Client Technology - Engineering Portfolio Lead

Position Overview

At EY, you’ll have the chance to build a career as unique as you are. As the Engineering Portfolio Leader, you will define, design, implement, and operate world‐class products for EY and our clients while leading a global team. You will set vision, strategy, and execution for a portfolio supporting significant revenue, drive technological innovation, and foster a high‐ethical work culture.

Key Responsibilities

• Build, manage and lead a global team of over 100 passionate engineers.
• Oversee end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of products in partnership with Product Management, ensuring targets for timeliness, budget, and quality are met.
• Manage an overall budget (P&L) in excess of $XM (including hosting charges).
• Design, develop, and operate multi-tenant, global, scalable, and highly available products following the agreed Engineering Operating Model.
• Optimize ROI for both development and ongoing operational costs.
• Drive awareness, adoption, and reuse of platforms across EY and the external partner ecosystem.
• Implement DevOps practices and establish Site Reliability Engineering (SRE, DraaS) capabilities to continuously improve product availability.
• Advise and implement technology and platform strategy and standards in collaboration with cross-functional technology teams.
• Scout emerging technologies and solutions that benefit EY and its clients.
• Collaborate with EY Service Line technology teams on global-scale projects, including migrations and large-scale solution deployments.
• Represent EY as the lead in client pursuits for platform and cloud initiatives.
• Provide technical governance, set goals and strategies, and drive best engineering practices across a broad portfolio of products.

Required Qualifications

• University degree with a strong academic record.
• Excellent written and verbal English communication skills.
• 15+ years of business experience in industry, technology, or professional services.
• 5+ years’ experience managing senior staff and offshore teams.
• Deep understanding of the IT lifecycle including pipeline, resource management, project delivery, and financial oversight.
• Expertise in full product and software development lifecycles covering definition, design, development, and operations of cloud-based products.
• Strong grasp of software engineering concepts such as multithreading, data structures, algorithms, design patterns, performance, and scalability.
• In-depth knowledge of application and infrastructure architectures with a focus on non-functional requirements like performance, reliability, and availability.
• Proficiency in modern software development practices including coding standards, source control, testing, debugging, build, deployment, and operations.
• Experience with multi-cloud environments (on-premises and public clouds like Azure, Google Cloud, AWS) and Cloud Native application architectures.
• Demonstrated experience managing large IT budgets to drive productivity, quality, and cost-efficiency.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to foster teamwork, transparent communication, and an inclusive culture.
• Ability to travel internationally and domestically as required.

Benefits & Perks

• Compensation: Base salary ranges from $134,200 to $258,300 in the US, with higher ranges in selected regions such as New York City Metro Area, Washington State, and California.
• A comprehensive compensation and benefits package that includes medical and dental coverage, pension and 401(k) plans.
• A wide range of paid time off options, including a flexible vacation policy, designated EY Paid Holidays, Winter/Summer breaks, and Personal/Family Care leave.
• A team-led and leader-enabled hybrid work model requiring in-person collaboration 40-60% of the time.