LPL Financial Technology is looking for a leader and technologist-at-heart to lead API and Integration Services Product Development as part of our broader Platform Modernization strategy.

Are you a passionate customer-focused leader who drives value and operational excellence through standardized frameworks and reuse? Can you identify, define, and deliver common enterprise capabilities? Are you an experienced leader who has promoted the vision and value of APIs and reusable technical assets and helped transform platform architecture through them? Do you have demonstrated experience establishing the KPIs, reporting, and transparency required to drive outcomes?

If yes, then this could be the role for you!

We have an exciting opportunity to join our Technology organization as VPII, API Management and Integration Development. In this role, you will be responsible for API Modernization and shared library product development and delivery.

Responsibilites:

• Lead API Modernization development for LPL spanning the API Management stack, including Gateway, Mesh, Repository, and API delivery that enables deprecation of legacy stacks.
• Lead shared library and SDK development that enables quick, consistent integration of common technical capabilities, such as logging, auth, session management, and other foundational items.
• Drive adoption of these capabilities and ensure legacy stacks are fully retired.
• Champion and incorporate into this scope our Cloud-first, API-first, and Event-Driven architecture strategy and principles.
• Develop strategy, roadmaps, and metrics that communicate and enable transparency into the vision and progress.
• Establish feedback loops that ensure continuous improvement and prioritization of the highest value customer needs.
• Lead, coach, and develop a team of high-performing outcome-oriented engineers, including onshore, nearshore, and offshore personnel.
• Maniacal focus on both functional and non-functional quality of all developed products – delighting customers with always-on, high performing experiences that can scale with the company’s growth.
• Responsible for financial planning/allocation and staffing decisions with focus on efficiency and investment efficacy.
• Promote the vision and drive organizational transformation through establishing/maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across the organization, including business, product, engineering, operations and management.
• Collaborate across the firm to maintain alignment on vision, strategy, and performance to goals, approaching strategy with an entrepreneurial mindset, leveraging critical thinking to increase the value proposition of assigned products and programs.

Requirements:

• 10+ years of experience in technology leadership roles that span across architecture and product development preferably within a financial service or related FinTech firm.
• 7+ years of developing, cultivating, and leading strong, high-performing teams.
• 5+ years in product development involving API and/or event streaming and integration technologies.
• 5+ years delivering and operating in an Agile model where dependency management and priority trade-off conversations are key to successful execution.
• 2+ years of experience with Cloud technologies and architecture.
• Ability to create a strategy and execute on a roadmap that delivers to the strategy.
• Strong communication skills, both written and oral, with ability to create/present executive presentations and serve as one of the recognized subject matter experts in the organization.
• Demonstrate business acumen and the ability to interact with senior leaders, including developing, presenting, and gaining approval on business cases and funding requests.
• Flexibility and organizational change management experience.
• The ability to work in a cross-functional team and drive outcomes without having direct authority.
• Actively anticipates, identifies, and manages risks within position scope and at the company.
• Expert consensus-builder who drives change across initiatives within and outside direct accountability and evaluates solutions to the most complex business challenges.

Core Competencies:

• Strong ownership, drive for results, and sense of urgency on issue resolution and outcomes.
• Strong product development and delivery experience in large complex environments.
• Strategic leader who anticipates the future, inspires the team to deliver reliable platforms that enable delightful experiences at scale and within established timelines/budget.
• Ability to synthesize complex solutions into easily implementable solutions paving the way for incremental delivery.
• Data driven leader who establishes OKRs, KPIs and inspires the delivery of customer centric solutions.
• Excellent people leader who leads by example and has demonstrated experience building highly effective teams.

Why LPL?

At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential.

We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.

Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work.

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Why LPL?

At LPL, we believe that objective financial guidance is a fundamental need for everyone. As the nation’s leading independent broker-dealer, we offer an integrated platform of proprietary technology, brokerage, and investment advisor services. We provide you with a work environment that encourages your creativity and growth, a leadership team that is supportive and responsive, and the opportunity to create a career that has no limits, only amazing potential.

We are one team on one mission. We take care of our advisors, so they can take care of their clients.

Because our company is not too big and not too small, you can seize the opportunity to make a real impact. We are committed to supporting workplace equality, and we embrace the different perspectives and backgrounds of our employees. We also care for our communities, and we encourage our employees to do the same. This creates an environment in which you can do your best work.

Want to hear from our employees on what it’s like to work at LPL? Watch this!

We take social responsibility seriously. Learn more here

Want to see info on our benefits? Learn more here

Join the LPL team and help us make a difference by turning life’s aspirations into financial realities. Please log in or create an account to apply to this position. Principals only. EOE.

Information on Interviews:

LPL will only communicate with a job applicant directly from an @lplfinancial.com email address and will never conduct an interview online or in a chatroom forum. During an interview, LPL will not request any form of payment from the applicant, or information regarding an applicant’s bank or credit card. Should you have any questions regarding the application process, please contact LPL’s Human Resources Solutions Center at (800) 877-7210.