Director of Technology, MGB Investment Office

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Mass General Brigham Incorporated

Mass General Brigham relies on a wide range of professionals, including doctors, nurses, business people, tech experts, researchers, and systems analysts to advance our mission. As a not-for-profit, we support patient care, research, teaching, and community service, striving to provide exceptional care. We believe that high-performing teams drive groundbreaking medical discoveries and invite all applicants to join us and experience what it means to be part of Mass General Brigham.

Job Summary Investment Office General Overview

Mass General Brigham’s Investment Office manages more than $30 billion for MGB, invested primarily via partnerships with third-party investment management firms. Strategies in the portfolio include private equity, venture capital, long‑only equities, long/short equities, and real assets investments. Our goal is to generate excellent long‑term risk‑adjusted returns to support MGB’s mission to improve the lives and health outcomes of patients globally.

The Investment Office offers a collaborative, team‑oriented environment. We strive to be nimble in our pursuit of exceptional investment opportunities, as well as our support of world‑class investment partners. This is a hybrid position based in Somerville, MA.

Job Summary The Investment Office seeks a highly motivated professional to be responsible for setting and executing the technology strategy for the Investment Office, enabling best‑in‑class investment decision‑making, portfolio management, risk oversight, and operational efficiency. The Director of Technology partners closely with investment, operations, risk, and finance leadership to deliver secure, scalable, and data‑driven technology platforms that support public and private market investing.

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated record of academic achievement, success working in a team environment to achieve common goals, and familiarity with the workings of an institutional investment office.

Qualifications Responsibilities:

• Define and execute the Investment Office technology strategy aligned with investment objectives and fiduciary responsibilities.
• Build and lead a high‑performing technology team supporting investment and operations functions.
• Partner with administrative, investment, legal, and operations teams to translate investment workflows into effective technology solutions.
• Ensure technology platforms support the full investment lifecycle, including research, portfolio construction, trading, performance, and reporting.
• Oversee investment data architecture, including market data, portfolio data, alternative data, and reference data.
• Enable advanced analytics, reporting, and quantitative tools to support investment research and risk management.
• Support integration of third‑party investment systems (performance, risk, accounting) and external data providers.
• Lead design and delivery of modern, scalable, and resilient technology platforms, including cloud and hybrid environments.
• Ensure strong cybersecurity, data privacy, and access controls appropriate for a fiduciary investment environment.
• Establish disaster recovery, business continuity, and incident response capabilities.
• Own technology budgeting, forecasting, and cost optimization.
• Manage technology vendor relationships, contracts, and service providers.
• Foster a culture of accountability, partnership with investment teams, and continuous improvement.
• Proactively evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., advanced analytics, automation, AI/ML) for applicability to investment research, operations, and risk, and propose new solutions to the team.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Finance, or related field (advanced degree preferred).
• 10+ years of IT management experience – Director level experience is a plus – including responsibility for enterprise platforms and data.
• Experience supporting investment management, asset management, endowment, pension, or family office environments.
• Strong understanding of investment data, analytics, and system integration.
• Collaborative team player; proven ability to work closely with senior investment…