.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.5B2025-03-31Post Ipo Equity· $1.5B
2024-06-03Post Ipo Debt· $1B
2010-11-18IPO
Leadership Team
Rich Steinmeier
Interim CEO
Sid Vyas
Chief Technology Officer/EVP
Recent News
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Investment News
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