Director, Application Development

CIBC; Old Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading bank in Canada seeks a Director of Application Development to manage a team focused on modernizing wire payments. The role involves technical consulting, stakeholder management, and developing solutions aligned with enterprise architecture. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience in application development and a strong understanding of the payments ecosystem.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Incentive pay

Banking benefits

Defined benefit pension plan

Employee share purchase plan

Vacation offering

Wellbeing support

MomentMakers recognition program

Qualifications

• 5-7 years as a Solution or Technical Architect/Consultant.
• Experience with high-value payments ecosystem (SWIFT/Lynx/LVTS).
• Knowledge of Industry Payments Modernization.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of solution consultants for wire payments platform.
• Define end-to-end technical solutions for enterprise payments systems.
• Collaborate with business and technology partners for technical design.

Skills

Application Development

Coaching

Decision Making

Enterprise Technologies

Leadership

People Management

Project Management

Solutions Design

Stakeholder Management

Technical Architecture

Education

Computer Science

Engineering

Math

Physics

MBA

Tools

REST APIs

CI/CD processes

DevOps pipelines

ISO20022

Job description

We’re building a relationship-oriented bank for the modern world. We need talented, passionate professionals who are dedicated to doing what’s right for our clients.

At CIBC, we embrace your strengths and your ambitions, so you are empowered at work. Our team members have what they need to make a meaningful impact and are truly valued for who they are and what they contribute.

To learn more about CIBC, please visit CIBC.com (https://www.cibc.com/en/about-cibc.html)

What You’ll Be Doing

Enterprise Wires Modernization (EWM) is a multi-year program that will implement a new modernized wire payment platform in several phases and workstreams. As a director of Application Development for EWM, you will be accountable for managing a team of solution consultants responsible for creating the solution design of the new modernized wire payments platform. This includes ensuring alignment of interim solutions of the various phases/workstreams, while considering the desired overall target state outcomes including ease of on-going support. Additionally, you will be accountable for remediating any design and build issues that may arise. You will also be connected with and aware of all industry payments changes to strategically evolve the wire payment platform solution to be flexible, scalable and adaptable for evolving business needs.

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview.

How You’ll Succeed

• Design & Develop : Provide comprehensive senior level technical consulting to senior IT management and technical teams, working closely with multiple Technology groups and LOBs to identify and evaluate existing applications and determine the best and most relevant approaches and next steps.

• Technical Solutions : Define end to end technical solutions that take into account the enterprise architecture strategies, current state environment and constraints for enterprise payments systems including payments originating channels, Payment Services Hubs, Payment Engines and Payment rails. Analyze the viability of solutions to meet product timelines, budget and quality. Present the solution to different stakeholders as needed.

• Stakeholder Management: Collaborate with business and technology partners to translate features and requirements to technical design and act as the lead designer for the program. Support business by helping drive solutions that meet the business goals and strategies. Provide excellent advisory and SME expertise on best practices, methods and detailed approaches to integrating multiple applications in a highly complex environment, including helping to create high-level design artifacts, identify design issues as well as detailed system integration plans . Lead the design council, which will be a forum with key stakeholders to determine key aspects of the solution, ensure buy-in of the solution design from key stakeholders, and remediate any design issues that may arise

Who You Are

• You can demonstrate experience: minimum of 5-7 years as a Solution or Technical Architect/Consultant. You have experience of providing guidance to technical teams, creating executive decks independently and are well versed at presenting to executives. Experience working with business and architecture teams to develop and design technology solutions is essential to this role. Ideally, you have progressed through application development, analysis and design throughout your career. It’s an asset if you have previous client facing consulting experience. You have highly developed analytical and conceptual skills in developing efficient and effective solutions to diverse and complex problems. You have strong knowledge of: high-value payments ecosystem (SWIFT/Lynx/LVTS wire payments). It’s an asset if you have knowledge of Industry Payments Modernization and other regulatory and expertise in Canadian payments community. Solid experience with a variety of technologies/frameworks including event-driven architecture, REST APIs, microservice architecture, CI/CD processes, DevOps pipelines, etc. Knowledge of ISO20022 payment standard considered an asset. Knowledge of payment processing platforms (Payment Services Hubs, payment engines) considered an asset.

• You have a degree / diploma in : Computer Science, Engineering, Math, Physics or Technical discipline; an MBA would be an asset

• You embrace and champion change: You’ll continuously evolve your thinking and the way you work in order to deliver your best. You empower and enable your team to make continuous improvement, go above and beyond, and deliver results.

• You're driven by collective success. You know that collaboration can transform a good idea into a great one. You understand the power of a team that enjoys working together to create a shared vision.

• Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.

• We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program, defined benefit pension plan, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.

• Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.

• We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.

*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

What you need to know

• CIBC is committed to creating an inclusive environment where all team members and clients feel like they belong. We seek applicants with a wide range of abilities and we provide an accessible candidate experience. If you need accommodation, please contact [e-mail]

• You need to be legally eligible to work at the location(s) specified above and, where applicable, must have a valid work or study permit.

• We may ask you to complete an attribute-based assessment and other skills tests (such as simulation, coding, French proficiency, MS Office). Our goal for the application process is to get to know more about you, all that you have to offer, and give you the opportunity to learn more about us.

Job Location

Toronto-81 Bay, 11th Floor

Employment Type

Regular

Weekly Hours

37.5

Skills

Application Development, Coaching, Decision Making, Enterprise Technologies, Leadership, People Management, Project Management, Solutions Design, Stakeholder Management, Technical Architecture

At CIBC, we are in business to help our clients, employees and shareholders achieve what is important to them. Our ability to create value for all CIBC stakeholders is driven by a business culture based on common values: Trust, Teamwork and Accountability.

Working with CIBC makes you a part of a work environment committed to our clients, employees and communities - a place where you can excel.

Every day, our 44,000 employees help our clients achieve their financial goals, because what matters to our clients, matters to us.