Squad Leader - Boston, United States - Fidelity Investments

Description

Job Description:

The Purpose of Your Role

To be a part of the Fixed Income Bond Technology Team, a group within Fidelity Investment Asset Management Technology division that designs, develops and supports Portfolio Management, Trading, and Market Surveillance software applications for the Fixed Income Bond business.

The Expertise We're Looking For

The Bond Squad Leader will help drive project initiatives across portfolio, trading, and market surveillance applications used by the Bond investment professionals. As Squad Leader, you blend product management and investment management expertise with a passion for delivering results. As the product owner you are the end-to-end gatekeeper of the squad mission, strategy, and tactical execution associated with delivering on strategic priorities. In an agile structure, you will partner with other Fidelity leaders to influence the broader strategic decisions, roadmaps, and resource requirements, set and refine the mission, and bring together a team of chapter members to execute on specific product features. You will ensure alignment on the "what" and "when" work is to be performed through ongoing planning and prioritization of a product backlog. You will enable squad members to work iteratively, innovate through testing and experimentation and learn from failures while celebrating success. You are committed to developing your own expertise and knowledge to ensure you bring the latest thinking to your role.

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration or similar.
• MBA or Masters is a plus
• Overall 5+ years of experience in delivering technology solutions
• 2+ years of experience leading an agile development team
• 2+ years of experience directing a team of onshore and offshore members
• Experience working in the financial industry and product experience is a plus

The Skills You Bring

• You have strong written and verbal communication skills to effectively engage our business partner who are investment professional in order to understand their business needs to create requirements and strategy for the technical solutions which the squads will build
• Dedication to understanding and learning the user's needs and requirements
• You are self-motivated, driven, and have a strong client focus and results orientation approach
• You can effectively lead a small agile development team
• Fast learner and a great team player

The Value You Deliver:

• Set an overall product strategy to direct and inform the squad's work
• Develop strong relationships with business and technology partners in order to efficiently collaborate and move the work forward
• Serve and support the squad working directly with its members to prioritize and manage what needs to be done, by when; removing obstacles to deliver customer and business value.

How Your WorkImpactsthe Organization

Fidelity Asset Management Technology provides worldwide technology and support to all the Portfolio Management, Research, Trading and Investment Operations functions.Asset Management Technology is an integral partner for Asset Management to deliver innovative, scalable, industry-leading investment tools that enables the business to achieve competitive advantage globally.

Company Overview

At Fidelity, we are focused on making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want. We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. For information about working at Fidelity, visit

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

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Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to , or by calling , prompt 2, option 3.