Northwestern Mutual is seeking an enterprise-minded product and engineering leader to define and drive the strategic technology roadmap and implementations for Private Investment Management within their Institutional Investments technology area.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering and product strategy leadership roles with domain expertise in financial services and investment/asset management area
- Experience in leading through multiple engineering and product teams and their respective leads/managers
- Hands-on proficiency with various architecture concepts, application design, cloud-native architectures (AWS), cloud data platforms (Snowflake), Front end frameworks
- Proven experience designing and scaling technology platforms for private/public investments, trading, risk, and portfolio analytics
- Track record of modernizing legacy systems and harmonizing vendor, legacy, and proprietary applications
Responsibilities
- Define long-term product and technology strategy that aligns with private asset growth goals and AUM scaling targets
- Own product roadmaps, delivery frameworks, and business outcomes for private Investments domain across front, middle, and back-office technology areas
- Champion data platform evolution—cloud-native data mesh strategy and AI enablement to investment intelligence and analytics
- Provides technical leadership to build State-of-the-art technology capabilities for the Private asset management business
- Partner with senior leadership to influence strategic planning and investment priorities for private Investments area
Other
- Strong communication and storytelling skills across executive, business, and technical stakeholders
- Ability to learn and teach others and employs an organic approach to upskill broader organization
- Ability to navigate ambiguity, shape strategy, and lead transformation across organizational boundaries
- Strong communication skills at all levels (verbal and written)
- Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience
