Vp, Core Banking Technology Lead, Digital Banking

COMPANY DESCRIPTION: Forbright Bank is a full-service bank, commercial lender, and asset manager headquartered in Chevy Chase, Maryland. Forbright is a banking and financing visionary leader in clean energy, healthcare, technology, financial services, real estate, and other industries with extraordinary service.
COMPANY CULTURE: We are a dynamic, high energy, fun, and fast-paced organization that has an exciting growth trajectory, meaningful mission, and embedded responsible environmental, social, and governance (ESG) practices into our daily interactions. We offer our team members a culture of collaboration, inclusion, flexibility, recognition, and giving back. We look to hire individuals that are passionate about our mission, and who are motivated, customer and results-oriented, innovative, adaptable, and thoughtful.
COMPANY MISSION: We are a mission-driven institution with an uncommon commitment to decarbonization and sustainability. As the need to build a more sustainable, low-carbon economic system grows increasingly urgent, we are dedicating capital to financing the companies, investors, and innovators driving that change. We are reimagining how a bank should operate in a changing world.
JOB SUMMARY: The VP, Core Banking Technology Lead, Digital Banking is responsible for owning the technology stack for back-office banking platforms including Core Banking, Fraud, KYC/AML, Payments, and Servicing/CRM.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Drive SDLC processes for relevant scrum teams, leading ceremonies where appropriate, effort estimations, coordinate testing/releases and continuously align with broader team for dependencies.
• Ensure issues are captured in post implementation reviews, to avoid recurrence.
• Provide technology delivery leadership on all initiatives related to Core Banking, Fraud, KYC/, Payments, and Servicing/CRM, working in partnership with product managers, digital experience tech leads, vendor teams, and overall program management leads.
• Oversee the execution of the technology strategy, while anticipating and prioritizing with the product managers, the impediments and technology risks for resolution.
• Provide input to the prioritization of the product(s) backlog and roadmap
• Define technology impacts of the project/workstream and accountable for technology delivery of the product roadmap as applicable.
• Identify, analyze, and drive resolution of project risks and issues, working through the project structure, and reporting relationships in the Technology organization.
• Engage appropriate technology stakeholders to identify and drive required outcomes through effective stakeholder management.
• Work with all appropriate stakeholders associated with assigned project or workstream as needed to confirm the solutions are functionality aligned with the product vision and that solution is fit-for-purpose.
• Responsible to manage technology third-party vendors and Statements of Work with a focus on performance, quality, and cost management as it relates to assigned project/workstream.
• Responsible for the consideration of future production support implications with a cost-effective design and quality solution, inclusive of application resiliency and availability.
• Establish a plan for all technology deployment(s) and work with program manager to align with the integrated plan and meet the needs of assigned project/workstream.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Understanding and application of technology trends (banking industry, lending industry and overall best practices)
• Ability to create/modify/communicate tech roadmap, and design/advocate for solutions that align to existing roadmaps
• 7+ years of experience technology design, development, and delivery showing progression/promotion within the tech or financial services industry
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to communicate complex concepts to non-technical stakeholders
• Preferred experience in JIRA and Confluence
• Strong relationship building, influence skills and ability to productively interact with all levels of leadership
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in business administration, computer science, or a related field
• Familiarity with financial services back office and fraud operations, core banking, and payments
• Strong facilitation, communication and presentation skills with tech and business audiences
• Advanced PowerPoint skills and competent use of other Microsoft Office applications

ADDITIONAL DUTIES: For Forbright Bank to remain efficient and nimble as a growing organization, team members are expected to exhibit a high level of flexibility regarding any duties that may be situationally assigned outside of this job description.
PERKS/BENEFITS:

• Metro SmartTrip benefits ($50/mo)
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision plans
• Remote or hybrid work schedules for most positions
• The Washington Post Top Workplaces 2023 winner
• Best Workplaces for Commuters 2023 winner
• 4 weeks PTO
• 401k + company match
• Bonuses for purchasing solar panels, electric vehicles, biking to work, etc.
• Paid subscriptions to Veterans Compost, Imperfect Foods, and more!