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# Associate Principal, Software Engineering Delivery & Execution

- **Company:** The Options Clearing Corporation
- **Location:** Chicago, IL, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Experienced
- **Salary:** $94,100 - $136,700
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Agile Methodology, Artificial Intelligence, Confluence, JIRA, Business Process Modeling, Microsoft PowerPoint, Scrum Methodology, Software Engineering, Tableau (Software), Business Intelligence Development Studio, Cloud Platform System, Atlassian Tools, Tools for Reporting, Servicenow
- **Published:** November 12, 2026
- **Apply:** https://theocc.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/Chicago---125-S-Franklin/Associate-Principal--Software-Engineering-Delivery---Execution_REQ-4894-2

## About the Role

The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the primary functions.

 * [Required] Curious and open to both opportunities and challenges, eager to stretch stakeholder management and organizational skills
 * [Required] Demonstrable capabilities to translate technical concepts concerning software engineering to a non-technical audience, and to build alignment across groups with varied contexts and technical proficiencies
 * [Required] Working understanding of how software gets delivered - the tools teams use, the shape of a delivery lifecycle, and general best practices
 * [Required] Proven ability to manage multiple priorities without dropping threads, communicating progress clearly and proactively
 * [Required] Comfortable working with data points and assembling them into a narrative that helps leaders understand performance against KPIs and business outcomes
 * [Required] Self-directed and detail oriented
 * [Required] Highly effective organization and planning skills
 * [Required] Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including effective presentation skills
 * [Required] Develops and maintains constructive and cooperative working relationships
 * [Preferred] Experience in a regulated environment - financial services, financial market infrastructure, or similar - and familiarity with risk and audit vocabulary
 * [Preferred] Hands-on fluency with Jira and Confluence (dashboards, JQL, page and space structure), plus exposure to Tableau or comparable BI tooling and ServiceNow
 * [Preferred] Exposure to a large platform modernization, migration, or transformation program
 * [Preferred] Appetite for AI-assisted ways of working; the organization actively uses AI tooling to accelerate analysis, reporting, and documentation, and treats fluency here as an advantage

Technical Skills:

 * [Required] Proficiency in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint); working knowledge of Excel and reporting tools preferred
 * [Required] Experience with Agile tools such as Jira and Confluence
 * [Preferred] Exposure to Tableau or comparable BI tooling and ServiceNow

Education and/or Experience:

 * [Required] 3-5 years of experience in technology, project management or business management role

Certificates or Licenses:

 * [Preferred] PMP and/or BPM Certification
 * [Preferred] ITIL, Agile, or Scrum experience/certification

## Description

The position sits at the center of the Software Engineering organization, serving as connective tissue between engineering teams and the rest of the enterprise. This individual works closely with the Director, Software Engineering Delivery & Execution, and directly with Executive Directors, managing work intake and cross-functional coordination, executive reporting, and governance tracking. This individual will be responsible for initiatives requiring coordination across Software Engineering teams related to technology implementations, organizational transformation, and executive communications., To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each primary duty satisfactorily.

 * Serves as the key point of contact for incoming requests to Software Engineering, clarifying what is actually being requested, routing it to the right team, and following it through so nothing lands in a gap between groups
 * Acts as the liaison between engineering teams and partners across IT, Product, and the business, keeping cross-functional initiatives coordinated and moving; building and managing relationships across the organization is an integral part of this role
 * Develops communications for the department, including All Hands content and department-wide announcements, and curates the organization's Confluence presence, org charts, and reference documentation so people can find what they need without asking
 * Builds and delivers regular reporting for audiences up to and including executive leadership - initiative statuses, deliverables, KPIs, and OKRs - exporting data from systems like Jira and distilling it into a form a busy executive can absorb and act on
 * Manages status of governance commitments by tracking and coordinating the governance, risk, and compliance obligations owned by Software Engineering stakeholders - Risk Action Plans (RAPs), Security Observations (SORTs), program RAIDs, and internal and external audit findings - keeping owners informed of what is due and driving items to on-time closure in partnership with second line functions
 * Contributes perspective to roadmaps and action plans aligned to Software Engineering's strategic vision and the IT North Star Strategy, including spotting opportunities to streamline processes and tooling for faster, more reliable software delivery
 * Partners part-time with Software Engineering leaders on a rotating set of efforts where additional capacity makes a difference