Who We Are Looking For The Head of Engineering Delivery, Managing Director is a senior leadership role responsible for global, end-to-end delivery execution across the Charles River Development (CRD) / Alpha Platform CTO organization.
Reporting into the CTO, this role owns the global delivery operating model, portfolio governance, and execution outcomes across regions, products, and functions.
This dual hatted role sits in the Dublin, Ireland State Street office as it also serves as the regional EMEA engineering lead across Ireland, UK and Poland, along with managing global engineering operations.
Why This Role Is Important Charles River Development (CRD), acquired by State Street in ****, delivers enterprise investment management solutions to the world's largest asset managers, hedge funds, and wealth platforms.
CRD powers State Street Alpha, the industry's first open front-to-back platform launched in ****.
The Managing Director provides strategic direction, enterprise oversight, and people leadership to ensure engineering initiatives deliver business value at scale, while maintaining rigorous adherence to Agile, SDLC, cybersecurity, risk, and control standards in a highly regulated environment.
What You Will Be Responsible For Global Delivery Leadership aligns delivery to strategy, risk posture, and business value.
Board/C-suite presence: Communicates with clarity and authority at executive level; trusted to represent technology delivery in senior forums.
Strong risk and control mindset: Leads effectively in regulated environments; sets the tone for audit readiness, controls, and disciplined execution.
Influence without authority: Drives alignment across Product, Architecture, Security, Operations, and business stakeholders to unblock decisions and execution.
Talent and succession builder: Attracts, retains, and develops senior leaders; builds deep benches and clear succession plans.
Culture setter: Establishes high standards for transparency, ownership, and performance; addresses underperformance decisively and fairly.
Ensure delivery capabilities evolve to support cloud, platform modernization, and large-scale transformation programs.
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