Application development director job description

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Job Description

The Director, Application Development DSL, plans, directs, and coordinates activities in such fields as data processing, information systems, systems architecture, and application development. Creates a culture of effective risk management, accountability, and demonstration of risk awareness across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Directs daily operations of department, analyzing workflow, establishing priorities, developing standards, and setting deadlines.

• Meets with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors, and others, to solicit cooperation and resolve problems.

• Reviews project plans to plan and coordinate project activity.

• Assigns and reviews the work of systems analysts, programmers, and other computer-related workers.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree preferred in Information Technology or Social Sciences.

• 8+ years of technology and/or project management required.

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The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants - with respect. Discover Financial Services is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). We thrive on diversity & inclusion. You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Discover.

Global Functions Technology (GFT) is responsible for delivering Technology solutions to Citi's Global Functions organizations. GFT's mission is to optimize Citi's IT environment by driving standardization of the production environment, reducing complexity, optimizing management of applications, and introducing innovative technologies that provide new business capabilities, that reduce the technology total cost of ownership, and that create a competitive advantage for Citi. The Retail Risk Technology Group (RRT) within GFT coordinates with other risk and technology areas to lead architecture and build scalable applications in support of Retail Risk.

The position Head of Retail Risk Regulatory Technologies within RRT is a new Director level (C15) role who will provide strategic technology direction for RRT in pursuit of its technology target state, enterprise platforms and aligning with corporate initiatives related to CCAR and CECL. The role offers a significant opportunity to support transformation and migration to innovative platforms and be a key leader of talented technologists and support on a global scale during a time of change and innovation while balancing business as usual.

We are looking for a person who promotes challenge the status quo but considers all options and drives consensus with multiple stakeholders and to lead adoption of new technologies. The successful candidate will be comfortable thinking strategically at a high level and diving deep in pursuit of solving Retail Risk business and technology problems to move the bank forward; and provide support to team members in development of technical, leadership and other professional skills.
Key Responsibilities:


Lead Retail Risk Technology CCAR and CECL technical strategy, architecture and application design; envisioning business purpose, managing risks, process efficiency and user-interface design; Develops deep technical understanding of key systems, processes and interdependencies. Design and leverage enterprise tools, processes and functionality to execute key Retail Risk processes and applications in a consistent enterprise framework ensuring effective business controls are established and maintained. Accountable for completion of all project deliverables within book of work and ensures completion and communication of Risk mitigation plans, critical path and dependencies, project recovery and business continuity plans Directs, manages, implements, and executes on business solutions, overseeing and optimizing projects, project teams and project performance Drives delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity leverage industry proven frameworks and drive the appropriate methodology to focus on predicable, quality delivery and driving continuous improvement of the organization Monitors key milestones and outcomes of projects in the program(s) throughout the project lifecycle to ensure adherence to established quality standards Oversees and contributes to the development of project definition and scope at the project level



Skills & Abilities:


Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skills Demonstrated ability to build strong trusted relationships and foster collaboration and teamwork in a variety of settings Strong resource management, set scope, time scales and deliverables, recognizing changing requirements and addressing program/project impacts, influencing without authority when needed. Ability to provide constructive criticism, feedback and solutions, scope out and develop work plan and resource requirements and estimate costs and risks associated with activities Mastery of complex facilitation of dependency management techniques (cross team, cross department)



Competencies:


Fully accountable for timelines, completeness, quality of projects, processes, products and services Broad scope of understanding of complex systems and how to modernize them. Helps partners to understand how proposed changes will affect them and the organization Brings out the best in each team member by consistently motivating and acknowledging peer contributions Understands and leverages team dynamics Remains calm and focused on goals while facing pressure, obstacles or short-term setbacks Identifies and eliminates redundancy of effort Ensures tools, systems and processes are in place to allow team members to work quickly and effectively Improves relationships between key individuals to achieve seamless cross-team workflow and positively impact results Takes proactive action to maintain relationships that are impacted by change



Qualifications:


15+ years of senior technology leadership experience 10+ years of experience with financial products 10+ years of software delivery management experience Working experience of partnering with Program Management Office and Business stakeholders Working experience of managing large delivery teams Working knowledge of the industry and competitors' products and services Advanced knowledge of strategic direction of the function within relevant part of the business Demonstrated leadership, management, and development skills



Education:


Bachelor's/University degree on Computer Science, Master's degree preferred



Job Family Group:

Technology


Job Family:

Applications Development


Time Type:

Full time

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• Hire, develop, and mentor a world-class product team through the setting of clear expectations and objectives, hands-on mentoring/coaching, and driving ALKU culture
• Demonstrate a leadership style that fosters teamwork - a focus on working collaboratively and achieving team goals while embodying the motto of Have Fun Working Hard ™
• Establish strong relationships across the senior leadership team. Foster collaboration and trust with both Technology Team and other business unit team leadership
• Lead by example by engaging in companywide initiatives

Strategy:

• Establish and grow a short- and long-term technical strategy for software and data management
• Manage product roadmaps, application performance, and technical debt
• Implement and maintain security protocols
• Leverage strong relationships with key business stakeholders to ensure technical efforts are aligned with business objectives

Methodology:

• Establish and enforce SDLC methodology (Kanban, Agile) and DevOps best practices
• Partner with the Finance team to create a Business Intelligence Center of Excellence with a focus on coordinating, governing, and guiding the execution of the overall BI strategy
• Evolve and drive ITSM best practices

Partnerships and Trends:

• Manage and lead relationships with business partners and SaaS vendors to ensure product roadmap alignment, SLA delivery, and escalation paths are clear
• Identify and pursue new opportunities for tools that grow innovation and efficiency
• Oversee outsourced development efforts. Identify opportunities to bring initiatives inhouse
• Stay on top of industry and technology trends surrounding data, BI, and development platforms

Technical Skillset/Background:

• Familiarity with enterprise applications such as Bullhorn, Workday, UKG, ServiceNow
• Experience using project management tools such as Monday.com, Visio, and Miro
• Programmed in or managed environments using AWS, Azure, .NET, React, JavaScript
• Familiarity with data management tools such as Domo, SQL Server, PowerBI
• Understanding of relational databases, SQL, and core data structures