Nuveen is seeking a SMA India Lead. Reporting to the Client & Product Technology Lead in India, the role is responsible for driving the end-to-end product engineering capabilities to support the growth and transformation of the business.
In building and setting up a world class engineering delivery capability, the Lead Engineer will bring functional knowledge, technology know-how and process awareness together to build a team capable of building platforms which continuously evolve to meet business needs. Special focus will be on building capabilities utilizing micro-UI and micro services based architecture and build out applications and processes improving operational efficiency, using industry best practices, as well as aligning these to enterprise services.

• Develop and implement an ambitious technology strategy and roadmap leveraging new technologies to launch new products and support ongoing products
• Responsible for strategic leadership of engineering and delivery execution for technology and data solutions across the publics and private markets portfolios
• Lead product engineering teams globally, Proficient in full stack development on the following areas:
  • Strong Experience with UX Frameworks and design principles
  • Experience with User Interface design & development using React, HTML5, and CSS.
  • Experience building high performance multi-threaded applications/micro services using the Java/J2EE technologies.
  • Experience in Spring framework, Spring Boot, Rest Services and API gateway.
  • Experience in Database environment – SQL, PL/SQL programming, No SQL.
  • Hands-on Experience with Container Platform like OpenShift.
  • Hand-on Experience with containerization tools like Docker, Kubernetes, etc.
  • Experience using system tools, source control systems like Git/SVN, and utilities.
  • Good understanding of cloud providers and services – AWS (ECS/EKS, EC2, S3, NoSQL Database, IAM, IaaS, Cloud formation/Terraform etc.,)
• Knowledge of Data Engineering Practices to adhere to Enterprise Data Strategy principles.
• Working with our product teams create and manage a best in class roadmap which drives the leverage of new technologies with data at the core supporting client outcomes – custom built and Protech solutions
• In partnership with the Technology Product Leads, generate excitement and buy-in for the technology and data outcomes quickly, addressing barriers to success
• As part of roadmap inform the build and partner decisions, and ensure these are funded, supported to enhance client deliverables and scale.
• Partner with colleagues across the enterprise and with external vendors to delivery best in class solutions – measuring success in terms of adoption, usage, improvements and industry recognition.

• Support the global product technology leadership to increase market-share and margin through technology
• Implement a process for continuous improvement, lower costs to serve and improving margins
• Develop and deliver scalable solutions that can be applied to clients and the business

• Lead a world-class team of experienced engineering and delivery experts within technology, data and business intelligence
• Drive a passion and core competency across the organization for technology transformation
• Coordinate comprehensive changes to update how we work or develop new ways of working
• Set the priorities and focus for local and regional teams to support global engineering and delivery of core internal and client products and services.

• Global outlook and mind set
• Operated in an environment of unprecedented, rapid change, where innovation and quick responses yielded success
• Experience in navigating across large, complex matrixed organizations
• Proven leadership of global teams, with significant financial accountability
• Strong cultural alignment: unwavering ethical standards; drives excellence and innately collaborative
• Reputation as a forward thinker, especially in the technology and data space
• Commercially astute: quickly recognizes the different levers to pull to drive growth and increase productivity
• Strategic in nature, with a strong bias towards transformation and execution
• Stimulates action with a balanced leadership style of control and influence
• 12+ years’ experience in technology (product and engineering) and a minimum of 8+ years in Asset Management with focus on SMAs.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field (engineering or computer science or engineering discipline)
• Program, risk, and change management experience
• Proficient in enterprise architecture, solution architecture, cloud, data engineering
• Proficient in multiple infrastructure, cloud, mobile and network technologies
• Agile proficient