Market Facing Director - Wealth & Asset Management Technology Consulting

5w1 month ago

London, GB · Full-time · £180,000 – £250,000

About this role

As a Market Facing Director in EY's Wealth & Asset Management Technology Consulting practice, you will drive market growth, client relationships, and large-scale transformation delivery across WAM clients. You will operate at the intersection of strategy, technology, and delivery, shaping complex transformation programmes such as front-office platforms, data ecosystems, and operating model change.

Day-to-day, you will build and sustain trusted C-suite relationships with CIOs, COOs, and CTOs while originating and shaping complex deals and multi-year transformation programmes. You will lead business development, pipeline growth, and proposition development, elevating EY's brand through thought leadership and industry engagement.

You will work with leading asset managers, wealth managers, and investment platforms to deliver technology-enabled transformation at scale. You will define target state architectures and transformation roadmaps, develop robust business cases and value propositions, and advise on platform strategy including build vs buy, vendor selection, and integration approach.

This role offers the opportunity to play a central part in building EY's WAM Technology Consulting franchise, helping clients modernise investment platforms, data ecosystems, and operating models. You will navigate complex vendor and platform landscapes and enable AI-ready, scalable, and resilient technology environments.

Requirements

Deep domain and technical authority in WAM platforms and architecture
Proven ability to shape complex transformation programmes such as front-office platforms, data ecosystems, and operating model change
Experience navigating complex vendor and platform landscapes (e.g. Aladdin, front office, data platforms)
Strong track record in market leadership and pipeline origination
Ability to lead end-to-end transformation ownership from strategy to execution
Experience modernising investment platforms, data ecosystems, and operating models
Expertise in enabling AI-ready, scalable, and resilient technology environments

Responsibilities

Drive market growth, client relationships, and large-scale transformation delivery across wealth and asset management clients
Build and sustain trusted C-suite relationships with CIO, COO, and CTO stakeholders
Originate and shape complex deals and multi-year transformation programmes
Lead business development, pipeline growth, and proposition development
Define target state architectures and transformation roadmaps
Shape enterprise technology strategies and operating models
Develop robust business cases and value propositions
Advise on platform strategy including build vs buy, vendor selection, and integration approach

Benefits

Opportunity to build EY's WAM Technology Consulting franchise
Work with leading asset managers, wealth managers, and investment platforms
Engage in thought leadership and industry events to elevate your professional brand
Collaborate within a globally connected powerhouse of diverse teams