Head of Fund Admin Technology at Brown Brothers Harriman & Co.

Head of Fund Admin Technology

At BBH we value diverse backgrounds, so if your experience looks a little different from what we've outlined and you think you can bring value to the role, we will still welcome your application!

What You Can Expect At BBH:

If you join BBH you will find a collaborative environment that enables you to step outside your role to add value wherever you can. You will have direct access to clients, information and experts across all business areas around the world. BBH will provide you with opportunities to grow your expertise, take on new challenges, and reinvent yourself—without leaving the firm. We encourage a culture of inclusion that values each employee’s unique perspective. We provide a high-quality benefits program emphasizing good health, financial security, and peace of mind. Ultimately we want you to have rewarding work with the flexibility to enjoy personal and family experiences at every career stage. Our BBH Cares program offers volunteer opportunities to give back to your community and help transform the lives of others.

The Head of Fund Admin Technology is the overall technology leader of the group. He/she acts as the single point of contact for Fund Admin-related technology activities across BBH Systems and is responsible and accountable for all technical aspects of Fund Admin applications including the management/coordination of development activities as well as the daily applications operations. This position works closely with business/product experts, architects, vendors, and application developers to conceptualize, develop, and deliver projects and solutions. This role involves strong and active participation in project and resource planning, implementation, and production support.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Leadership/ Management

• Participating and effectively representing the Fund organization in change meetings and other oversight committees.
• Build an outstanding global technology team including the development, recruitment, and retention of technology leadership with effective succession plans.
• Managing & leading direct reports and rest of the team by establishing timely and challenging performance standards, providing ongoing feedback, and conducting annual performance appraisals.
• Participating in the career development of staff, acting as a positive role model and mentor.
• Working with the business to ensure that systems response to the business requirements is appropriate, facilitation of business advocacy within systems.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills to effectively communicate technical architecture/design to non-technical stakeholders.

2. Design and Implementation

• Ultimately responsible for the development of technical roadmaps and architecture for each of the applications within the Fund Admin systems.
• Foster and drive innovation, overseeing the prioritization of new business concepts/ideas.
• Leverage QA and the defined change management best practices early during new build processes.
• Works with Architecture, QA, developers, product managers, and customer application experts to define solutions, products and modules with required features and functionality, and to successfully deliver new solutions, products, and modules in line with firm and industry best practices and standards.
• Addressing complex technical challenges and making critical decisions.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND ABILITIES - Education level and/or relevant experience(s)

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Engineering or Computer Science or related work experience required.
• Have 15+ years of hands-on engineering experience, preferably designing & delivering a highly scalable application, and/or support vendor platforms to service the business needs, along with strong technical knowledge, wide range application architectural, development and database technologies, tools, security authentication, authorization, and infrastructures.
• Have hands-on Agile transformation experience and understands Agile frameworks with its ceremonies and practices.
• Must have strong technical knowledge, wide range application architectural, development and database technologies, tools, security authentication, authorization, and infrastructures.
• Broad technical background spanning multiple areas among distributed system, data production and visualization, data engineering and architecture.
• Ability to think critically and objectively; excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to make quick decisions based on business demands.

What We Offer

• A collaborative environment that enables you to step outside your role to add value wherever you can.
• Direct access to clients, information and experts across all business areas around the world.
• Opportunities to grow your expertise, take on new challenges, and reinvent yourself—without leaving the firm.
• A culture of inclusion that values each employee’s unique perspective.
• High-quality benefits program emphasizing good health, financial security, and peace of mind.
• Rewarding work with the flexibility to enjoy personal and family experiences at every career stage.
• Volunteer opportunities to give back to your community and help transform the lives of others.

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, genetic information, creed, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other protected status under federal, state or local law.

Salary Range

BBH’s compensation program includes base salary, discretionary bonuses, and profit-sharing. The anticipated base salary range for this role is $190,000 to $220,000, which is specific to New York, NY and may differ in other locations due to cost of living and labor considerations. Base salaries may vary based on factors such as skill, experience and qualification for the role. BBH's total rewards package recognizes your contributions with more than just a paycheck—providing you with benefits that enhance your experience at BBH from long-term savings, healthcare, and income protection to professional development opportunities and time off, our programs support your overall well-being.