Vice President, Investment Technology

Job description

Over the last 20 years, Ares’ success has been driven by our people and our culture. Today, our team is guided by our core values – Collaborative, Responsible, Entrepreneurial, Self-Aware, Trustworthy – and our purpose to be a catalyst for shared prosperity and a better future. Through our recruitment, career development and employee-focused programming, we are committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive work environment where high-performance talent of diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives can build careers within this exciting and growing industry. Job Description Ares is seeking a Vice President, Regional Head of Investment Technology to lead the Mumbai Investment Technology team supporting the firm’s Real Estate and Credit investment technology platforms. This role will co-report into the Principal, Global Head of Credit Technology and the Principal, Global Head of Real Estate Technology. This individual will serve as the regional technology leader for investment technology delivery across Real Estate and Credit, responsible for engineering execution, platform delivery, architecture alignment, operating model maturity, talent development, and day-to-day technology leadership across the Mumbai team. The role requires a senior, hands-on technology leader who can operate across investment domains, partner effectively with global Investment Technology leadership, and translate complex investment, portfolio, asset management, data, reporting, and operational workflows into scalable technology solutions. The successful candidate will bring deep experience leading enterprise software engineering teams within financial services, investment management, alternative asset management, or related technology environments. The ideal candidate will combine strong technical judgment, modern engineering practices, architecture depth, delivery discipline, and the ability to build and scale high-performing teams. This individual will partner closely with Credit Technology, Real Estate Technology, Product Management, Data & AI, investment professionals, portfolio and asset management teams, investment operations, finance, risk, and broader Technology stakeholders to deliver resilient, secure, scalable, and business-aligned technology capabilities. PRIMARY FUNCTIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES Regional Investment Technology Leadership: • Serve as the regional head for Investment Technology in Mumbai, supporting Real Estate and Credit technology delivery, engineering execution, and team development. • Partner with the Investment Technology leadership to execute the global Investment Technology operating model, delivery priorities, and engineering agenda. • Provide regional leadership across application engineering, platform delivery, data integration, support, and modernization initiatives. • Establish a high-performance culture focused on ownership, delivery discipline, technical excellence, accountability, and partnership with the business. • Represent Mumbai Investment Technology priorities in global planning, delivery, governance, and talent discussions. Engineering Delivery & Execution: • Own regional engineering delivery across Real Estate and Credit technology initiatives. • Drive execution of software delivery plans across front-end, backend, integration, data, reporting, and platform capabilities. • Ensure teams deliver scalable technology solutions supporting deal sourcing, underwriting, acquisitions, portfolio and asset management, credit investment workflows, risk monitoring, operations, reporting, and analytics. • Establish clear delivery plans, execution rhythms, release discipline, and accountability for business outcomes. • Drive improvements in software quality, delivery velocity, production stability, and operational resilience. Architecture, Platform Modernization & Technical Standards: • Provide senior technical leadership across application architecture, system design, integration architecture, and modern engineering practices. • Partner with global architecture, engineering, cloud, infrastructure, security, and Data & AI teams to align solutions with enterprise technology standards. • Drive adoption of modern cloud-native architectures, APIs, microservices, event-driven patterns, observability, and automated delivery practices. • Ensure engineering teams design and build solutions that are scalable, secure, resilient, maintainable, and aligned with long-term platform strategy. • Evaluate technology patterns, frameworks, and delivery approaches that improve engineering effectiveness and platform outcomes. Credit & Real Estate Platform Partnership • Partner with Credit Technology and Real Estate Technology leaders to deliver capabilities across the full investment lifecycle. • Support platforms and workflows across credit deal origination, underwriting, portfolio monitoring, risk management, investment reporting, real estate acquisitions, asset management, property operations, portfolio management, and analytics. • Help translate complex Credit and Real Estate investment requirements into practical technology roadmaps, delivery plans, and engineering solutions. • Ensure regional teams understand domain context, business priorities, data dependencies, and operating model expectations across Credit and Real Estate. Data, Integration & Analytics Enablement: • Support delivery of APIs, data services, ingestion frameworks, reporting capabilities, and analytics-enabling platforms across Real Estate and Credit. • Partner with Data & AI teams to improve data quality, data availability, integration patterns, and analytics readiness. • Drive reliable integration across investment platforms, portfolio systems, data platforms, operational systems, finance platforms, and reporting environments. • Ensure data and integration solutions support accuracy, consistency, resiliency, auditability, and operational support needs. Software Development Lifecycle & Governance: • Own regional adoption and execution of software development lifecycle standards across Investment Technology delivery teams. • Establish and reinforce CI/CD, automated testing, release management, documentation, observability, and production support practices. • Ensure adherence to enterprise standards for security, governance, regulatory requirements, risk management, and operational resiliency. • Drive disciplined issue management, escalation, incident response, root-cause analysis, and continuous improvement across the Mumbai team. People Leadership & Talent Development: • Build, lead, mentor, and develop a high-performing Mumbai-based Investment Technology team across Real Estate and Credit. • Support hiring, onboarding, performance management, capability development, succession planning, and retention of engineering talent. • Develop engineering managers, technical leads, senior engineers, analysts, and offshore delivery resources into a cohesive regional technology organization. • Create clear expectations for technical quality, delivery ownership, production support, documentation, collaboration, and professional development. Stakeholder Management & Communication: • Serve as a senior technology partner to global Investment Technology leadership, product management, investment professionals, portfolio and asset management teams, operations, finance, risk, and Data & AI stakeholders. • Communicate delivery plans, risks, dependencies, architectural decisions, engineering tradeoffs, and resource needs clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences. • Build trust with stakeholders by combining delivery discipline, technical judgment, domain understanding, and a strong partnership mindset. • Drive alignment across Mumbai, New York, London, and other global stakeholders where regional delivery intersects with global business priorities. QUALIFICATIONS Education : BS in Computer Science or related field is required. Advanced degree preferred. Experience Required: • 12-15 years of progressive software engineering, investment technology, or enterprise technology leadership experience. • 5+ years leading software engineering teams, technology delivery organizations, or major platform delivery initiatives. • Demonstrated experience leading regional or multi-team technology organizations within financial services, investment management, alternative asset Reporting Relationships Global Head of Investment Technology There is no set deadline to apply for this job opportunity. Applications will be accepted on an ongoing basis until the search is no longer active.