Director - Implementations

Role Description

The Director, Implementations is responsible for leading implementation delivery across CSI’s core and non-core product areas, ensuring successful onboarding, operational excellence, and a strong customer experience. This role executes organizational plans in alignment with company policies and leadership objectives, while overseeing the workload, outputs, and resources within their function. The Director establishes short-term goals, standards, and processes that support broader operational strategies and service delivery expectations. This leader will oversee team members across four teams, with a focus on aligning similar product groups and strengthening CSI’s future-state implementation organization. The role will provide leadership to managers and their teams, drive consistent delivery practices, support escalations, and partner cross-functionally to ensure successful implementation outcomes. This position is ideal for a proactive, results-oriented leader who can operate strategically while also driving execution in a dynamic banking and fintech environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in implementations, operations, delivery leadership, or a related field.
• Proven experience managing managers and leading multi-layered teams in a complex environment.
• Strong leadership presence with a proactive, results-driven approach and the ability to take initiative without requiring heavy direction.
• Practical experience delivering and overseeing large, complex projects; formal PM certifications are not required.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, organizational strength, and a track record of sound judgment and problem solving.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously and drive execution across teams.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, business, or related field, or equivalent experience.

Requirements

• Lead managers and implementation teams to achieve strategic and operational goals while maintaining strong delivery standards.
• Inspire, coach, and develop leaders to improve performance, drive accountability, and support achievement of business objectives.
• Partner with senior leadership on the direction of the implementations organization and help shape the future-state team structure.
• Communicate organizational priorities, policies, and expectations clearly across the department.
• Promote a culture of ownership, initiative, continuous improvement, and collaboration.
• Oversee implementation programs across non-core product areas, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within scope, and in alignment with CSI standards.
• Support managers in proactively identifying and resolving delivery risks, issues, and resource constraints across active implementations.
• Monitor project execution and customer onboarding outcomes to ensure high-quality client experience.
• Provide leadership on large, complex delivery efforts and support escalations involving customers, internal stakeholders, and cross-functional teams.
• Review performance metrics such as resource utilization, billable/non-billable ratios, scope variances, and revenue-related outcomes to ensure alignment with business goals.
• Drive improvements in implementation methodologies, best practices, documentation, and team processes.
• Establish and review reports that track departmental priorities, project progress, and goal achievement.
• Ensure appropriate staffing levels, effective workload balance, and scalable operational practices across teams.
• Partner closely with internal stakeholders across implementation, product, PMO, and leadership teams to align priorities and execution.
• Work effectively with all levels of CSI leadership and customer leadership to support delivery success and organizational objectives.
• Keep current on CSI product enhancements, industry trends, and best practices to support team readiness and capability development.
• Lead, mentor, and evaluate managers, including regular 1:1s, goal setting, coaching, and performance review processes.
• Build high-performing teams that demonstrate accountability, adaptability, and strong employee engagement.
• Develop leaders who can confidently manage day-to-day delivery while supporting CSI’s long-term organizational goals.

Benefits

• Competitive salary with eligibility for incentive awards based on individual and business performance.
• Comprehensive range of benefits.

Company Description

As a forward-thinking software provider, Computer Services, Inc. (CSI) helps community and regional financial institutions solve their customers’ needs through open and flexible technologies. In addition to its award-winning core banking platform, these include the latest in lending, digital banking, payments, financial crime prevention and cybersecurity. Building on its 60-year track record of personalized service, CSI is shaping the future of banking and empowering its customers to rival their competition.