.**JOB DESCRIPTION**- Delivery of new products and major enhancements on time and within budget- Deployment of global platforms adapted to the local markets in Latin America- Building technology teams that progressively grow in the practice of agile development- Greater automation of business processes and operational efficiency- Empowered sales, client onboarding, client services and operations organizations- Creating scalable, resilient, highly available, performant systems that run 24/7- Enabling the ability to upgrade software components without existing business disruption- Developing software that is compliant with technology lifecycle management demands- Producing software that withstands scrutiny of security reviews and risk assessments- Platform execution that consistently meets client and market service level agreements- Seamless interlock, engagement and collaboration with global development teams- Automation of Dev/Ops, testing, continuous integration and deploymentGeneral Tasks & Responsibilities- Foster a culture of technical excellence across the regional teams in LATAM- Establish a Dev/Ops, agile development practice and organization structure for development teams enabling federated collaborative engagement with global teams- Ensure all development produces scalable, resilient, fault tolerant, high quality software- Create and publish design patterns to guide development efforts across the region- Interlock with technology architecture groups to ensure solutions adhere to risk, architecture, cyber and other relevant firm-wide guidelines- Work closely with development teams to design, system interfaces, APIs, services and adapters required to deploy global platforms in the local LATAM markets- Develop, capture and report on productivity metrics enabling development teams to continually improve- Guide the selection of technology services and components for building our solutions- Promote a strong technology controls agenda to keep software and infrastructure up to date, secure and compliant with firm and market standards.- Evaluate vendor software platforms and services integrated with our solutions- Identify opportunities to create automation that optimizes developer efficiency- Represent the LATAM technology organization in external technology forumDesired Skills- Fluent in English and Spanish. Portuguese is desired.- Must have a strong technical background, be detail-oriented and well-organized.- Experienced in building agile development teams, mentoring and coaching developers to effect a program of continuous improvement.- Must Possess excellent risk management skills, and the drive to proactively mitigate business and technology risk- Must demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing to the team, business partners, vendors and clients
