Director Engineering - MDM Asset Management

Overview of the Role

Nuveen is seeking an experienced engineering leader to own the strategy, delivery and hands-on technical excellence of the GoldenSource platform supporting enterprise reference data management. This role combines strategic technology leadership with deep, hands-on GoldenSource expertise, leading a global team of engineers while remaining personally engaged in platform design, data quality, and complex issue resolution. The ideal candidate is a proven people leader with global team management experience, strong commercial and transformation instincts, and genuine technical depth in GoldenSource, reference data domains, and financial instrument data.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Develop and implement the technology and data strategy/roadmap for reference data management, leveraging new technologies and innovation to deliver services globally
• Own strategic leadership of engineering and delivery execution for GoldenSource and related data solutions
• Provide hands-on leadership in implementing solutions for Nuveen's reference data management requirements
• Drive ongoing optimization of solutions implemented on the GoldenSource platform
• Lead resolution of complex technical and functional issues related to platform implementation
• Partner with product teams to build and manage a best-in-class roadmap that puts data at the core of client outcomes
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives that lower cost-to-serve and improve operating margins
• Lead a global team of engineering and delivery experts across technology, data, and business intelligence
• Build organizational passion and competency for technology transformation
• Drive changes to team operating models and ways of working

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 8+ Years Required; 10+ Years Preferred

Physical Requirements

• Physical Requirements: Sedentary Work

Career Level
10PL

Required Experience & Qualifications:

• 14+ years of experience
• Location: Mumbai
• Domain : Asset Management Technology (Key words – GoldenSource, GoldenSource Workflows, GoldenSource Custom Java Rules, GoldenSource Data Model, GoldenSource Publishing, Reference Data Management, EDM, GoldenSoruce OMNI)
• Target Companies – Big Asset Management firms and Big 4
• Proven Leader with experience of managing agile team
• Global outlook and mind set
• Proven leadership of large global teams, with significant financial accountability

• Strong cultural alignment: unwavering ethical standards; drives excellence and innately collaborative
• Deep hands-on experience with GoldenSource: MDX, Workflows, Custom Java rules, GSOs, UI, and Publishing
• Strong understanding of the GoldenSource data model
• Experience mastering Instrument and Institution data using GoldenSource
• Experience onboarding and supporting vendor data feeds end-to-end (acquisition through downstream distribution)
• Understanding of financial instruments (Fixed Income, Equity, Derivatives) and related market data
• Familiarity with vendor data (Bloomberg, Refinitiv, Moody's) for Instrument, Institution, and Ratings data Reputation as a forward thinker, especially in the technology and data space 
• Commercially astute: quickly recognizes the different levers to pull to drive growth and increase productivity
• Strategic in nature, with a strong bias towards transformation and execution

• Stimulates action with a balanced leadership style of control and influence
• Decisive and operates with a sense of urgency

• Program, risk, and change management experience
• Agile proficient

Related SkillsAgile Methodology, Continuous Integration and Deployment, Data Analysis, Debugging, DevOps, Enterprise Application Integration, Operating Systems Management, Problem Solving, Programming, Software Development, Software Development Life Cycle, Web Application Development

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At TIAA, we're on a mission to build on our 100+ year legacy of delivering for our clients while evolving to meet tomorrow's challenges. We equip our associates with future-focused skills and AI tools that enable us to advance our mission. Together, we are fighting to ensure a more secure financial future for all and for generations to come. We are guided by our values: Champion Our People, Be Client Obsessed, Lead with Integrity, Own It, and Win As One. They influence every decision we make and how we work together to serve our clients every day. We thrive in a collaborative in-office environment where teams work across organizational boundaries with shared purpose, accelerating innovation and delivering meaningful results. Our workplace brings together TIAA and Nuveen's entrepreneurial spirit, where we work hard and work together to create lasting impact. Here, every associate can grow through meaningful learning experiences and development pathways—because when our people succeed, our impact on clients' lives grows stronger.

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