Lead Technical Writer 25-27935
12 days ago
Minneapolis
Title: Lead Technical Writer Location: Minneapolis, MN (hybrid 3 days/week onsite) Duration: 6 months (with intention to extend) Role Overview • We are hiring a Lead Technical Writer to build and lead a small team of technical writers supporting enterprise technology and data initiatives within a financial services environment. This role is hands-on and strategic — responsible not only for writing, but for setting standards, mentoring writers, and modernizing documentation practices using AI., • Lead and mentor a team of technical writers (workload planning, quality reviews, guidance), • Define and enforce documentation standards, templates, and best practices, • Own documentation strategy across platforms, applications, and data products, • Partner with senior engineering, architecture, risk, and compliance leaders, • Review and approve complex technical documentation, • Drive adoption of AI tools to:, • Accelerate content creation, • Improve consistency and accuracy, • Reduce manual effort across the documentation lifecycle, • 7+ years of technical writing experience, • Proven experience leading or managing technical writers, • Financial services / banking experience required, • Experience documenting enterprise systems, platforms, and data ecosystems, • Hands-on experience using AI tools for technical documentation, • Experience modernizing documentation programs at scale, • Familiarity with cloud, data platforms, APIs, or DevOps environments, • Experience working with compliance, risk, or audit partners