Director, Head of Platform Engineering - New York - MIO Partners, Inc.

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MIO Partners, Inc. (MIO) provides proprietary investment products to McKinsey's retirement plan and partners. MIO manages a multibillion‑dollar portfolio of assets under management for McKinsey‑related clients and measures success relative to a market‑based benchmark. MIO is a values‑based organization that attracts, develops, and retains exceptional people.

Position Overview

MIO's Enterprise IT team seeks a Head of Platform Engineering who will lead the Platform Engineering and Cloud Engineering team. The role collaborates closely with directors, architects, software engineers, platform engineers, business users, and stakeholders to design and implement DevOps and platform engineering platforms and practices that meet organizational needs and follow cloud best practices. The Head of Platform Engineering will enable a standard, secure, scalable, resilient, and efficient MIO application and infrastructure footprint within our cloud environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of platform engineers and DevOps specialists.
• Architect and manage cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure) with security, stability, and cost in mind.
• Design and oversee implementation of CI/CD pipelines and automation strategies.
• Establish infrastructure as code practices using CDK, GitLab, AWS developer tools.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to ensure platform stability.
• Evaluate and select appropriate cloud technologies and develop best practices based on MIO's use cases.
• Ensure application architectures follow cloud best practices for reliability, security, performance, and efficiency.
• Develop and enforce best practices for system security, compliance, and disaster recovery.
• Optimize infrastructure costs while maintaining performance standards.
• Develop reference implementations and contribute through hands‑on coding as needed.
• Work with development teams to improve deployment processes and system reliability.
• Collaborate with business owners to translate business requirements into technical solutions with an eye toward technology consistency and best practices.
• Work with engineers, business users, and other stakeholders to understand their needs and ensure solutions align with business goals.
• Maintain detailed documentation for reference architectures, design patterns, and system configurations.
• Raise the bar on our development capabilities, standards, and processes.
• Synthesize requirements gathered from various teams within/outside of IT and suggest creative solutions; guide MIO to "do it the right way."
• Following a scrum methodology, organize with end users, business analysts, and other architects and developers.
• Recommend positive steps toward standardizing development processes, including technology selection, deployment steps, code reviews, and IT tools.
• Partner with development, QA, and AppSecOps teams to promote standardization, consistency, and improved security posture.

Estimated Responsibility Allocation

• 25% Technology Leadership
• 15% Relationship Building
• 25% Team Management / Leadership
• 35% Head's Down Development

Attributes of the Successful Candidate

• Ownership mindset: takes full responsibility for outcomes and proactively solves problems beyond immediate remit.
• Excellence oriented: sets a high bar, delivers impact without over‑engineering, and relentlessly follows through.
• Curiosity driven: asks questions, challenges assumptions, and seeks deeper understanding to continuously learn and improve.
• Problem‑solving excellence: uses structured approaches, prioritizes issues, and implements solutions with a bias for action.
• Client service orientation: truly understands business needs, anticipates requirements, and delivers high‑impact solutions.

Desired Background

• 13+ years of hands‑on experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
• 7+ years in team leadership or management positions.
• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience).
• Strong experience with AWS Cloud technologies and infrastructure‑as‑code.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipeline tools (GitLab, Jenkins, etc.).
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (ELK, Dynatrace, Datadog).
• Proficient in microservices, serverless architectures, and containerization.
• Formal problem‑solving or analytical training a plus.
• Excellent communication and client relationship management skills.

Initial Success Criteria

• Lead efforts to improve reliability and observability of cloud infrastructure.
• Play a key role in ongoing CI/CD pipelines migration project.
• Make hands‑on contributions to the progress of the project portfolio.
• Forge solid relationships with key partners and develop a strong vocabulary of our products and services.
• Contribute to the broader MIO IT conversation, considering how cloud architecture, systems architecture, and technology choices should evolve to provide the best experience to decision‑makers.

Benefits

MIO offers a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, life, disability, parental leave, family planning, retirement program, financial guidance, and paid time off.

Equal Opportunity Employer

MIO Partners, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. MIO will consider all applicants regardless of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or disability status.

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