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First Citizens Bank · 6 hours ago

Senior Director - Enterprise Payments (Remote)

positionUnited States
timeFull-time
remoteRemote
senioritySenior Level, Lead/Staff
money$209K/yr - $340K/yr
date10+ years exp

First Citizens Bank is seeking a Senior Director of Foreign Exchange (FX) to oversee their FX platforms and lead a team of engineers and technology leaders. This role involves driving the development of applications that meet business needs and align with the bank's technology goals.

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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

Qualification

Technology leadershipFinancial services experienceApplication developmentAgile delivery methodologyMicroservicesDevSecOpsAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsProblem-solvingNegotiation skills

Required

Bachelor'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

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

Company

First Citizens Bank

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First Citizens Bank provides banking services, essential business and professional services, wealth management capabilities, and more.
dateFounded in 1898
location
Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
people-size10001+ employees
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http://www.firstcitizens.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$33M
2021-05-07Post Ipo Debt· $10M
2018-08-29Post Ipo Debt· $23M
1986-10-31IPO

Leadership Team

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Craig Nix
Chief Financial Officer
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Samantha Bureau - Johnson
SVP & Director, Customer Contact Center
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