Market Facing Director - Wealth & Asset Management Technology Consulting (WAM)

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Role Purpose

As a Market Facing Director in WAM Technology Consulting, you will drive market growth, client relationships, and large-scale transformation delivery across wealth and asset management clients.

You will operate at the intersection of strategy, technology, and delivery, shaping complex transformation programmes (e.g. front-office platforms, data/Aladdin ecosystems, operating model change), while building trusted relationships with C-suite stakeholders.

This role combines:

• Market leadership and pipeline origination
• End-to-end transformation ownership (strategy → execution)
• Deep domain and technical authority in WAM platforms and architecture

The Opportunity:

You will play a central role in building EY’s WAM Technology Consulting franchise, helping clients:

• Modernise investment platforms, data ecosystems, and operating models
• Navigate complex vendor/platform landscapes (e.g. Aladdin, front office, data platforms)
• Enable AI-ready, scalable and resilient technology environments

You will work with leading asset managers, wealth managers, and investment platforms to deliver technology-enabled transformation at scale

Your responsibilities

1. Market leadership and Growth

• Build and sustain trusted C-suite relationships (CIO, COO, CTO)
• Originate and shape complex deals and multi-year transformation programmes
• Lead business development, pipeline growth and proposition development
• Elevate EY’s brand through thought leadership, industry engagement and client events

2. Technology Strategy & Transformation

• Define target state architectures and transformation roadmaps
• Shape enterprise technology strategies and operating models
• Develop robust business cases and value propositions
• Advise on platform strategy (build vs buy, vendor selection, integration approach)

3. Domain & Platform Architecture Leadership

• Lead design of end-to-end WAM technology architectures, including:
• Front office / investment platforms (e.g. Aladdin ecosystem)
• Data platforms and analytics
• Integration patterns (APIs, event-driven)
• Define interoperability, governance, and scalable solution design

4. Programme & Delivery Leadership

• Sponsor and oversee large, complex transformation programmes
• Act as the bridge between business and technology stakeholders
• Ensure alignment between:
• Fast-cycle digital initiatives
• Core platform transformation and release cycles
• Assure risk, quality, controls and delivery outcomes

5. Practice & Capability Development

• Build and grow WAM Technology Consulting capability:
• Develop offerings, assets, and propositions
• Lead high-performing teams and communities of practice
• Coach and mentor junior colleagues and future leaders

Skills & Experience – Required

• Proven track record delivering large-scale technology transformation in WAM or Financial Services
• Deep expertise in investment / wealth platforms, data ecosystems, and architecture
• Strong commercial leadership experience:
• Pipeline creation
• Deal shaping
• Delivery oversight
• Ability to operate at C-suite level, influencing strategic and technology decisions
• Strong consulting skillset:
• Stakeholder management
• Communication and storytelling
• Problem structuring

Domain Expertise

• Wealth & Asset Management technology landscape:
• Front office / portfolio management
• Data & analytics
• Platform transformation (e.g. Aladdin ecosystems, alternatives platforms)
• Strong understanding of:
• Technology modernisation approaches
• Integration and architecture patterns
• Evolving industry landscape (AI, GenAI, cloud)

Ideally, you will also have