VP - Digital Platform - Project Management

The Vice President of Technology Strategy and Enterprise Architecture is accountable for setting and executing the enterprise's technology vision and strategy. Collaborating closely with business and IT stakeholders, this leader defines models, architectures, and capabilities, ensuring adherence to standards and best practices while spearheading solution development. Integral to this role is the ability to anticipate business requirements and deliver innovative technology solutions, aligning with our core value of supporting people. Reporting directly to the CIO, the Vice President of Technology Strategy and Enterprise Architecture oversees enterprise architecture and tech strategy, driving digital thought leadership and executing transformation initiatives. The primary objective is to establish and enhance the organization's technology strategy and enterprise architecture capabilities.
Supervisory Responsibilities (reporting structure):
Lead a diverse team comprising cloud specialists, architects, and data experts. Coordinate projects, delegate tasks, and ensure timely completion. Conduct performance evaluations and address team concerns. Drive project success and achieve organizational objectives through effective leadership.
Develop and articulate the company's application strategy and vision, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Provide leadership, mentorship, and professional growth opportunities for the architecture and engineering teams.
Architecture and Design:
Design and implement robust, scalable, and secure architectures for the company's systems and applications.
Collaborate with business units to align architectural decisions with overall business strategies and priorities.
Drive innovation in IT, identifying and overseeing the adoption of new technologies, tools, and processes.
Develop and implement cybersecurity strategy and architecture services to protect company assets and mitigate risks.
Oversee the development and maintenance of both commercial and custom software solutions.
Champion continuous improvement initiatives and best practices such as code reviews, automated testing, and continuous integration.
Proactively identify and mitigate potential risks to project execution, including cybersecurity threats.
Collaborate closely with business, project, and product leaders to ensure successful project delivery.
Work closely with IT Leaders, Business Stakeholders, Project Managers, and Business Analysts to align technology architecture with business objectives.
Foster productive partnerships with external partners, vendors, and service providers.
Talent & Team Management:
Lead a diverse, distributed team of employees, contractors, and managed service providers.
Effectively manage team performance and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
Enterprise Architecture (EA):
Develop and maintain the Enterprise Architecture Blueprint, aligning it with business objectives and technical systems architecture.
Drive awareness, education, and training initiatives to ensure consistent, high-quality architectural practices.
Collaborate with project teams to promote the adoption of EA practices and accelerate development velocity.
Enterprise Data Platform (EDP):
Collaborate with stakeholders to align enterprise and application datasets and definitions.
Define and own the Enterprise Data Strategy and roadmap, focusing on data and integration platform capabilities.
Build and maintain a modern, scalable data and integration platform.
Ensure effective management and optimization of enterprise data, including data governance, security, compliance, and quality.
Cybersecurity Strategy and Architecture Services:
Develop and implement a cybersecurity strategy to protect company assets and data.
Design and implement cybersecurity architecture services to ensure the security of company systems and applications.
Conduct risk assessments and develop mitigation strategies to address cybersecurity threats.
Provide cybersecurity expertise and guidance to project teams and IT leadership.
Enterprise Technology Services (ETS):
Define, build, and maintain common technology services for multiple business units.
Collaborate with product teams to identify synergies and develop strategies for universal technology services across the organization.
A minimum of 15 years of success in progressively relevant experience in tech strategy, software architecture, and enterprise architecture.
A degree in the field of computer science or information systems is preferred. 10 years of experience managing and/or directing an IS operation and 5 years in a management position. Proven experience in IT Operations planning and maintenance, project management, and development of effective support procedures and policies
Extensive experience with the banking or credit union's core software applications and hardware platform.
Proven track record as a leader in initiating, driving, architecting, and implementing enterprise data architecture.
Extensive knowledge of managing private, public, or hybrid cloud environments.
Thorough understanding of mainstream and emerging technology standards and advancements with solid application architecture and implementation background.
Experience in creating and maintaining architecture roadmaps.
Experience with database modeling, design, and governance.
Proficiency in SQL-based technologies (e.g., Oracle, MSSQL, PostgreSQL, and MySQL).
Experience with data catalog or metadata management tools.
Experience with Snowflake Data Architecture metadata management tools.
Experience with cloud computing environments, such as AWS or Azure.
Leadership experience in cross-functional teams or projects and influencing senior-level management and key stakeholders.
Knowledge of security best practices and compliance requirements for cloud infrastructure.
Experience identifying gaps and taking steps towards improving people, processes, and programs using technology to augment and automate.
Excellent organizational, time management, prioritization, and delivery skills.
Ability to manage competing demands, constraints, and personalities.
Skilled in fostering a positive workplace culture and building inclusive workplace teams.
Ability to develop and communicate the IT vision and inspire and motivate staff.
Strong business acumen, including industry-specific knowledge of the enterprise and its business units.
Strong project, time, and resource management and problem-solving skills.
Extraordinary desire to use a passionate voice to advocate for teammates, members, and communities served.
Manage data center operations and related services specific to the financial core system, check/item processing, and digital document systems to ensure system availability and optimize end-user support.
Research emerging technologies in support of systems development efforts.
Work with executive team members, decision-makers, and stakeholders to define business requirements and systems goals and identify and resolve business systems issues.