Vice President, Architecture

Job Description:

As Vice President, Domain Architect within Fidelity Institutional’s Capital Markets & Investment Products Technology (CMIPT) organization, you will define and support the architectural strategy for some of the most complex and high-impact areas of the business. You’ll design scalable, secure, and forward-looking technology solutions that align with long-term goals, spanning business applications, cloud infrastructure, and emerging AI capabilities to drive innovation and growth.

Fidelity Institutional delivers investment, trading, and technology solutions to institutional clients, including registered investment advisors, broker-dealers, and institutional investors. Our offerings include proprietary investment products—such as alternative investments and active ETFs—distributed through platforms like FundsNetwork and Wealth Advisor Solutions. We also provide institutional-grade equity and fixed income trading platforms, prime brokerage, and securities lending services, all supported by robust data and analytics.

In this role, you’ll bring deep technical and business domain expertise, translating strategy into actionable IT capabilities. You’ll lead architectural governance, promote enterprise standards, and assess emerging technologies to shape future-ready solutions. Strong communication skills and the ability to influence across teams are essential, as is a pragmatic approach to balancing innovation with execution.

While not required, experience in specialized financial domains can enhance your impact. Backgrounds in prime brokerage, securities lending, fixed income trading, or alternative investment distribution offer valuable insights into designing agile, data-driven, and compliant systems. However, a commitment to continuous learning is equally valued.

Your success will be defined by your ability to lead with clarity, foster cross-functional alignment, and deliver practical, scalable solutions. As a visible leader and advocate for architectural excellence, you’ll help elevate solution architecture practices within CMIPT and across Fidelity.

The Expertise You Have

• Education – BS or MS required
• Experience leading technical architects, technology governance, and complex solution design
• 12+ years of experience in building distributed systems and applications and cloud database technologies
• Experience with prime brokerage services, including onboarding, margin financing, risk management, and reporting
• Ability to design and implement solutions that enhance operational efficiency and client experience in prime brokerage
• Knowledge of securities lending operations, including collateral management, loan negotiation, and regulatory compliance
• Skilled in architecting integrated systems that optimize securities lending workflows
• Familiarity with fixed income products, trading strategies, and market dynamics
• Experience developing trading platforms with real-time analytics capabilities
• Understanding of alternative investment product distribution (e.g., hedge funds, private credit/equity, real estate)
• Skill in analyzing business direction and challenges, understanding long-term vision and risk, and guiding strategic technical solutions
• Experience collaborating with product managers, architects, and technical leads to evaluate, recommend, and configure technologies aligned with long-term strategy
• Ability to build and maintain effective relationships across teams and constructively challenge decisions to support strategic goals
• Financial industry experience preferred, particularly within brokerage
  

The Skills You Bring

• Apply a pragmatic design approach with a practical, solution-oriented mindset
• Maintain a strong focus on delivery and execution excellence
• Leverage process and governance to drive rapid, secure, and sound solutioning
• Act as a strong partner and collaborator, enabling solution thinking across teams
• Represent Solution Architecture for the Capital Markets & Investment Products Technology (CMIPT) teams
• Champion the work of solution architects within CMIPT and across the broader Fidelity organization
• Demonstrate passion for technology and a proactive approach to tackling new challenges
• Formulate strategic direction and communicate it effectively to drive organization-wide alignment and adoption
• Exhibit strong influence and persuasion skills, while remaining open to feedback and course correction
• Possess a solid understanding of cloud services and their application in end-to-end integration patterns
• Bring knowledge of the clearing and custody business (preferred)
• Apply strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with excellent written and verbal communication
• Demonstrate effective interpersonal, negotiation, and influencing skills across all organizational levels
• Translate complex business needs into clear, actionable technology solutions
• Analyze business direction and challenges to develop strategic, risk-aware technical guidance
• Collaborate closely with product and application teams on technology evaluation, selection, and configuration
  

The Value You Deliver

• Drive end-to-end solution delivery by aligning architecture with business priorities and ensuring scalable, secure, and high-performing implementations
• Support and coach a team of solution architects to ensure architectural consistency and excellence across Capital Markets & Investment Products Technology (CMIPT) domain
• Lead the design and execution of complex initiatives, translating strategic goals into actionable technical roadmaps and deliverables
• Accelerate time-to-value by leveraging governance, reusable patterns, and agile practices to enable rapid and sound solutioning
• Partner across teams to ensure architectural alignment, remove delivery roadblocks, and support cross-functional execution at scale
• Continuously improve delivery outcomes by mentoring teams, promoting architectural best practices, and ensuring solutions are built for long-term success

The base salary range for this position is $124,000-$262,000 per year.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

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Information Technology