Chief Information & Technology Officer

FFB Bank; California; On-site; USD 275,000 - 375,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

ESOP

Collaborative culture

Community events

Job summary

FFB Bank is seeking a Chief Information Officer to provide strategic leadership over the bank's technology landscape, infrastructure, and cybersecurity programs. The role partners with executives to align technology investments with business goals and regulatory expectations.

Responsibilities include driving digital transformation, overseeing enterprise applications, and ensuring resilience, security, and cost-effectiveness of technology capabilities across the bank.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a relevant field (e.g., Information Technology, Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Business, or related) preferred.
• 10+ years of progressively responsible technology experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role with enterprise-wide responsibility.
• Financial institution experience strongly preferred, including experience with banking platforms, digital banking, payments, regulatory examinations, technology risk, cybersecurity, vendor management, and major system implementations.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with leadership, delegation, and training capabilities.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Word, Outlook).
• Strong teamwork and relationship skills; ability to lead collaborative efforts.

Responsibilities

• Develops and executes the Bank's technology strategy, multi-year roadmap, annual operating plan, and investment priorities in alignment with the Bank's strategic plan and risk appetite.
• Advises executive management and the Board on technology strategy, cybersecurity, operational resilience, digital transformation, emerging risks, and significant technology investments.
• Leads technology modernization, digital transformation, and technology partnership initiatives in alignment with business objectives and regulatory expectations.
• Directs the Bank's technology infrastructure, networks, cloud services, telecommunications, enterprise applications, end-user computing environment, and technology support services.
• Maintains enterprise architecture and technology standards that support secure integration, scalability, reliability, interoperability, and prudent lifecycle management.
• Oversees technology service management practices, including incident, problem, change, release, configuration, asset, patch, and vulnerability management.
• Establishes and monitors support intake, prioritization, escalation, root-cause follow-up, user communication, and service-performance reporting practices.
• Identifies and addresses technical debt, unsupported systems, single points of failure, and other technology concentration or resiliency risks.
• Partners with Enterprise Risk and other control stakeholders to maintain an effective, risk-based information security and cybersecurity program.

Skills

Leadership

Technology strategy

Cybersecurity

Digital transformation

Vendor management

Regulatory compliance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/CS

CISSP/CISM/CRISC/CISA certifications (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

FFB Bank is seeking a Chief Information Officer to provide strategic leadership over the bank's technology landscape, infrastructure, and cybersecurity programs. The role partners with executives to align technology investments with business goals and regulatory expectations.

Responsibilities include driving digital transformation, overseeing enterprise applications, and ensuring resilience, security, and cost-effectiveness of technology capabilities across the bank.