SVP Director Application Development

SVP Director Application Development

Requirements

• 5 plus years in a Banking or financial services environment.
• Experience running and maintaining a 24×7 production computing environment.
• Strong AppDev experience with the ability to solve for current and future business needs and technological developments.
• Managing Offshore 24×7 resources
• Cloud hosting – transitioning applications
• Security Operations
• Release Management
• Management of IT budgets
• Works well in a fast growing environment with the ability to deliver on time.
• Exhibit a strong ability to handle multiple demands with a sense of urgency, drive, and energy.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing needs and demands dictated by business and IT requirements.
• Proven record of accomplishment in project and change management.
• Exhibit a technical expertise balanced by strategic acumen and vision.
• Act as a change agent with a capacity to successfully manage and measure progress.
• Have a capacity to translate highly technical issues into business parlance and outline their business implications.
• Demonstrate influencing skills and ability for the data strategy throughout all of Wintrust.
• People recruitment, development and management.
• Must be self-directed, have excellent initiative and organization skills.
• Demonstrate excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Experience in presenting material to senior and executive management.
• Proven track record of meeting commitments with the highest standards of ethics and integrity.

Responsibilities

• Lead and inspire a high-performing AppDev engineering team responsible for building and maintaining the digital technology suite using modern and cloud native technologies.
• Champion an agile product operating model, working with product management and scrum teams to continuously deliver customer-centric features and enhancements.
• Ensure the digital platforms operate with high availability, scalability, and security, leveraging modern and cloud-native solutions and infrastructure.
• Stay ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously improve the customer experience, increase AppDev performance, and optimize for local and mobile experiences.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with Blis Officers and other stakeholders across business to ensure alignment on goals, timelines, and delivery expectations.
• Uphold best practices for software development, quality assurance, and operational excellence to ensure technology investments are maximized and deliver business value.
• Attract and retain talent; drive performance through people engagement; cultivating an environment which supports growth, continual feedback, and inclusion.
• Influence and lead the AppDev strategy, organization and value delivery, in alignment with product roadmap and technology direction.
• Lead a highly performant AppDev technology organization, growing and developing competencies and skills of team members, with focus on developing future leaders and fostering innovation.
• Partner with senior leadership to establish and communicate a strategic vision for AppDev.
• Plan and manage the AppDev budget and vendor relationships, including contract usage, renewal, and other governance activities.
• Manage the successful resolution of customer issues, including those involving competing demands, and conflicts within the organization.
• Deeply understand business and technology stakeholders’ requirements to influence product roadmaps, drive agile delivery and manage clear and consistent stakeholder communication.
• Work with product leaders to define the strategy, roadmap and destination architecture, helping establish a product mindset within the organization and business partners.
• Manage a portfolio of diverse technology platforms and projects to build scalable applications that meet our customer needs, including to continuously improve software engineering practices.
• Work within and across Agile teams to design, develop, test, implement, and support technical solutions across a full stack of development tools and technologies.
• Bring a passion to stay on top of tech trends, experiment with and learn new technologies, participate in internal & external technology communities, and mentor other members of the engineering community.
• Encourage innovation, implementation of cutting-edge technologies, inclusion, outside-of-the-box thinking, teamwork, self-organization, and diversity.
• Fosters a positive and engaging environment by building strong relationships, influencing others effectively, and creating meaningful connections with team members and stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Ability to manage multiple demands with a sense of urgency, drive, and energy.
• Flexibility and adaptability to changing needs and demands dictated by business and IT requirements.