Manager, Portfolio Implementation Technology

Wellington Management offers comprehensive investment management capabilities that span nearly all segments of the global capital markets. Our investment solutions tailored to the unique return and risk objectives of institutional clients in more than 60 countries draw on a robust body of proprietary research and a collaborative culture that encourages independent thought and healthy debate. As a private partnership we believe our ownership structure fosters a long-term view that aligns our perspectives with those of our clients.

Manager Portfolio Implementation Technology

At Wellington Management technology is central to how we invest. Our Portfolio Implementation Technology team builds systems that translate investment decisions into action across global markets. Youll lead a team working on a platform thats proven and mission critical. Were looking for managers who want ownership stay close to technology and are drawn to challenges critical to the business.

As a Software Engineering Manager on the Portfolio Implementation Technology team youll lead a team of engineers who design build and support the systems that implement investment decisions. You are accountable for both the people and the platform: growing engineers developing future leaders setting technical direction partnering directly with the investment teams we serve and making sure a mission-critical system stays stable and keeps getting better.

Lead and grow the team

Manage coach and develop a team of software engineers: hiring onboarding career growth feedback and performance

Identify and develop future leaders; Create stretch opportunities and build succession depth so the leadership bench grows alongside the team

Achieve delivery excellence with high engagement from team members and measure success by vision alignment supply chain partnership and strong ROI

Absorb ambiguity and pressure on behalf of the team so engineers can stay focused on the work rather than the noise around it

Build a high-performance team culture: standards paired with trust candor and room for levity

Connect people across teams and functions making sure the right conversations happen without waiting for an org chart to allow them

Set and steward technical direction

Build architecture and technical decisions for your teams systems empowering engineers to own outcomes while balancing near-term delivery against long-term platform health

Hold a high bar for API and interface design service boundaries and the contracts other teams depend on

Bring strategic ideas forward: identify where the platform should go next and build the case for it not just the roadmap you were handed

Stay close enough to the code and the systems to make informed decisions and to be credible with your engineers

Plan and deliver

Plan carefully and realistically: scope sequence dependencies and capacity with an honest view of risk

Improve how the team works: sharpen processes remove friction and introduce practices that make delivery faster and more predictable

Be resourceful when the standard path doesnt exist; Find the pragmatic way through and let the team see you do it

Partner across the business

Build close rapport with investment professionals and cross-functional product-driven teams to achieve meaningful business outcome

Develop real fluency in the investment and trading domain translate business intent into technical direction and push back credibly when needed

Turn business needs into clear requirements specifications and test plans and keep stakeholders informed through delivery

Own quality and production stability

Champion quality engineering: test strategy automation and the practices that catch problems before clients do

Lead incident response with a hands-on approach to triage and make sure the follow-through changes the system

Treat continuous improvement as part of the operating rhythm not a cleanup project

1. 8 years designing and developing durable impactful software solutions including 2 years leading or managing engineers with hands-on experience applying AI-driven agentic engineering practices

2. A track record of shipping in production with successful adoption

3. Strong technical depth across the full stack and at the platform level with strength in system and API design

4. Comfortable with SDLC tools such as issue tracking (JIRA) source code management (Git) CI/CD (Jenkins / GitHub Actions) IDEs (VS Code / IntelliJ / Eclipse) AI tools (Claude Code / GitHub Copilot) cloud platforms (AWS / Azure) languages (Java / Python / TypeScript) and databases (Oracle / Postgres)

5. Excellent communication and stakeholder management with the judgment to work independently in a fast-paced team-oriented environment

6. Demonstrated ability to build resilient team to influence without authority and to manage change across the organization

7. Experience in asset management trading or another financial services domain or a demonstrated ability to learn a complex domain quickly

8. Experience introducing process or tooling changes that measurably improved delivery speed or quality

Not sure you meet 100% of our qualifications Thats ok. If you believe that you could excel in this role we encourage you to apply and welcome a chance to review your background. We are dedicated to building and maintaining a diversified workforce and considering a broad array of candidates with a variety of skill workplace experiences and backgrounds.

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At Wellington Management our approach to compensation is designed to help us attract inspire and retain the best talent in our strive to pay employees fairly and competitively across all levels and roles. Our approach to compensation considers all aspects of total compensation; all employees are eligible to receive salary variable compensation and benefits. The base salary range for this position is: