OverviewThis is a remote role that may be hired in several markets across the United States.
The Sr. Director of Foreign Exchange (FX), Enterprise Payments at First Citizens Bank provides oversight of people, processes and technologies related to our FX platforms. This leadership position also drives the development of cost-effective applications that address FX current and future business needs while aligning with the Bank's long-term technology goals.
Responsibilities- Lead a team of 30+ talented engineers and technology leaders.
- Ensure team delivers with high quality and predictability with an agile mindset.
- Partner with Product managers and Operations in developing technology vision and roadmap for FX.
- Partner closely with peer engineering leaders to ensure we operate as a single team.
- Provide leadership (Architecture, Design, Development) for medium to large sized projects and maintenance on our Payment technology systems that interact with upstream and downstream systems.
- Manage critical vendor relationships and activities.
- Serve as a product point of contact for all related technology efforts.
- Manage operational and project financials to departmental budget
- Deep love of building elegant, maintainable, well-documented, securely coded apps.
- Abstracting and refactoring should be a passion, not a chore.
- Drive department best practices, guidelines implementation and adhering to standards.
- Mentor, motivate and lead the team to success.
- Always working to improve yourself and constructively support the team you lead.
- Has a passion for achieving excellence in delivery, solving complex problems, nurturing strong risk management, compliance and taking ownership.
- Continuously demonstrate the ability to bring the benefits of technology to solve business issues while also managing costs and risks.
- Take on other duties as assigned by departmental leadership.
QualificationsBachelor's Degree and 10 years of experience in Information Technology including application development, support roles, and management. OR High School Diploma or GED and 14 years of experience in Information Technology including application development, support roles, and management.
Preferred Qualifications
- 3-5 years of technology leadership in a large financial organization
- Proven experience in the financial services or banking sector, preferably in a Large Financial Institution (LFI) with a strong understanding of FX Domain or other trading/markets related industries
- Experience working with teams across multiple locations. Distributed office working experience with a US headquarters
- Familiarity with business process management and data-driven workflows
- Excellent technical abilities with strong business, organizational and analytical skills
- Skilled at identifying and evaluating new technological developments and gauging their appropriateness for the business
- Ability to conceptualize, launch and deliver multiple IT projects on time and within budget
- Must have demonstrated technical leadership experience for complex projects
- Ability to influence architecture and design
- Ability to analyze and troubleshoot production issues
- Outstanding Communication, presentation and negotiation skills
- Experience working with COTS and SaaS solutions
- Experience with on-prem, distributed systems
- Able to articulate the tradeoffs at the application, system level and to clearly explain issues of reliability, scalability, and extensibility with respect to a technical solution
- Demonstrated ability to bring the benefits of technology to solve business issues while also managing costs and risk
- Able to influence decisions at various levels of corporate management
- Strong understanding of the secure software development lifecycle, Agile delivery methodology and controls
- Experience building microservices and experience working with DevSecOps
This job posting is expected to remain active for 45 days from the initial posting date listed above. If it is necessary to extend this deadline, the posting will remain active as appropriate. Job postings may come down early due to business need or a high volume of applicants.
The base pay for this position is generally between $209,160 and $340,000. Actual starting base pay will be determined based on skills, experience, location, and other non-discriminatory factors permitted by law. For some roles, total compensation may also include variable incentives, bonuses, benefits, and/or other awards as outlined in the offer of employment.
Benefits are an integral part of total rewards and First Citizens Bank is committed to providing a competitive, thoughtfully designed and quality benefits program to meet the needs of our associates. More information can be found at
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