Principal & Head of Public Markets & Quant Technology

We are pleased to be supporting Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group (“CC&L Financial Group”) in the search for a Head of Public Markets & Quant Technology (the “Principal”). This is a newly created leadership role that will be instrumental in defining and delivering the technology strategy that supports the full public markets and quantitative investment lifecycle. Working in close partnership with investment professionals, quantitative researchers, traders, operations, risk, compliance, and finance teams, the successful candidate will modernize platforms, drive automation, improve data quality, strengthen operational resilience, and enable scalable, technology-led investment capabilities.

This is a high-impact leadership opportunity for an experienced technology executive who combines strategic vision, strong engineering expertise, and a deep understanding of investment workflows. The successful candidate will serve as the primary technology partner to Public Markets and Quant stakeholders, bringing together teams, capabilities, and priorities into a cohesive business-aligned function. The role offers significant front‑office engagement, broad visibility across the organization, and the opportunity to lead a critical technology domain, influence the operating model, and serve as a strategic partner in delivering the next generation of investment technology.

About Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group

Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group is Canada’s largest and fastest growing privately owned asset management firm, providing a broad range of traditional and alternative investment products and services through a network of 15 affiliates and subsidiaries. With already more than $230 billion in assets under management, the organization combines the entrepreneurial strengths of its investment affiliates with the scale, operational expertise, and shared resources of a diversified enterprise.

As CC&L Financial Group continues to evolve its investment technology capabilities and operating model, the firm is seeking a senior leader to define and execute the technology strategy supporting its Public Markets and Quant businesses. This role will help shape the future of investment technology across portfolio management, research, trading, investment operations, and data capabilities, while driving modernization, automation, resilience, and measurable business outcomes.

The Opportunity

Reporting into the Co-Heads of Technology, the Principal will lead the strategy, roadmap, and delivery of technology capabilities across the public markets and quantitative investment ecosystem. This includes portfolio management, investment research, analytics, trading, investment operations, post‑trade workflows, data quality, reporting, and platform resilience.

The Principal will serve as the primary technology partner to investment professionals and business stakeholders, translating business priorities into a clear technology roadmap while balancing long‑term modernization objectives with practical execution. They will collaborate closely with enterprise technology teams across data, AI and automation, cloud, infrastructure, cybersecurity, service management, quality assurance, release management, and site reliability to bring enterprise‑grade capabilities and standards into the public markets and quantitative investing domain.

This is not a traditional application ownership or support role. It is a business‑facing technology leadership position with accountability for technology outcomes across the full investment lifecycle and an opportunity to lead meaningful transformation across a critical investment technology function.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the technology strategy and multi‑year roadmap for Public Markets and Quant Technology, aligning investments with business priorities and organizational objectives.
• Partner with portfolio managers, quantitative researchers, traders, operations, risk, compliance, and finance teams to translate business needs into scalable technology solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes.
• Lead the modernization of investment platforms, processes, and architecture across front‑, middle‑, and back‑office functions.
• Oversee technology capabilities supporting portfolio management, investment research, analytics, decision‑support tools, trading, order management, execution, trade capture, and post‑trade workflows.
• Drive automation initiatives that reduce manual effort, improve straight‑through processing, strengthen controls, and enhance operational efficiency across the investment lifecycle.
• Lead the evolution of quantitative and systematic investment platforms, including research‑to‑production workflows and technology capabilities supporting quantitative investing.
• Establish and champion modern engineering practices, including cloud adoption, APIs, CI/CD, DevSecOps, observability, automated testing, data validation, production telemetry, and site reliability principles.
• Improve platform resilience, operational risk management, service quality, production support practices, and incident reduction through proactive monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Oversee investment data foundations, including market data, reference data, security master capabilities, data quality, lineage, governance, and controls.
• Partner with enterprise technology teams across data, AI and automation, infrastructure, cybersecurity, cloud services, service management, quality assurance, and release management to leverage shared capabilities and standards.
• Lead and develop a high‑performing multidisciplinary team of engineers, analysts, product owners, technology specialists, support professionals, and domain experts, helping shape team structure, operating practices, and capabilities as the organization continues to evolve its business‑aligned technology model.
• Simplify complexity across technology and operating environments while improving data quality, governance, scalability, and organizational effectiveness.

Skills and Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading technology organizations within investment management, asset management, hedge funds, capital markets, trading technology, or broader financial services environments.
• Strong understanding of front‑to‑back investment workflows, including portfolio management, trading, positions, P&L, risk, settlement, reconciliation, reporting, data flows, and operational processes supporting investment management.
• Demonstrated track record leading technology transformation and modernization initiatives within complex, regulated, or high‑scale environments, including platform modernization, architecture simplification, automation, data strategy, resiliency improvements, and operating model evolution.
• Strong engineering leadership and technical credibility, with the ability to influence architecture decisions, challenge technical approaches, engage senior engineering teams, and drive operational excellence.
• Exposure to platforms such as OMS, EMS, PMS, IBOR, ABOR, risk, performance, reconciliation, fund accounting, market data, or investment data solutions is considered valuable.
• Experience with quantitative or systematic investing technology and research‑to‑production investment platforms is considered an asset.
• Exceptional stakeholder management skills, with a proven ability to build credibility and partner effectively across investment, operations, risk, compliance, finance, technology, and executive leadership teams.
• Demonstrated success building and leading high‑performing multidisciplinary teams across engineering, product, operations, support, and vendor management functions.
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with practical execution, bringing sound judgment, strong leadership presence, and a focus on measurable business outcomes.