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About LPL Financial
LPL Financial is the largest independent broker-dealer in the United States, providing brokerage and investment advisory services to independent financial advisors and financial institutions. Industry: Financial Services & Wealth Management
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JOB TITLE: EVP, Head of Production Services & Reliability Engineering
The EVP, Head of Production Services & Reliability Engineering leads a critical technology organization responsible for enterprise production operations, site reliability engineering, disaster recovery, batch operations, and change and release management. This executive will define the strategic vision and operating model to ensure the availability, performance, and recoverability of mission-critical technology platforms. Key responsibilities include establishing service level objectives, managing 24x7 operational support for cloud and infrastructure platforms, and driving automation and modernization initiatives. The role requires expertise in incident management, observability, and operational resilience within highly regulated environments. Candidates should possess skills in AWS and Azure cloud operations, ITIL, and SRE principles. This position solves the business problem of maintaining high-performing, scalable, and secure services for advisors and investors while managing complex production execution.
Define and execute the strategic vision, operating model, and multi-year roadmap for enterprise production operations and service reliability.
Lead the 24x7 operational support for critical applications, infrastructure platforms, cloud services, and third-party technologies.
Build and mature Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) capabilities to improve system availability, scalability, and automation.
Establish enterprise reliability objectives, including service level indicators (SLIs) and service level objectives (SLOs).
Oversee enterprise Batch Operations and scheduling services to ensure successful execution of critical business processing functions.
Own the enterprise Disaster Recovery strategy, including testing, governance, and continuous improvement of business continuity.
Lead Change and Release Management processes to ensure controlled and efficient deployment of technology changes.
Establish world-class incident, problem, and root cause management disciplines to minimize customer impact and eliminate recurring issues.
What we're looking for
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Engineering, or a related discipline.
15 or more years of progressive leadership experience across technology operations, infrastructure, production services, reliability engineering, or related enterprise technology functions.
Experience leading large-scale technology organizations supporting mission-critical applications and platforms in highly regulated environments.
Experience in production operations, incident management, site reliability engineering, disaster recovery, service management, and change governance.
Experience in developing strategy, leading organizational transformation, influencing executive stakeholders, and delivering measurable operational and business outcomes.
Master’s degree in information technology, Engineering, Business Administration, or related field (preferred).
Financial services or other highly regulated industry experience (preferred).
Experience leading cloud operations across AWS and Azure environments (preferred).
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