Security State Bank & Trust · 14 hours ago
AVP IT Program / Project Management
Austin, Texas Metropolitan Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
10+ years expSecurity State Bank & Trust is a community bank located in Texas, dedicated to providing trustworthy services to its customers. The AVP IT Program & Project Management will lead the bank's technology program and project delivery, ensuring alignment with business strategy and regulatory expectations while overseeing portfolio planning and execution across enterprise technology initiatives.
BankingFinancial ServicesSecurity
Hiring Manager
Samantha Lopez, MA
Responsibilities
Program & Portfolio Leadership: Provide executive oversight of the IT program and project portfolio, ensuring initiatives are aligned with strategy, business priorities, and risk appetite
Strategic Translation & Execution: Translate organizational and technology strategies into multi-year programs, roadmaps, and delivery plans that drive measurable business outcomes
Governance & Delivery Standards: Establish, enforce, and continuously improve project management frameworks, governance models, and delivery standards to ensure consistency, transparency, and audit readiness
Advisory & Decision Support: Serve as a trusted advisor to executive leadership, providing clear insights, trade-offs, and recommendations related to scope, risk, cost, timing, and capacity
Portfolio Prioritization & Capacity Management: Partner with senior leaders to prioritize initiatives, manage resource capacity, and balance competing demands across the IT and business portfolios
Risk, Issue & Dependency Oversight: Maintain enterprise visibility into program and project risks, issues, and interdependencies; ensure proactive mitigation strategies and timely executive escalation
Financial & Investment Management: Oversee program and project financials, including budgets, forecasts, benefits realization, and vendor spend, ensuring disciplined investment management and value delivery
Cross-Functional Leadership: Drive alignment and accountability across IT, business units, Risk, Compliance, Information Security, Audit, Senior Leadership and third-party partners
Change & Organizational Readiness: Sponsor and guide change management efforts to ensure business readiness, adoption, and sustained value realization from technology initiatives
Executive Reporting & Transparency : Deliver concise, decision-ready reporting to executive leadership and governance committees on portfolio health, milestones, risks, financials, and outcomes
Regulatory & Control Alignment: Ensure IT programs and projects meet regulatory requirements, internal controls, and information security standards in partnership with second- and third-line functions
Continuous Improvement & Maturity : Advance the maturity of program and project management capabilities, tools, and metrics to improve predictability, speed, and delivery confidence
Evolving Scope & Enterprise Needs: Adapt responsibilities and delivery models as the organization grows, technology evolves, and strategic priorities shift
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
10+ years of progressive experience in IT program and project management
Demonstrated ability to translate business and technology strategy into executable multi-year programs and roadmaps
Proven experience establishing, enforcing, and evolving project management frameworks, portfolio governance, and delivery standards
Strong expertise overseeing enterprise-level risk, issue, dependency, and change management
Experience managing multi-million-dollar budgets, forecasts, benefits realization, and vendor management
Ability to communicate clearly and credibly with executive leadership, boards, regulators, and external partners
Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to balance delivery speed, cost, quality, and risk
Demonstrated experience operating in a regulated or audit-sensitive environment
Preferred
Master's degree in Business Administration, Information Systems, or a related discipline
Experience within financial services, banking, or other highly regulated industries
Prior responsibility for establishing, scaling, or leading a PMO or bank wide Portfolio Management function
Experience overseeing core system conversions, digital transformation initiatives, cloud migrations, cybersecurity programs, or large vendor implementations
Strong working knowledge of regulatory, audit, and information security requirements impacting technology initiatives
Demonstrated success driving organizational change management for enterprise technology programs
Professional certifications such as PMP, PgMP, SAFe, Lean Portfolio Management, or Scrum Master
Track record of improving delivery predictability, transparency, and portfolio performance through governance and process maturity
Experience partnering closely with Risk, Compliance, Information Security, and Audit leadership
Benefits
Life insurance
Medical
Dental
Vision
Disability
401K
Vacation and sick time
11 paid federal holidays
Company
Security State Bank & Trust
Security State Bank & Trust is providing banking services and products available in the Texas Hill country.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Dan Kemp
Chairman of the Board
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