Director of Technology, Marketing and Brand

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The Group: 

Marketing and Communications creates integrated communications and campaigns that aim to make the Morningstar brand tribal and to generate new business for the firm. Consisting of marketing managers, designers, writers, corporate communications professionals, digital strategists, behavioral scientists, and more, this collaborative, global team serves our marketing needs across our business. We are data-driven experimenters who work to deliver the right message to the right people at the right time. We also drive demand by developing go-to-market strategies for Morningstar products. The team works globally to maintain a consistent brand experience everywhere Morningstar serves investors. 

The Role: Morningstar, Inc., a leading global provider of independent investment research, is looking for an innovative and visionary leader to serve as a Director of Technology. This position reports directly to the Head of Technology for Individual and Workplace products and will work closely with the Marketing and Communications team. This person will take responsibility for the overall planning, execution, and success of delivering exceptional digital technology to represent Morningstar and share our message with the world. Leveraging our core technology platforms, this role will work with other key tech leaders to continue evolving leading engineering practices and influence these ideas through solid design decisions, processes, and tools across the broader engineering organization. 

Responsibilities:

  • Collaboratively define, implement, and manage a comprehensive global technology strategy for Morningstar’s marketing and brand strategy. 
  • Work closely with product leaders on business’ strategic planning process, aligning your technology vision and strategy with product and business direction, customer service strategy, growth strategies, and talent strategies. 
  • Convert strategic plans into actionable programs and projects. 
  • Work closely with product management and digital team to create, implement and refine technology solutions for our client-facing marketing experiences. 
  • Understand critical digital marketing techniques enabling experimentation, segmentation, and targeting. 
  • Provide essential technology services to the business, including system monitoring, technical response, and client-ready technical documentation. 
  • Collaborate with corporate system security team on developing, reviewing, certifying, and communicating all data integrity policies and procedures.
  • Work closely with marketing and product technology organizations to implement standards, processes, and governance best practices that work across our businesses and global presence. 
  • Provide visionary technology leadership, keeping abreast of new developments in all areas of technology, with an emphasis on mobile, knowledge management, and data analytics. 
  • Work closely with technology leadership, product leaders, and stakeholders to create and promote a culture and practice of company-wide technology innovation. 
  • Work closely with organization to identify, attract, and retain talent for both the business and the company as a whole. 
  • Develop employees through training, encouraging experimentation and risk taking, supporting teams in cross-functional training, and information sharing. 
  • Promote an overall culture of technology excellence and innovation. 
  • Proactively communicate technology vision and strategy to clients and employees. 
  • Promote collaboration for the marketing technology organization across multiple continents and offices. 
  • Be a key representative of the Morningstar technology for clients, industry events, conferences, open source initiatives, etc. 

Requirements:

  • Exceptional leadership skills with 5+ years of experience of managing software development and quality teams, and a prior history of hands-on software development roles.
  • Pragmatist who is bold, willing to think big, and encourage teams to act decisively. 
  • Strong background in agile software techniques, continuous delivery, and automation. 
  • Experience in building, testing, deploying, and iterating using rigorous DevOps continuous delivery and deployment of mobile and Web-based products. 
  • Translate a passion for technology and our business into clear, persuasive arguments, both written and spoken. 
  • Comfortable working with a disparate and diverse technology team across multiple locations. 
  • Experience leveraging user analytics platforms such as Adobe Analytics, SiteCatalyst, Google Analytics. 
  • Experience deploying data-driven experimental and personalization software, such as Adobe Target.   
  • Proven experience leading teams leveraging the latest in content management systems, ideally Adobe Experience Manager.  
  • Experience Integrating Adobe Experience Manager with Marketing Automation Systems, such as Eloqua. 
  • Strong experience with browser-based technology, having proven experience with the latest versions of CSS, HTML, and JavaScript, leveraging template languages and pre-processors such as Handlebars and SASS. 
  • Interaction experience leveraging rich JavaScript application frameworks such as Backbone, Ember, and Angular. 
  • Experience working closely with product managers, design, sales, and marketing on the delivery of large digital brands. 
  • Industry experience a plus but not required. 
  • Bachelor`s degree in the sciences, engineering, or computer science. 

 Morningstar is an equal opportunity employer.

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Location

22 W. Washington , Chicago, IL 60602

An Insider's view of Morningstar

What does your typical day look like?

Every day is a little different. Our team is focused on POC (Proof of Concepts). My work involves problem-solving, development and software design. I work on the Data collections team, currently most of this involves, on a high level, automating the process currently used to collect data from raw sources through Machine Learning.

Upasna

Software Engineer, Data Collections - AI R&D

How does the company support your career growth?

We believe in promoting from within, based on previous impact to the team. Whenever possible, we will stretch our employees to take on expanded roles that aligns with the career progression they are interested in.

Jeff

Head of Technology and Product

What are Morningstar Perks + Benefits

Morningstar Benefits Overview

At Morningstar, your contributions have meaning and can drive change. Across our 27 offices worldwide, we’ve invested in fostering a community where talented, driven people can grow. Our entrepreneurial spirit and uncompromising ethics guide everything we do. It’s all in the name of empowering investors. Morningstar is proud to offer a comprehensive benefits package to eligible, full-time employees in the United States who work a minimum of 30 hours per week. Our benefits are designed to invest in your -- and your family's well-being, including investments in your health and financial future.

Culture
Volunteer in local community
Morningstar encourages our colleagues to become involved in their communities, by providing paid time off for volunteer activities.
Partners with nonprofits
Open door policy
OKR operational model
Team based strategic planning
Open office floor plan
Flexible work schedule
Morningstar provides employees with a flexible work schedule that includes Summer hours, Work from home, Flexible start and end times.
Remote work program
The safety of our employees is very important to us. We have been operating remotely due to COVID-19.
Diversity
Dedicated diversity and inclusion staff
Mandated unconscious bias training
Morningstar encourages unconscious bias training for all employees, especially managers and hiring personal. We believe that by raising awareness of bias we can decrease its effects.
Diversity manifesto
Diversity employee resource groups
Hiring practices that promote diversity
Health Insurance & Wellness Benefits
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Morningstar offers two Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)— one for healthcare expenses and one for dependent care expenses. You may enroll in both $ determine the contribution amount.
Disability insurance
Dental insurance
Our dental plan covers 100% of preventive services, 80% of basic services, and 50% of major services.
Vision insurance
With Morningstar's vision benefits you can get an annual eye exam with an in-network provider with just a $10 copay.
Health insurance
Morningstar continues to offer the choice of two medical plans—the Savings Plan and the Classic Plan. Both are administered by Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBS).
Life insurance
Morningstar offers 4 tiers of life insurance that offer varying benefits. Basic Life insurance is equal to 1 times an employee's annual salary.
Wellness programs
Mental health benefits
Our insurance covers 80% on in-network mental health services. Our Employee Assistance Program provides no-cost, confidential, 24-hour counseling on a wide variety of issues.
Financial & Retirement
401(K)
Take advantage of a number of Morningstar tools to help you manage your 401(k) account and your finances, including Morningstar Retirement Manager, available to you at no cost.
401(K) matching
Morningstar provides employees with a 401(k) matching plan managed. We match $0.75 for every dollar contributed, up to a maximum of 7% of employee pay contributed to the plan each pay period.
Company equity
Morningstar’s global employee equity benefit, Shared Ownership, enables you to take a portion of your bonus payout and exchange it for RSUs, with Morningstar providing an additional 50% match.
Employee stock purchase plan
Colleagues who exceed their performance goals substantially may be eligible for Impact RSU Awards as an additional reward on top of their cash bonus/commission award.
Performance bonus
Charitable contribution matching
Morningstar's Matching GIfts program will match your charitable giving up to the local currency equivalent of $500 USD per calendar year.
Child Care & Parental Leave Benefits
Childcare benefits
Morningstar offers the option of in-home child and elder care, in addition to the existing day care center back-up care benefit.
Generous parental leave
Morningstar has a global minimum of 6 weeks paid time-off to bond with new family members. This benefit applies to all individuals equally, including birth mothers, fathers, adoptive parents.
Family medical leave
Eligible employees may take up to 12 weeks of job-protected, unpaid leave per year for certain specified reasons, and up to a total of 26 workweeks of leave to care for a family member.
Adoption Assistance
We reimburse up to 80% for eligible adoption expenses, up to $4,000 per adoption, in addition to a minimum of 6 weeks paid time off.
Return-to-work program post parental leave
Company sponsored family events
Morningstar sponsors family oriented events Annually.
Vacation & Time Off Benefits
Unlimited vacation policy
Generous PTO
Paid volunteer time
Our employees receive 2 days per year of paid volunteer time.
Sabbatical
Paid holidays
Paid sick days
Office Perks
Commuter benefits
Company-sponsored outings
Some meals provided
Company-sponsored happy hours
Onsite office parking
Recreational clubs
Fitness stipend
Professional Development Benefits
Job training & conferences
Tuition reimbursement
Lunch and learns
Promote from within
Mentorship program
Continuing education stipend
Continuing education available during work hours
Online course subscriptions available
Customized development tracks
Paid industry certifications

Additional Perks + Benefits

Compensation at Morningstar is more than a salary. It’s about making positive contributions to both life and work. We give our diverse workforce the choice and flexibility they need to maintain their health, retirement plans, time, and professional growth.

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