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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Associate Director, Technology - **Company:** Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. - **Location:** McLean, VA, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $114,200.0 - $248,700.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Agile Methodology, Cyber Security, Information Systems, Disaster Recovery, Software Engineering, Information Technology - **Published:** May 21, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=15333c1b680c9287 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Technology management?, Do you have a Master's degree?, * Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least five (5) years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience; Master's degree and past Financial Services industry experience preferred. * Minimum of 3 years of managing technical programs and/or processes including staff management of at least four (4) resources and budget of at least $1 million annually. * Knowledge of business, technology and management principles involved in strategic planning, organizational change management, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources. * Experience must include direct project experience in one of the following areas: strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and/or compliance. * Extensive knowledge of industry leading technology best practices including familiarity with technology methodologies including at least one of ISO-9000, ITIL, Agile and iterative. * Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills. * Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships and leverage those relationships to improve the quality of work products. * Must be able to identify, evaluate and recommend processes, tools, technologies and/or products to meet business and budgetary requirements. * Should be well organized, thorough, and able to handle competing priorities. * Ability to maintain focus and develop proficiency in new skills rapidly. * Ability to work in a fast paced environment. ## Description The Technology Manager is generally autonomous in their oversight and active management for Technology project(s) and most often reports directly to a Director or Senior Director., * Directly manage team(s) focused on delivering high quality project results within one or more major technology disciplines: strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and compliance. * Focus on team leadership, delivery of business value, risk mitigation, cost optimization and return on investment. * Deliver results based upon FINRA annual goals, department goals and management requests. * Direct and coordinate organization's financial and budget activities to fund operations, maximize investments, and increase efficiency for a project(s). * Ensure technology best practices are being implemented and improved within team(s). * Analyze information and evaluate results to choose the best solutions and solve problems. * Support the evaluation of new technologies, techniques, and tools. * Report status and issues to senior Technology management team. * Work directly with outside vendors to negotiate services and product agreements * Willingness to lead, take responsibility and offer options. * Serve as a backup to more senior level management as needed. * Develop constructive and cooperative working relationships with peers both within and outside of Technology, and maintain them over time. * Establish and maintain external relationships with strategic product/service vendors and industry forums (government & private councils, standards bodies, product forums, etc.), as appropriate. * Contribute to the establishment, evolution and continued compliance with standard practices and processes within the disciplines. * Assist with adherence to technology policies and comply with all security controls. * Ensure all work products meets/exceeds FINRA standards and risks are effectively managed. * Participate in periodic Disaster Recovery (DR), Business Continuity Planning (BCP) and Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) testing and reporting. Resource Management * Identify and hire resource/skills needed within their organization. * Responsible for staff performance management and training. * Coordinate assignment of subordinate staff. * Demonstration of FINRA's values. * Collaboration, both in-person and virtually, in furtherance of FINRA's mission of investor protection and market integrity., FINRA's Code of Conduct imposes restrictions on employees' investments and requires financial disclosures that are uniquely related to our role as a securities regulator. FINRA employees are required to disclose to FINRA all brokerage accounts that they maintain, and those in which they control trading or have a financial interest (including any trust account of which they are a trustee or beneficiary and all accounts of a spouse, domestic partner or minor child who lives with the employee) and to authorize their broker-dealers to provide FINRA with duplicate statements for all of those accounts. All of those accounts are subject to the Code's investment and securities account restrictions, and new employees must comply with those investment restrictions-including disposing of any security issued by a company on FINRA's Prohibited Company List or obtaining a written waiver from their Executive Vice President-by the date they begin employment with FINRA. Employees may only maintain securities accounts that must be disclosed to FINRA at one or more securities firms that provide an electronic feed (e-feed) of data to FINRA, and must move securities accounts from other securities firms to a firm that provides an e-feed within three months of beginning employment. You can read more about these restrictions here. As standard practice, employees must also execute FINRA's Employee Confidentiality and Invention Assignment Agreement without qualification or modification and comply with the company's policy on nepotism. 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