VP Enterprise Applications & Software Delivery

Job Description

Job Description

Vice President, Enterprise Applications & Software Delivery

Stanford Federal Credit Union is seeking a Vice President, Enterprise Applications & Software Delivery to lead the technology platforms and engineering capabilities at the heart of our credit union.

Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, this leader will have responsibility for SFCU's core banking and enterprise applications, software development, application integrations, and quality engineering. The role combines responsibility for operating highly available, business-critical banking platforms with the opportunity to modernize how we build, integrate, test, and deliver technology.

This is a leadership role for someone who is equally comfortable running the credit union and transforming the credit union. The successful candidate will bring strong operational discipline to critical banking systems while advancing modern engineering, quality, integration, and application-management practices.

What You'll Lead

• Strategy, lifecycle, availability, and continuous improvement of our core banking and enterprise application portfolio.
• Software development and application integration capabilities.
• Quality engineering, test automation, and release-readiness practices.
• Production application support, monitoring, incident management, and problem remediation.
• Major platform implementations, upgrades, integrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Application and integration architecture in partnership with Infrastructure, Information Security, Data, and other technology leaders.
• Strategic technology vendor relationships, performance, roadmaps, and escalations.
• Application resilience, recovery capabilities, and operational readiness.
• Technology portfolio planning, resource allocation, budget management, and investment recommendations.
• Development and growth of managers and technical professionals across multiple disciplines.

What We're Looking For

We're looking for a technology leader who has operated critical enterprise applications while also leading meaningful engineering and modernization efforts.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise applications, software engineering, application delivery, or technology operations.
• 5+ years leading managers and multidisciplinary technical organizations.
• Experience with highly available, transaction-intensive technology environments.
• Strong knowledge of enterprise application management, software engineering, quality engineering, application integrations, and production support.
• Experience leading complex implementations, upgrades, integrations, and modernization initiatives.
• Experience managing strategic technology vendors and holding partners accountable for performance.
• Strong understanding of operational resilience, incident/problem management, software-development controls, and technology risk.
• Ability to translate between business priorities, technology strategy, operational risk, and engineering execution.
• Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.

Financial-services technology experience is strongly preferred, particularly within credit unions, banking, payments, or fintech, including familiarity with core banking platforms such as Fiserv DNA or comparable systems and the technologies supporting deposits, lending, payments, and financial transaction processing.

Most importantly, we're looking for a leader who creates ownership and accountability: someone who understands that successful technology delivery does not end when a system goes live, but continues through its reliability, performance, security, supportability, and ongoing evolution.

Some of our benefits for YOU 

• 100% paid employee medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D and short-term disability insurance for the employee; 50% paid for dependents
• Annual incentives plan
• Employer 401(k) matching up to 5% plus additional annual discretionary contributions
• Education reimbursement up to $5,200/year
• Employee recognition program with cash incentives 
• Wellness Benefits up to $1,200 per year
• Commuter Toll Benefit $100-$200/month (based on position)
• Paid Sick Time accrues at two weeks per year
• Paid Vacation Time accrues at three weeks per year
• Paid Federal banking holidays (approximately 11 per year)
• Ongoing training and education, seminars, and conferences
• Loan rate discounts on some products (vehicle, mortgage and HELOC loans)
• Waived fees and deposit bonuses on Stanford FCU accounts
• Flex health/transit plan availability 
• Employee Assistance Program with free benefits like counseling, help finding legal assistance and day care resources

We’re on a mission to improve financial lives! If you’re a high-energy, compassionate, and collaborative individual with a desire to make a difference, we encourage you to consider joining our SFCU team! Members really do come first at Stanford FCU because we’re non-profit and owned by our members. Our members work for Stanford University or some of the most innovative companies in Silicon Valley—and we provide them with the most generous financial benefits in our industry. 

Stanford FCU is a $4.5 billion company with a global reach of over 95,000 members in 90 countries and growing! Come grow with us and see what it’s like to work for a Bay Area Top Workplace. As our CEO says, “we work hard, and we play hard”, and we need your help to improve even more financial lives!

If you are ready for this amazing opportunity (or know somebody who is) please contact us today!

Stanford Federal Credit Union provides competitive pay ranges based on factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities, qualifications needed for the position and external market pay for comparable positions.

Please Note: SFCU does not provide work visa sponsorship or accept visa transfers for any positions. 

Stanford Federal Credit Union is an equal opportunity employer as to all protected groups, including protected veterans and individuals with disabilities.