Alpha Environments & Batch Manager - Assistant Vice President

Who we are looking for:

We are looking for an experienced leader to define, implement, and govern end-to-end environment and batch management capabilities across complex client implementation programs. The successful candidate will combine strategic planning, governance leadership, technical coordination, and operational oversight to support environment readiness, effective batch execution, testing, conversion, operational readiness, and successful go-live outcomes.

This role requires someone who can act as the central coordination point across Product, Technology, Operations, Delivery, Release Management, and Client teams while effectively managing complex systems, dependencies, risks, and priorities.

What you will be responsible for:

Strategy, Planning & Governance

• Define and drive the end-to-end environment and batch strategy in alignment with program objectives and implementation requirements.
• Develop and maintain readiness roadmaps, project plans, governance frameworks, stakeholder matrices, and dependency models.
• Establish standards, controls, and governance processes supporting testing, conversion, deployment, and operational readiness.
• Identify opportunities to standardize, optimize, and automate environment and batch capabilities across implementations.

Environment Management & Testing Readiness

• Lead environment planning, configuration, integration, and readiness activities across implementation and testing phases.
• Manage environment inventories, configuration standards, dependencies, support ownership, and connectivity requirements.
• Coordinate environment readiness for feature testing, integration testing, BUAT, CUAT, conversion activities, client onboarding, and vendor integrations.
• Drive reference data setup, fund onboarding, and platform configuration activities across environments and integrated systems.

Batch Management & Operational Readiness

• Own the development and maintenance of end-to-end batch architecture, visualization models, and operational designs.
• Define batch-processing requirements, schedules, dependencies, service levels, and support models.
• Standardize batch documentation and drive alignment across Technology, Product, and Operations teams.
• Ensure operational readiness through monitoring, support frameworks, reporting, and escalation processes.

Conversion, Reporting & Optimization

• Define and coordinate conversion strategies, data-seeding activities, and overall data-readiness planning.
• Support end-to-end testing, conversion events, and production-readiness activities.
• Oversee batch reporting, performance monitoring, issue management, and root-cause analysis.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on operational stability, performance optimization, cycle-time reduction, and automation opportunities.

Stakeholder Leadership

• Serve as the central coordination point across Product, Technology, Operations, Delivery, Release Management, and Client stakeholders.
• Lead environment and batch governance forums, review sessions, and readiness assessments.
• Communicate program status, risks, dependencies, environment readiness, and batch performance to senior leadership and client stakeholders.
• Facilitate cross-functional decision-making and issue resolution throughout the implementation lifecycle.

What we value:

• Strong leadership and the ability to drive cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, systems, and dependencies.
• A comprehensive understanding of testing lifecycles, release management, data conversion, operational readiness, and batch-processing frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex implementation programs and coordinating operational readiness across multiple workstreams.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Confidence in presenting program status, risks, dependencies, and recommendations to senior leadership and client stakeholders.
• A focus on environment readiness, stable batch operations, effective governance, and successful testing, conversion, and go-live outcomes.
• A continuous-improvement mindset focused on platform performance, operational readiness, implementation efficiency, and automation.

Qualifications / Skills Profile:

Required Qualifications

• 12+ years of experience in environment management, batch operations, implementation delivery, platform operations, enterprise technology programs, or related disciplines.
• Strong understanding of testing lifecycles, release management, data conversion, operational readiness, and batch-processing frameworks.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives involving multiple stakeholders, systems, and dependencies.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex implementation programs and driving operational readiness across multiple workstreams.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, organizational, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Experience presenting program status, risks, and recommendations to senior leadership and client stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting large-scale financial services, asset management, or platform-transformation programs.
• Experience with BUAT, CUAT, DITL, conversion, and go-live activities.
• Knowledge of enterprise integrations, operational support models, performance analytics, and process automation.

Success Measures

• Environment readiness across all implementation phases
• Stable and efficient batch processing operations
• Successful testing, conversion, and go-live outcomes
• Effective stakeholder alignment and governance
• Continuous improvement of platform performance, operational readiness, and implementation efficiency

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