Senior Director, Software Engineering

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Broadridge have an exciting opening for a new Senior Director of Software Engineering. The Senior Director of Software Engineering will provide vision and leadership for solution development, deployment and maintenance in support of Broadridge’s Securities Finance & Collateral Management (SFCM) Business. They will report to the Head of Product Delivery (SFCM and Broadridge Data Control).
The role demands a strong people leader who understands how to deliver quality end to end services to Financial institutions. The candidate must have excellent communication skills and strong commercial awareness.
The Senior Director of Software Engineering directs the overall software development lifecycle related to SFCM Solutions offered to the market. In addition, they will work with Broadridge Management to develop and implement the technology transformation roadmap in support of SFCM in order to improve cost effectiveness, service quality, and mission development.
They will help drive our agile/lean-start up transformation within the business unit and will build/maintain high performing teams.

Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership, guidance, mentoring and career development to a global, multidisciplinary team of Application Developers and Quality Assurance Specialists.
• Continue to drive the Agile transformation journey within both the Business Unit, and the wider Global Engineering organization.
• Develop SCFM’s technology roadmap, ensuring alignment with the wider Broadridge technology strategy. Act as an advocate both internally and externally for the technology roadmap.
• Drive the product transformation journey including both product evolution and alignment / integration with other Broadridge products (via technology roadmap). Including GUI redesign, code porting and system architecture upgrade to consolidate legacy applications into a unified product set.
• Oversee request workflow, budget, staff, output and overall standards and procedures of a substantial Application Development Team located in varied locations and time zones.
• Provides technical leadership and guidance on software development tools, application architecture, technology, application security and optimal development methodologies. Can lead by example, developing exemplar code etc.
• Work with the product team to identify and assess new opportunities in the market.
• Work with the platform engineering team to improve or automation and DevOps capabilities.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional experience in software engineering, including significant tenure managing and scaling high-performing engineering teams across complex, global environments.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or a related degree preferred
• Proven track record leading technology transformation initiatives—modernizing legacy platforms and implementing modern frameworks and architectures.
• Strong understanding of modern technologies such as React, Java, Kafka, and databases.
• Experience supporting solution and architects in shaping and executing large-scale technical delivery programs.
• Strong background in building high-performing, collaborative, and diverse development teams; able to mentor senior engineers and managers.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with a history of effective collaboration between product management, architecture, and operations teams.
• Strong commercial awareness and business acumen, with experience aligning technology to broader organizational and client objectives.
• Ability to balance strategic vision with tactical execution—translating goals into actionable engineering outcomes.

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