The Director of Technology and Innovation is a newly created position. This hands-on role is responsible for transforming the organization’s technology and aligning with the Bank’s business strategy. This role defines, designs and implements an optimal and efficient technology environment to provide a best-in-class customer and employee experience.

Specific duties include:

• Create and maintain the vision, strategy and roadmap for technology that supports the Bank’s strategic goals and promotes a culture of quality, speed, agility, and innovation
• Lead, manage and oversee the project management lifecycle from conception through completion that includes assessing business requirements, scoping and planning projects and initiatives, budgeting, forecasting, tracking, and reporting project status, managing deliverables, and assessing new product success
• Identify innovative technology platforms, opportunities, and solutions for developing and delivering the Bank’s products and services by understanding technology trends and applying them to the Bank
• Develop and build a reliable, standardized data architecture that can be leveraged across the organization for data visibility and reporting
• Champion the use of disruptive technologies that yield financial benefits, provide competitive advantages, or significantly enhance customer or employee experiences
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of technology standards, industry trends and emerging technologies, as well as applicable financial services regulations and guidelines
• Communicate the technology strategy to key stakeholders and provide input on decisions regarding new products, services, and capabilities
• Manage the product backlog (prioritization and refinement) and adjust scope based on evolving needs as well as maintaining transparency of project status.
• Lead the technology group to create a culture of collaboration that emphasizes teamwork, accountability and a focus on internal and external customers.

BankSouth offers a wealth of benefits and perks including 100% company-paid employee healthcare/disability/life coverage, generous PTO plan, competitive compensation and incentives, free lunch on Fridays, and so much more.

Ideal candidates will have:

• Experience leading large digital transformation programs within the banking industry
• Proven track record of successfully moving complex bodies of work from concept to launch
• Experience with database structures, APIs, middle ware, robotic process automation, and artificial intelligence programs.
• Ability and willingness to be “hands on” to support the technology team
• Experience managing an agile design-driven, user-centered product and development team supporting the delivery of web/mobile based commercial product(s)