Director, IT Infrastructure

Company Overview

Founded in 1989, PanAgora (Greek for across marketplace) Asset Management is a premier provider of investment solutions spanning most major asset classes and risk ranges.  We seek to provide investment solutions using sophisticated quantitative techniques that incorporate fundamental insights and vast amounts of market information.  While PanAgora’s investment strategies are highly systematic in nature, the processes deployed within these strategies are built and overseen by talented professionals with significant and diverse investment experience.  Innovative research plays a central role in our investment philosophy and process, and is an essential component of our firm’s ability to deliver attractive investment solutions.  Investment teams are organized into an Equity Strategies group and a Multi Asset Strategies group.   Most investment team members are engaged in original research using fundamental intuition, market intelligence, modern finance and scientific methods.

We are committed to providing clients with reliable investment processes, consistent performance, transparency, and access to our investment resources. Our client base is comprised of institutional investors across the globe, including public & private retirement funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments & foundations, and sub-advisory mandates. 

Summary

Within PanAgora, the IT and Engineering group has a substantial impact on the firm both in terms of

systems under management and in an outsized percentage of total budget spend. Given its size, the

team is capable of driving changes as necessary across the entire firm. Over the last two years, around

half of the staff have turned over, resulting in an opportunity to ensure that the ongoing focus of each

role is in pushing PanAgora’s technology stack forward.

PanAgora seeks to conduct a full review of all IT and Engineering management processes, team

organization, and technology systems (the “Project”). The goal of the Project is to obtain an

independent opinion on ways to accelerate adoption of AI technology and ensure that legacy systems

can be modernized safely and effectively. A secondary but nonetheless important goal will be to identify

areas of risk through technology, including systems that (i) are likely to degrade over time; (ii) are

already out of date; (iii) require modern frameworks; and/or (iv) have improper test coverage.

Project Goals are as follows:

• Propose a path for modernization of all internally developed systems as necessary to reduce business risk or accelerate development.

• Identify business risk from existing technology decisions and architectures

• Ensure that AI tooling is adopted in an effective way while minimizing the risks inherent in the tooling

• Review IT budget spend and make recommendations for adjustments to vendor selection or technology selection. 

• Review team structure, team sizing, and team communication paths to identify areas of

friction or gaps in communication paths throughout the IT organization

• All people, processes, and systems under the IT and Engineering organizations will be eligible for review within this scope of work. This includes, but is not limited to, production data centers, systems, operating systems, internally-developed software, purchased software, SaaS products, network interfaces and any similar systems. 

Essential Skills, Education and Experience:

• Undergraduate degree in technology or applicable technical training/certification required
• 7+ years of experience in systems and networking, with a focus on the financial services industry
• Strong understanding of IT infrastructure and security
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft based technologies, including Windows 2019/2022, Windows 10/11, Office 365
• Familiarity with supporting and maintaining virtual platforms
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
• Ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines

Company Overview

Founded in 1989, PanAgora (Greek for across marketplace) Asset Management is a premier provider of investment solutions spanning most major asset classes and risk ranges.  We seek to provide investment solutions using sophisticated quantitative techniques that incorporate fundamental insights and vast amounts of market information.  While PanAgora’s investment strategies are highly systematic in nature, the processes deployed within these strategies are built and overseen by talented professionals with significant and diverse investment experience.  Innovative research plays a central role in our investment philosophy and process and is an essential component of our firm’s ability to deliver attractive investment solutions.  Investment teams are organized into an Equity Strategies group and a Multi Asset Strategies group.   Most investment team members are engaged in original research using fundamental intuition, market intelligence, modern finance and scientific methods.

We are committed to providing clients with reliable investment processes, consistent performance, transparency, and access to our investment resources. Our client base is comprised of institutional investors across the globe, including public & private retirement funds, sovereign wealth funds, endowments & foundations, and sub-advisory mandates. 

PanAgora is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to job applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, sex, marital status, color, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy, ancestry or sexual orientation. PanAgora is committed to maintaining an environment that is free from discrimination as well as adhering to applicable federal and state laws.

**PanAgora is an equal opportunity employer and provides equal employment opportunities to job applicants and employees without regard to race, religion, sex, marital status, color, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, pregnancy, ancestry or sexual orientation. PanAgora is committed to maintaining an environment that is free from discrimination as well as adhering to applicable federal and state laws.