Director, Software Engineering

At Broadridge, we've built a culture where the highest goal is to empower others to accomplish more. If you’re passionate about developing your career, while helping others along the way, come join the Broadridge team.

We are seeking an accomplished Engineering Leader to guide and inspire our Canadian broker dealer client communications tax and statement processing software engineering team, driving strategic initiatives to design, build, and deliver high-quality, scalable, and secure software solutions. This role demands a unique blend of visionary leadership, strategic planning, and hands-on technical expertise in mainframe and modern software architecture and design. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of leading large-scale mainframe and distributed application development initiatives specifically modern applications in a highly regulated financial environment to the latest technologies.

You will be a catalyst for innovation, fostering a culture of continuous learning, improving development practices, and ensuring successful delivery from project inception to production in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Key Job Functions/Responsibilities

• Leadership & Strategy

• Provide technical and strategic leadership to software engineering teams.

• Define and execute the engineering roadmap aligned with business and product priorities.

• Foster a collaborative, innovative, and high-performance engineering culture.

• Oversee the development and maintenance of existing in-house applications, and/or integrate third party applications.

• Monitor application performance, support service restoration during incidents as required, identify improvement opportunities, and implement necessary enhancements.

• Support operations teams during critical periods, including tax processing season and monthly client statement generation

• Ensure customer-centric service delivery.

Leadership and Management:

• Lead, inspire, and manage a team of software engineers, setting clear objectives and fostering a culture of innovation and high performance.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including product management, client services, operations and global stakeholders to align technology goals with business objectives.

• Mentor and develop engineering leaders to facilitate career growth and succession planning.

• Identify and address resource gaps, make strategic hiring decisions and leverage external partners as needed.

• Engineering Vision, Strategy & Delivery

• Drive the adoption of an engineering strategy and technology roadmap that aligns with the company's strategic objectives.

• Oversee and guide the integration of legacy mainframe applications with cloud platforms products in compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Ensure engineering best practices, code quality, performance, and maintainability.

• Ensure the delivery of high-quality software products by establishing and maintaining rigorous testing, performance monitoring, and quality assurance processes.

• Drive projects from ideation and architecture designs through full production deployment.

• Innovation & Continuous Improvement

• Stay ahead of industry trends and regulatory changes; proactively identify opportunities for adoption of best of breed tax processes within Broadridge.

• Promote automation, CI/CD pipelines, DevOps practices, and agile methodologies.

• Continuously improve engineering processes, tools, and team capabilities.

• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve engineering processes and tools; optimize team efficiency, product quality, and delivery timelines.

• Stay up to date with the latest industry trends, technologies, and best practices to ensure the engineering team remains at the cutting edge.

• Partner with product, client, security, and infrastructure teams to deliver robust, compliant solutions.

• Stay abreast of regulatory and industry changes from CRA, MRQ, IRS, and CIRO

• Communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs effectively to executives and stakeholders.

• Serve as a technical and strategic advisor to senior leadership.

Basic Skill Level Requirements

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.

Experience:

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 5 years in leadership roles.

• Proven experience leading large-scale mainframe applications development initiative including integration with modern cloud platforms in highly regulated financial industries.

• Strong background in mainframe application 3GL language software development frameworks.

• Deep understanding of security, compliance, and risk management in financial systems.

• Successful track record of delivering end-to-end projects from inception through production.

• Demonstrated ability to implement processes and tools to drive software delivery quality improvements and enhance client satisfaction

• Experience managing multiple teams in a fast-paced and geographically diverse environment.

• Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.

• · Extensive managerial experience overseeing teams with direct reports.

Preferred:

• Experience in technologies e.g., PLI, Cobol, IMS, DB2, CICS, API, Java, Python, DevOPs/SRE and test automation frameworks

• Experience transforming teams from waterfall and other SDLC frameworks to Agile

• Passion for technology and business and continuous learning.

• Extensive development management experience in the Wealth Management application space is an asset.

• Experience with US or Canadian tax processing is preferred.

Recruitment Process

Throughout your application process, you may be asked to contact us virtually or in-person. Our recruiters will explain how hybrid interviews will be held throughout the recruitment process, and they will be able to answer any questions you might have.

Compensation

Salary Range: CAD $150,000- $180,000 . Compensation may vary depending on a number of factors, including a candidate’s qualifications, skills, competencies and experience, and location

AI Disclosure

No AI or automated tools are used in the screening or assessment of applicants for this role.

Vacancy Disclosure

This posting is for an existing and currently open position within Broadridge.

Background Check Process

Broadridge requires employees to complete a background check that is completed by one of our service providers. We use this service to complete the following checks:

• Employment verification

• Education verification

• Credit inquiry

• Canadian criminal record check

Workplace Flexibility

We are committed to supporting flexible work arrangements, investing in technology or other resources to enable you to work from home effectively, wherever possible. At this time this is a hybrid role, and therefore you should have a basic home office set up, high-speed internet, and the ability to work without distractions during core business hours.

Accessibility & Accommodation

Broadridge is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace ensuring that equal employment opportunities are provided to all individuals, regardless of race, colour, gender identity, sexual orientation, marital status, creed, age, disability, religious affiliation, or national origin or citizenship. If you require any accommodation during the recruitment process, please notify our recruitment team.

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We are dedicated to fostering a collaborative, engaging, and inclusive environment and are committed to providing a workplace that empowers associates to be authentic and bring their best to work. We believe that associates do their best when they feel safe, understood, and valued, and we work diligently and collaboratively to ensure Broadridge is a company—and ultimately a community—that recognizes and celebrates everyone’s unique perspective.

Use of AI in Hiring

As part of the recruiting process, Broadridge may use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI)-based tools, to help review and evaluate applications. These tools are used only to support our recruiters and hiring managers, and all employment decisions include human review to ensure fairness, accuracy, and compliance with applicable laws. Please note that honesty and transparency are critical to our hiring process. Any attempt to falsify, misrepresent, or disguise information in an application, resume, assessment, or interview will result in disqualification from consideration.