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The Director, Responsible Investing Data & Technology Solutions is responsible for analyzing, creating, testing, and implementing ESG/sustainability reporting and analytic capabilities, enhancing proprietary ESG models and workflows, and supporting integration of ESG/sustainability data across the investment process and research tools. This position ensures the quality, reliability, integrity, and performance of RI data, reporting, and analytics produced for end user consumption by validating/testing that the software and outputs meet established guidelines and quality standard for investment analysis, research, trading and compliance, operations applications.

Key Responsibilities and Duties

• Collaborate with RI, IT, and Investment team to research, design, develop, publish and execute end to end test and validation of complex applications.

• Ensure robust process for analyzing, testing, and implementing new RI capabilities on time that meet or exceed quality standards

• Interpret written business requirements, functional requirements and technical specification documents to design and develop test solutions that meet business needs

• Participate in the improvement of quality assurance, deliverables, methodologies, and processes for testing of RI capabilities

• Identify and write test scenarios and test cases from user stories and acceptance criteria and create, run and log test cases, test scripts and results (manual and automated)

• Identify, document, and re-execute issues or discrepancies found in the RI tools and outputs, track and report the QA activities on a per project basis

• Work closely within the Tech agile team (Project Owner, Business Analysts and Developers) to identify, investigate, and resolve RI system and process issues

• Review project deliverables and artifacts from a testing perspective, and provide feedback, including actively participating in a test plan review with the team

• Clearly understand the difference between missed requirements, development bugs, production defects and backlog items. Communicate these back to the team utilizing the appropriate tools like Jira

• Recommend innovative automation ideas to reduce the manual effort and improve data quality and efficiency

Educational Requirements

• University (Degree) Preferred

Work Experience

• 3+ Years Required; 5+ Years Preferred

FINRA Registrations

• SRC Indicator: NRF

Career Level

7IC

Qualifications:

Required :

• 10+ years of analysis and testing experience with business knowledge in asset management domain.

• Experience with quantitative analysis and data integration in the Responsible Investment (ESG - Environmental, Social and Governance) domain

• Experience with Bloomberg terminal & Bloomberg data license

• Experience with data lake, SQL/no-SQL database (MongoDB, Oracle, etc.) and UNIX environment skills are required

• Must have an extensive working knowledge of quality assurance methodologies and the different types of testing that can be done, as well as the software development life cycle

• Proactive problem-solving skills, analytical skills, attention to detail, and follow-up skills

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written. Experience and ability to work in a team based Agile environment

• Ability to focus on deadlines and deliverables, willingness to grow and learn an understanding of the business process

Preferred:

• Experience with one or more of the following is a plus

• a.Java libraries and related frameworks such as Spring, Hibernate, JMS etc.

• b.Statistical analysis and machine learning tools and libraries (such as Python/R/SAS libraries related to this topic),

• c.Vaadin (UI framework) or Tableau.

• d.Knowledge in data mining, machine learning, natural language processing, or information retrieval.

• e.Big Data and Data Lake Solutions (Hadoop, Zaloni (Data Lake), Solr, Hive

• etc.).

• f.Cloud, AWS and related technologies

• g.Mulesoft or similar API management tools

• h.Excel VBA with experience developing automated reporting from multiple data sources

• Other Skills:

• a.Experience with modern source code repositories such as Git

• b.Strong automated test plan design, creation, and execution skills

• c.Strong experience with QA automation frameworks such as Selenium/Vaadin

• d.Strong analytical aptitude and quick problem-solving skills

• Attention to detail and ability to write quality business requirements and technical documentation

Related Skills

Adaptability, Capital Markets, Collaboration, Continuous Improvement Mindset, Data-Based Decision Making, Environmental/Sustainability Acumen, Executive Presence, Influence, Market/Industry Dynamics, Responsible Investing, Stakeholder Engagement, Story Telling

Anticipated Posting End Date:

2025-05-07

Base Pay Range: $129,154/yr. - $159,778/yr.

Actual base salary may vary based upon, but not limited to, relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, and geographic location. In addition to base salary, the competitive compensation package may include, depending on the role, participation in an incentive program linked to performance (for example, annual discretionary incentive programs, non-annual sales incentive plans, or other non-annual incentive plans).

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Nuveen, the investment manager of TIAA, offers a comprehensive range of outcome-focused investment solutions designed to secure the long-term financial goals of institutional and individual investors. Its affiliates offer deep expertise across a comprehensive range of traditional and alternative investments through a wide array of vehicles and customized strategies. For more information about the firm please visit our website at www.Nuveen.com

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