Senior Director - Product & Design Operations

WHAT MAKES US, US

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At its foundation, SimCorp is guided by our values — caring, customer success-driven, collaborative, curious, and courageous. Our people-centered organization focuses on skills development, relationship building, and client success. We take pride in cultivating an environment where all team members can grow, feel heard, valued, and empowered.

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WHY THIS ROLE IS IMPORTANT FOR US

The Senior Director of Product & Design Operations is a foundational leader responsible for implementing, scaling, and sustaining the product management and design operating models defined in SimCorp’s Enterprise Product Management Playbook.

As we continue to grow and evolve our product organization, success depends not only on strategy, but on operational excellence: the systems, rituals, tooling, standards, and shared ways of working that help teams execute with clarity, consistency, and speed at enterprise scale.

This role ensures that:

• Product managers have purpose-built tooling for discovery, prioritization, roadmapping, dependency management, and stakeholder communication.
• Product and Design operating models are translated from playbooks into daily practice.
• Teams use clear, repeatable workflows and high-quality artifacts, with cross-functional alignment and executive-ready visibility.

The Senior Director partners closely with the CPO, Head of Experience Design, and Head of Strategic Product Enablement to turn intent into execution and ensure the organization operates as designed.

WHAT YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR

Product Management Tooling Ownership & Enablement

• Own implementation, configuration, and continuous evolution of SimCorp’s product management tooling ecosystem enabling end-to-end product management from strategy and discovery through delivery and communication.
• Ensure integration between product tools and downstream execution systems, preserving strategic context while enabling execution.
• Drive consistent, high-quality adoption through training, documentation, office hours, and direct support

Product & Design Operating Model (Tools, Rituals & Artifacts)

• Translate the Enterprise Product Management Playbook and Design Operating Model from as-designed into daily practice, implemented through shared tooling, rituals, workflows, and artifacts.
• Define and maintain the operational backbone in tools (templates, fields, workflows, dashboards, and reporting) that makes the operating model easy to execute and hard to drift from.
• Partner with Product and Design leadership to run consistent, tool-supported cadences across teams: planning and prioritization, roadmap/portfolio reviews, PDLC rituals, and launch readiness.
• Ensure high-quality, consistent artifacts are stored in the system of record (e.g., roadmaps, prioritization outputs, dependency views, design documentation) to enable cross-functional alignment and executive-ready visibility.
• Strengthen design operations in a way that supports creative excellence, including effective design critiques, design-to-engineering handoffs, and clear review criteria.

Governance, Standards & Quality

• Establish standards for product and design artifacts, and embed them into tooling via templates, definitions, required fields, and quality checks.
• Set up governance and decision forums with clear inputs/outputs and tool-based reporting, balancing team autonomy with enterprise alignment and scale.
• Instrument the operating model: monitor quality and adoption (e.g., completeness, consistency, timeliness) and continuously improve workflows based on real usage and outcomes.

Change Management & Adoption

• Lead change and adoption of tools, processes, and operating models through influence, enablement, and trust.
• Anticipate resistance and complexity; address it through clear communication, well-planned rollouts, and close partnership with teams
• Measure adoption and effectiveness, iterating based on feedback and outcomes over rigid process adherence.

WHAT WE VALUE

• 10+ years of experience in product ops, design ops, product management, or adjacent leadership roles in enterprise environments.
• Demonstrated ability to implement product tooling and operating models across multiple teams or product lines
• Extensive experience owning systems of record and the operational infrastructure (templates, workflows, dashboards, reporting) that enables consistent execution
• Systems thinker who can connect people, process, and tooling, and translate it into scalable, day-to-day ways of working.
• Effective communicator who can align with Product, Design, Engineering, and senior leadership
• Outcome-driven and pragmatic – builds standards that help teams work more efficiently without unnecessary process
• Comfortable leading change and adoption through trust, clarity, and hands-on enablement.

BENEFITS

SimCorp offers several benefits that might play a significant factor in considering whether to accept a job offer. Since SimCorp operates in 30+ offices worldwide, the benefits package may vary from country to country.

Simcorp follows a global hybrid policy, asking employees to work from the office two days each week while allowing remote work on other days.

NEXT STEPS

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually. Please note that only applications sent through our system will be processed. At SimCorp, we recognize that bias can unintentionally occur in the recruitment process. To uphold fairness and equal opportunities for all applicants, we kindly ask you to exclude personal data such as photo, age, or any non-professional information from your application. Thank you for aiding us in our endeavor to mitigate biases in our recruitment process.

If you are interested in being a part of SimCorp and you can see yourself contributing and thriving in the position described above, but are not sure this role is suitable, submit your CV anyway.

SimCorp is on an exciting growth journey, and our Talent Acquisition Team is ready to assist you discover the right role for you. The approximate time to consider your CV is three weeks.

We are eager to continually improve our talent acquisition process and make everyone’s experience positive and valuable. Therefore, during the process we will ask you to provide your feedback, which is highly appreciated. This position is for an existing vacancy.

WHO WE ARE

For over 50 years, we have worked closely with investment and asset managers to become the world’s leading provider of integrated investment management solutions. We are 4,000+ colleagues with a broad range of nationalities, educations, professional experiences, ages, and backgrounds.

SimCorp is an independent subsidiary of the Deutsche Börse Group. Following the recent merger with Axioma, we leverage the combined strength of our brands to provide an industry-leading, full, front-to-back offering for our clients.

SimCorp is an equal opportunity employer and welcome applicants from all backgrounds, without regard to race, gender, age, disability, or any other protected status under applicable law. We are committed to building a culture where diverse perspectives and expertise are integrated into our everyday work. We believe in the continual growth and development of our employees, so that we can provide best-in-class solutions to our clients.

For New York City only: The salary range for this position is $221,000-$331,000 USD. Additionally, employees are eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, and benefits including health care, leave, and retirement plans. Your total compensation may vary based on role, location, department and individual performance.

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