Executive Director, Application Architecture

The OCC

Actively hiring
US Posted 43 days ago $207,600–$342,200 / year
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TL;DR

As the Executive Director of Application Architecture at OCC, you will lead a team of experienced architects responsible for defining and enforcing architectural standards across applications, integrations, APIs, and tech stack selection. Your role involves shaping OCC's technology strategy through one of its most significant transformation programs, ensuring that every system built or acquired is resilient to stress and change. You will collaborate with Platform Architecture and Engineering to maintain consistency in enterprise standards and work closely with Security, QA, and Governance/Risk teams to meet regulatory requirements such as Regulation SCI and CPMI-IOSCO. The ideal candidate has extensive experience in application architecture, including hands-on knowledge of APIs, integration patterns, distributed systems, and cloud-native development on AWS or equivalent platforms.

Skills

Kubernetes AWS Java CI/CD Docker PostgreSQL RabbitMQ Terraform Python Regulation SCI CPMI-IOSCO SAFe AI-assisted development practices

What you'll do

  • Lead and develop a team of application architects across various domains.
  • Establish and enforce architecture standards for applications, APIs, and integrations.
  • Define non-functional requirements focusing on performance, scalability, and fault tolerance.
  • Collaborate with Platform Architecture to align application designs with infrastructure constraints.
  • Drive continuous improvement by conducting rigorous design reviews and establishing feedback loops.

What we're looking for

  • Demonstrated experience defining and enforcing application architecture standards at organizational scale.
  • Deep hands-on background in APIs, integration patterns, distributed systems, event-driven architecture, and microservices.
  • Experience with both legacy modernization and greenfield cloud-native development.
  • Strong knowledge of CI/CD, automated testing, and quality gate enforcement.
  • Ability to lead through influence and authority across Engineering, Security, QA, and Governance.
  • Excellent communication skills for executive leadership and development teams.

Market check

Salary context

This $207,600–$342,200 range sits above 87% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$147,000–$240,900

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$161,250–$235,750

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About The OCC

The OCC (Options Clearing Corporation) is the world''s largest equity derivatives clearing organization, acting as issuer and guarantor for options and futures contracts to promote stability and market integrity. Industry: Financial Clearing & Derivatives

The OCC currently has 25 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $136,200–$217,100 across 25 roles with salary data.

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