Software Engineering Manager, SVP - Finance and Operations Technology

Business Unit Overview

Blackstone Technology & Innovations (BXTI) is the technology team at the core of each of Blackstone’s businesses and new growth initiatives. Serving both internal and external clients, we build the next generation of systems that manage risk, create efficiency, and improve transparency within the firm and across our broad community of investors and portfolio companies. BXTI is fast paced and entrepreneurial – our open, iterative design processes and rapid pace of development mean that everyone on the team has the opportunity to make an impact from day one.

We are problem solvers who can take projects from idea to implementation. We believe in active mentoring and developing excellence. We collaborate to find the best answers for our customers and for Blackstone, and we are critical to the firm maintaining its competitive edge.

We are seeking a hands‑on Senior Vice President, Engineering Manager to lead Finance and Operations Technology platforms. The role owns architecture, delivery, and platform reliability for enterprise‑grade finance systems, including process automation, data infrastructure, and integrations with the firm’s general ledger ecosystem. The ideal candidate operates as a player‑coach: leading engineers, partnering with business stakeholders, guiding technical direction, and staying close enough to the work to unblock teams and solve complex problems.

• Lead engineering strategy, architecture, delivery, scalability, reliability, and operational performance for Finance and Operations Technology platforms.
• Drive the technical design and implementation of proprietary finance oversight and process automation systems supporting accounting, fund operations, reporting, and regulatory workflows.
• Partner with Finance, Treasury, Operations, Data Engineering, and technology stakeholders to shape requirements, priorities, and roadmap trade‑offs.
• Operate as a player‑coach by managing and mentoring engineers while remaining hands‑on in solution design, architecture reviews, delivery planning, and complex problem solving.
• Establish and enforce engineering best practices across system design, code quality, CI/CD, testing automation, observability, security, and production operations.
• Drive modernization initiatives across cloud, microservices, APIs, workflow orchestration, and distributed systems architecture.
• Oversee integration across general ledger platforms, data warehouses, ETL pipelines, reporting infrastructure, and downstream operational systems.
• Collaborate with Information Security and Risk teams to ensure platforms meet internal controls, audit requirements, regulatory standards, and cybersecurity best practices.
• Improve operational maturity through monitoring, incident management, performance optimization, capacity planning, and disaster recovery readiness.
• Recruit, retain, and develop top engineering talent while creating strong career development pathways across the organization.

• 15+ years of experience in software engineering, enterprise platform development, or financial systems technology, including significant engineering leadership experience.
• Proven experience leading teams that deliver enterprise‑grade finance, accounting, treasury, or fund operations technology platforms.
• Strong hands‑on background in application architecture, distributed systems, APIs, cloud‑native development, platform engineering, and modern delivery practices.
• Experience managing senior stakeholder expectations, clarify ambiguity, and make pragmatic trade‑offs while maintaining technical reliability.
• Deep understanding of enterprise systems integration, including general ledger platforms, ETL frameworks, data warehousing technologies, and…